Meeting in person in São Paulo under the coordination of BIREME, 61 members of the VHL Network from 19 countries in the Region provided suggestions and made commitments to strengthen Rede, renew its information management model and update it in accordance with the BIREME 2023-2025 Strategy, whose motto is to promote Information for Action in…
Paramaribo, Suriname, November 14, 2023 (PAHO/WHO) — The National Influenza Center (NIC) of Suriname marked a significant milestone in global health security by sending influenza samples to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a World Health Organization Collaborating Center. This initiative represents a crucial step in…
Georgetown, Guyana 6 November 2023- The Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) which has been recognized as an important medium for breastfeeding action was launched by WHO and UNICEF in 1991. It sought to help motivate facilities providing maternity and newborn services worldwide to implement the Ten Steps to Successful…
November 13, 2023 — In the region of the Americas, millions of people still lack access to basic health services. Thus, the countries in this region have been trying to find different ways and strategies to tackle this universal health challenge. However, Belize has taken a strong approach by removing all fees charged in public hospitals in the…
Georgetown, Guyana 9 November 2023- Within the next five years, the Ministry of Health, Government Analyst, Food and Drugs Department will be well equipped to identify antimicrobials in food-producing animals, which plays a crucial role in selecting and spreading resistant bacteria. It is estimated that one in five human infections with resistant…
Between November 13 and 16, in São Paulo, BIREME brings together the VHL Network in Latin America and the Caribbean to discuss the renewal of the VHL Model in line with the new "Information for Action in Health" Strategy.
São Paulo, November 8, 2023 (BIREME/PAHO/WHO) - Members of the Latin American and Caribbean Health Information Network,…
Belize City, Belize, November 06, 2023 (PAHO) – To strengthen Belize’s emergency and critical care system, the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Wellness (MoHW) hosted a two-day hands-on training for 27…
Cockburn Town, Turks and Caicos Islands - 31 Oct. 2023 - Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI/TCA) was awarded the Henry C Smith Immunization Award for improvements achieved in vaccination rates for children under the age of 5 years at the 37th Meeting of Caribbean Immunization Managers Meeting in Belize City, Belize on 31 October 2023
The Henry C Smith…
Belize City, Belize, 3 November 2023 (PAHO/WHO) – At the end of the 37th Meeting of Caribbean Immunization managers held from 30-31 October, Belize emerged as the winner of the surveillance award presented by the Pan American Health Organization. Taking second and third place respectively, was Guyana and Barbados and the Henry Smith Award…