Montevideo, March 29, 2023. Abortion-related complications are an important cause of morbidity and mortality among adolescents in low- and middle-income countries. While younger adolescents (aged 10-14 years) are considered to be at particularly high risk of adverse outcomes, there is little empirical data available on their sexual and…
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, 28 March 2023 – On Wednesday 5th October the PAHO/WHO Trinidad and Tobago Country Office hosted the launch of Project USA at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Port of Spain. Project USA emerged as a result of the critical need for telecommunications-enabled healthcare services during the COVID-19 pandemic. Coined Telehealth, this…
Port of Spain: On Wednesday 26th October the PAHO/WHO Trinidad and Tobago Country Office joined with the Ministry of Health and the Eastern Regional Health Authority to commemorate the annual mental health awareness campaign, Paint De Town Green, at the Rio Claro/Mayaro Regional Corporation Car park.
Paint De Town Green is recognized every year…
PAHO/WHO Representative Suriname Dr. Lilian Reneau-Vernon, and Minister of Health Dr. Amar Ramadhin during the handover of medical equipment and supplies
Suriname, March 28, 2023 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) is pleased to announce the donation of medical equipment and supplies to the Ministry…
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, 29 March 2023 –The Pan-American Health Organisation/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), in collaboration with the St. James Medical Complex and The University of Trinidad and Tobago, has been assessing the need for a Cancer Survivorship Program in Trinidad and Tobago and the wider Caribbean region. Professor Jameel Ali…
Montevideo, March 27, 2023. On March 17 and 18, the "Obstetric Red Code" workshop was held at the Police Hospital in Montevideo, Uruguay. The activity, in which more than 30 professionals participated, was co-organized by the Department of Gynecotocology of the Police Hospital and the Latin American Center of Perinatology - Women's and…
São Paulo, March 27, 2023. Twenty-five years ago, in 1998, the Latin American and Caribbean Health Information Network approved the Declaration of San José “Towards the Virtual Health Library”. Since then, BIREME has been leading the development of the VHL model (Virtual Health Library) as a technical cooperation strategy in health information and…
Basseterre, St. Kitts, 8 March 2023 (PAHO) - The Joseph Nathaniel France (JNF) General Hospital in St. Kitts and Nevis is now certified as being Baby-Friendly. Certification was granted in October 2022 and the official handing over of the plaque took place on 7 March 2023.
To be certified as baby-friendly the Federation…
Buenos Aires, 23 March 2023 (PAHO/WHO) - With the purpose of assessing the situation of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) worldwide, discussing the challenges in implementing strategies to contain this global problem, promoting the implementation of national action plans, and strengthening laboratories, the 4th Meeting of the World Health…