Bridgetown, Barbados, 2 November 2023 (PAHO/WH0) - Over 60 delegates from 10 CARICOM Member States, as well as representatives from global and regional partner organisations, have convened in Barbados from 30 October - 3 November to highlight the potential of legal and taxation policies as effective tools in the prevention and control of NCDs.…
Bridgetown, Barbados, 2 November 2023 (PAHO/WHO) As the Latin America and Caribbean region grapples with the second-highest adolescent fertility rates worldwide, the Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Week, commemorated from October 16-20, 2023, emerged as a beacon of hope and action. This year, in association with key partners like the United…
PAHO/WHO, MOHW hosts Shave the Shame webinar with the Bahamas Cosmetologists and Barbers Association
Nassau, The Bahamas -1 November 2023 (PAHO)
The Shave the Shame Webinar was facilitated by the PAHO/WHO Country Office for The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands, the Ministry of Health and Wellness, the Bahamas Cosmetologists and Barber Association, the Bahamas Psychologists Association, and the Healthy Bahamas Coalition. The aim of the event…
Belize City, Belize, October 30, 2023 (PAHO) – Immunization managers from across the Caribbean region will gather to strengthen the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) as the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Belize hosts the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) 37th annual meeting of the Caribbean Immunization…
Georgetown, Guyana – 20 October 2023- The Ministry of Health in collaboration with PAHO ended a four-day workshop for the strengthening of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) and Risk Factors surveillance (RFs).
The workshop aimed to assess the national capacity on NCDs and RFs surveillance by identifying processes and strategies for improvement, in…
Trelawny, Jamaica, 27 October 2023 (PAHO/WHO) – Healthcare workers and community influencers from different regions of Jamaica gathered in Trelawny from October 23-27 for workshops to support increasing capacity pertaining to health risk communication and community engagement. These sessions, organized by the Pan American Health Organization/World…
Montevideo, 27 October 2023. Maria Fernanda Escobar has led the Hospital Padrino model of the Valle del Lili Foundation in Colombia, a social innovation strategy in health that promotes networking and is committed to strengthening the capacities of low and medium complexity hospitals to provide higher quality health services. This, coupled with…
Paramaribo, Suriname, 25 October 2023 (PAHO/WHO) — Answering a call from the Health Disasters Coordination Unit of the Ministry of Health, the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) led an instrumental two-day workshop from October 18 to 19, 2023. Dubbed "Strengthening of Health Emergency Operations Centers and…
Suriname, October 24, 2023 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Suriname office recently hosted a meeting to deliberate the Biennial Work Plan (BWP) for 2024-2025, bringing together key stakeholders from the health sector. The event saw representatives from various government bodies, health organizations and hospitals in attendance…