GEORGETOWN, GUYANA 29 OCTOBER 2024- The Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the Civil Defense Commission (CDC) and with support from the PAHO/WHO, successfully conducted the Mass Casualty Management (MCM) training program. The training program lasted 11 days.Forty-six participants from six essential emergency response agencies participated…
October 30 - Staff of the Pan American Health Organization and World Health Organization’s (PAHO/WHO) Country Office for The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands joined scores of people during the Alzheimer's Memory Walk. Hosted by The Bahamas Alzheimer’s Association, the Memory Walk was a part of a series of activities geared towards bringing…
GEORGETOWN, GUYANA 28-OCTOBER 2024—The Ministry of Health, in collaboration with PAHO/WHO, assessed the HEARTS Initiative in Guyana. Dr Anselm Hennis, Director of Non-Communicable Diseases and Mental Health, PAHO/WHO and additional expert, visited Guyana from 21 to 25 October 2024.The team lead a mission that, together with MoH, is currently…
GEORGETOWN, 24 OCTOBER 2024- The Ministry of Health, with the support of PAHO/WHO and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), conducted a workshop on Integrated Health Service Delivery Networks. The event gathered forty-eight senior-level participants, including the Director General, Chief Medical Officer, Permanent Secretary, eight Directors,…
Oranjestad, Aruba, October 16 2024 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization, Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) successfully hosted the National Consultation for the PAHO/WHO Country Cooperation Strategy (CCS) in Aruba from the 15 to 16 October 2024. The CCS laid out the medium-term strategic…
Quito, 18 October, 2024.- The "First Interregional Meeting on Strengthening Preparedness for Health Emergencies and Disasters in Cities and Urban Settings," held in Quito, Ecuador, from October 15 to 17, 2024, highlighted several key topics: the importance of governance and data management, community participation in decision-making processes, the…
October 2024 – Nassau, The BahamasThe Pan American Health Organization and World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) donated forty hurricane preparedness kits to the Rotary Club of Nassau.The Club’s Disaster Committee distributed the kits to families in the Kemp Road Community. Known for its resilience, this urban community faces a myriad of challenges…
Mitú, Vaupés, 8 October 2024 (PAHO/WHO) – From September 21 to 26, 2024, a surgical campaign held in Mitú, the capital of Vaupés, in eastern Colombia, provided treatment for trachomatous trichiasis (TT) to 21 people from remote communities in Vaupés, Guaviare, and Amazonas.…
Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 18 October 2024 (PAHO) – Access to reproductive health services, including LARCs, remains extremely limited in Haiti. It is estimated that only a small percentage of women currently have access to such essential services, posing significant challenges in reducing the country’s maternal mortality rate, which is the highest in…