Montevideo, May 3 2023. Trinidad and Tobago has the first Health Information System to record cases of gender-based violence and sexual violence, SIP-VAW (Violence Against Women), based on the Perinatal Information System (PIS) Plus.
On 2 May, the first training workshop for health personnel on the use of the clinical history in SIP Plus was…
Belize City, Belize, April 21, 2023 – As part of the "Smart Health Care Facilities in the Caribbean Project," the United Kingdom Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (UK-FCDO), the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and the Ministry of Health and Wellness (MoHW) conduct a final visit to four (4) of the…
Georgetown, Guyana, April 16 to 28, 2023. PAHO/WHO/ Latin American Center of Perinatology/Women and Reproductive Health (CLP/WR) and Ministry of Health: Maternal and Child Health Unit conducted Neonatal assessments at five hospitals: Regional Hospitals -Suddie, New Amsterdam, West Demerara Linden, and the National Referral Hospital at the…
Montevideo, 30 April 2023. The Latin American Centre for Perinatology - Women's and Reproductive Health (CLAP/WR) received Vera Therezinha Borges and Marilza Vieira Cunha Rudge, professors and researchers of the Postgraduate Programme in Obstetrics and Gynaecology of the Faculty of Medicine of Botucatu-UNESP of Brazil, with the aim of presenting…
Nassau, Bahamas, May 29, 2023 (PAHO/WHO) – Caribbean Health Ministers on 26 March considered and approved actions and policies to tackle regional health security and health systems matters at the 29th Special Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) – Health, in the Bahamas.
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As part of the project "Maintenance of health services in times of Covid-19", implemented since January 2022, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is supporting the North-East Health Directorate in Haiti in the establishment of mobile clinics.
The objective of these mobile clinics, deployed in 14 hard-to-reach areas during the month of…
Over 11,000 children under the age of one continue to miss out on routine vaccination doses in the Caribbean. Urgent action must be taken to prevent an impending crisis.
Nassau, Bahamas, April 27, 2023 (PAHO/WHO) – Ministers of Health of the Caribbean met in Nassau, Bahamas, yesterday and agreed to the Declaration of Nassau, which commits…
Vaccination Week in the Americas (VWA) was launched this year by Haiti's Ministry of Health and Population (MSPP) with support from PAHO, in the city of Les Cayes, marking the beginning of a catch-up vaccination campaign in the South Department. This initiative aims to improve immunization coverage in the country, with a particular focus on under-…
Deputy Director of the Regional Health Services (RGD) Nursing Affairs Steven Tel, UNICEF Health Officer Shivanny Narain, Medical Mission Herman Jintie, PAHO/WHO Advisor, Health Systems and Services Dr. Rosmond Adams, PAHO/WHO Family Planning and Lifecycle/Immunization Technical Officer Dr. Julia Terborg.
Suriname, April 25, 2023 (PAHO/WHO) – The…