Bridgetown, Barbados, 15 May, 2023 (PAHO/WHO) The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Global Partnership to End Violence against Children with support from Together for Girls and the US Centers for Disease Control welcomed government representatives across multiple sectors and from…
São Paulo, May 15, 2023. Humanity is going through a new industrial revolution resulting from the digital transformation on a global scale. BIREME, an organization that has as its scope of activity the development and operation of health information products and services, has as a major institutional challenge in the biennium 2024-2025, to…
PAHO/WHO Representative Suriname Dr. Lilian Reneau-Vernon & Minister of Health Dr. Amar Ramadhin during the signing
Suriname, May 15, 2023 (PAHO/WHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)/WHO) and the Ministry of Health of Suriname are pleased to announce the formal signing of the Country Cooperation Strategy (CCS) for Suriname 2023-…
La Habana, May 15, 2023 - In the framework of the XVIII Congress of the Cuban Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, held last week in Havana, the "Training Workshop for Trainers in Obstetric Emergencies" was held, organized by this Society, in conjunction with the Cuban Society of Anesthesiology, the Representation of the Pan American Health…
Stakeholders from across the Caribbean countries participated in a two-day workshop, where the team shared presentations on the concept, MAP demonstration, and discussion among immunization stakeholders.
The MR-MAPs workshops aim to develop a partnership with national immunization stakeholders, to understand their perspective on the potential…
Suriname, May 12, 2023 (PAHO/WHO) – On May 10, 2023, the Department of Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health Suriname (NMH) in collaboration with St. Jude Global, organized a National Meeting on Childhood Cancer in Suriname.
The meeting is an essential step towards improving the standard of pediatric cancer care in Suriname. Childhood cancer…
Nassau, April 2023 - (PAHO/WHO) The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands Country Office supported the Ministry of Health and Wellness Vaccination Week in The Americas 2023 activities. Like many countries in the region, The Bahamas experienced a decline in routine vaccinations since the dawning of the COVID-19 pandemic. To increase the vaccine rate…
Bridgetown, Barbados, May 12, 2023 (PAHO/WHO) – Despite the progress observed in the Americas towards the Elimination of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV and syphilis (EMTCT), and the successful incorporation of hepatitis B (HBV) and Chagas disease into Elimination programs (EMTCT Plus), the timely diagnosis and treatment in pregnant women to…
Bridgetown, Barbados, 11 May 2023 (PAHO) - Regional Ministry of Health representatives and health managers will gather in St. Lucia for the first Caribbean HEARTS Initiative workshop signaling a strong commitment of 17 countries and territories to the implementation of WHO/PAHO flagship Initiative for improving cardiovascular health.
The workshop…