19 December 2023 (PAHO) — The meeting to celebrate the institutional results achieved in 2023 was held on December 13, in the presence of all BIREME/PAHO/WHO staff. The aim of the meeting was to recognize individual and collective commitment and development and the promotion of effective exchanges with users and the national and international…
Port of Spain, 13 December 2023 (PAHO/WHO) – Dr. Gabriel Vivas Francesconi, the newly appointed PAHO/WHO Representative for Trinidad and Tobago, Aruba, Curacao, Saint Maarten, Bonnaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, made a visit to the Minister of Health of Trinidad and Tobago, the Honourable Terrence Deyalsingh.
Accompanying Dr. Vivas were Ms.…
Montevideo, December 13, 2023. The Vice Minister of Health of the Dominican Republic, Dr. Eladio Pérez, and the special advisor to the country's Ministry of Health, Dr. Eddy Pérez Then, visited the Latin American Center for Perinatalogy - Women's and Reproductive Health (CLP/WR) and held a meeting with the center's director and advisors.…
Montevideo, December 11, 2023. Within the framework of the Regional Forum: Alliance for Primary Health Care in the Americas, held in Montevideo, Uruguay, December 4-6, the Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, visited the Latin American Center for Perinatology - Women's and Reproductive Health (CLP/WR).…
Bridgetown, Barbados, 7 December 2023 (PAHO) - On 1 December, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) announced the passing of PAHO Director Emeritus Dr. Carissa F. Etienne.
Shortly thereafter, PAHO was made aware of misinformation circulating in the Caribbean, via WhatsApp voice message, attributing her cause of death to the COVID-19…
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) supports Haiti's Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP) in helping internally displaced persons in sitesPort-au-Prince, December 05, 2023 - In the face of increasing internal displacement and the threat of cholera, the impact on the mental health of displaced individuals has become a major issue in…
1 December, 2023 — It is with great sadness today that we mourn the death of our former PAHO Director, Dr. Carissa Etienne. Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, a native of Dominica, served as Director of PAHO and World Health Organization (WHO) Regional for the Americas from February 2013 to January 2023, died on 1 December 2023.
“Dr. Etienne, who was…
Nassau, The Bahamas, 1 December, 2023 - The PAHO/WHO Country Office for The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands participated in the inaugural #ItsOkayToNotBeOkay mental health expo. Hosted by the Ministry of Education, Technology, and Vocational Training (MOETVT), hundreds of students, from the private and public sector, gathered in the Ministry’…
Suriname, November 30, 2023 (PAHO) – In order to promote reproductive health and empowering women in Suriname, the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) partnered with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) to conduct a pivotal two-day workshop on November 28 and 29, 2023…