Port of Spain, 2 February 2024: At a Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) accreditation ceremony, PAHO/WHO was delighted to celebrate the achievement of yet another hospital in Trinidad and Tobago meeting the required standards for certification as Baby Friendly following an independent external assessment.In 2015, WHO and UNICEF initiated a…
St. Augustine, 15 March 2024: PAHO/WHO collaborated, through resources from the Joint Sustainable Development Goals Fund Project, with the University of the West Indies (UWI) St. Augustine Campus in Trinidad and Tobago for a forum titled "Empowering Women to Harness the Power of Data: Inspiring Inclusion." The forum revolved around the Women in…
Montevideo, 18 March 2024. Universal access to timely, quality care for newborns is essential for their survival and optimal development. Essential care includes simple, low-cost practices that help prevent preventable newborn deaths. Strengthening the skills of health professionals, especially in regions with high neonatal mortality, is a crucial…
Bridgetown, Barbados. 14 March 2024 (PAHO) - PAHO staff recently hosted a community engagement activity for members of the Barbados Women’s Football Association which was warmly received by both sides.‘All about Me’ was the theme for the engagement activity, which is part of PAHO’s community outreach programme developed to promote mental health…
Tegucigalpa, March 13, 2024 (PAHO/WHO). The nursing department of the Faculty of Medical Sciences at the National Autonomous University of Honduras initiated a training process for the master's students in the Postgraduate Program in Nursing with a Focus on Gynecology and Obstetrics through the workshop "Initial Management of Prioritized Obstetric…
March 13th, 2024 - The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands -The Pan American Health Organization and World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) partnered with the Ministry of Health, in their respective countries, host Communications Trainings for EPI Nurses.The two-day workshop began with a virtual training by Ms. Lauren Vulanovic, Consultant, …
Bridgetown, Barbados, 12 March 2024 (PAHO/WHO) - The Pan American Health Organization recently convened a four-day workshop in Barbados for public health and legal experts from six Caribbean countries. The focus was on legislation and the legal drafting of regulatory tools aimed at eliminating industrially produced trans fatty acids (iTFA) and…
Brasilia, March 12, 2024 – To improve road data systems and prevent road traffic injuries and deaths in Brazil, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the Federal Highway Police (PRF), the National Department of Transport Infrastructure (DNIT), the National Traffic Secretariat (Senatran) and the Graduate Program in Transport at the…
São Paulo, March 11, 2024 (BIREME/PAHO/WHO) – The webinar to launch the 2024 calendar of Activities of the Virtual Health Library (VHL) was held online with the Health Information Networks. The event was organized by the Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information of the Pan American Health Organization (BIREME/PAHO/WHO),…