Nassau, The Bahamas, 20 May 2025 — This year the world observed World Health Day 2025 under the theme “Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures”, calling for investment in the early stages of life as a pathway to resilient health systems and stronger communities. In keeping with this theme, in May 2025, the Pan American Health Organization/World…
Today, on World Hypertension Day, the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) joins the Ministry of Health and partners across Guyana in raising awareness of the critical need to prevent, detect, and control hypertension—one of the most pervasive and deadly health conditions affecting our region.Hypertension, often…
Belize City, Belize, May 16, 2025 (PAHO) – Marking another major milestone in the Health Sector Support Programme Belize Project, the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and the European Union (EU) officially handed over the newly retrofitted Central Medical Laboratory (CML) to the Ministry of Health and…
Rio de Janeiro, May 15, 2025 (PANAFTOSA/VPH-PAHO/WHO) – Envenomations caused by bites and stings from venomous animals represent a serious public health problem in Latin America. Beyond the deaths and health impacts, the sequelae and disabilities experienced by survivors have profound social and economic consequences, particularly by limiting the…
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 14 May 2025 (PAHO/WHO) – Six more climate change and health leaders have graduated from the University of the West Indies (UWI)-led, European Union (EU)-funded, Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO)-coordinated fellowship. The latest leaders hail from Barbados, Belize, Dominican Republic and Guyana.The…
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago – May 13, 2025, (PAHO/WHO) – Dr Gabriel Vivas Francesconi, PAHO/WHO Representative for Trinidad and Tobago, Aruba, Curacao, Sint Maarten, Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba paid a courtesy call to the Canadian High Commissioner, His Excellency Michael Callan on May 8, 2025.This meeting underscored the…
Belize City, Belize, May 12, 2025 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Wellness (MoHW), launched the third cohort of the Intermediate Field Epidemiology Training Program (FETP) in Belize, an essential part of Belize’s efforts to strengthen its…
Castries, St. Lucia, May 12, 2025 (PAHO) - Health officials and other first responders from around the island concluded a week-long workshop to review and update the national Multi-Hazard Health Sector Disaster Management Plan (MHHSDMP) and Pandemic Preparedness Plan.The workshop, coordinated by the Ministry of Health, Wellness and…
Bridgetown Barbados, 9 May 2025 (PAHO/WHO) - Assistant Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Rhonda Sealey-Thomas, described mental health as a widespread and growing crisis in the Americas that is too often overlooked. She made the statement during the opening session of the 69th Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA…