PAHO Technical Officer, Tropical and Vector-borne Diseases Oscar Mesones Lapouble & the Coordinator of diagnostics and treatment of the Malaria Program, Mr. Hedley Cairo during the opening of the Malaria Service Deliverers Training
Suriname, November 30, 2022 (PAHO) – The continuous effort in the fight against Malaria in Suriname was…
New report highlights that, although 83% of PAHO Member States have included violence against women in their health plans or policies, only half recommend essential first-line support.
Washington, D.C., November 30, 2022 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) this week launched a new report assessing the status of health sector…
Montevideo, November 30, 2022. According to World Health Organization (WHO) estimates, adverse perinatal outcomes and birth defects are responsible for the loss of 15 million years of healthy life due to premature death and disability. Prematurity and other perinatal conditions contribute substantially to the burden of disease and disability.…
Buenos Aires, November 30, 2022 (PAHO/WHO) - It was 7:30 a.m. on Sunday, and the thermometer already read 25 degrees in the Argentine capital. Summer wanted to make an early appearance at the Youth Olympic Park, where more than 2,000 people came to participate in the "Let's Prevent Antibiotic Resistance" race. Groups of runners, families, and…
29 noviembre de 2022 –One hundred freezers and ten spare parts kits to secure vaccine were donated to the Guatemalan Ministry of Public Health and Assistance by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) with the financial support of the United States.
The equipment will be used to store routine vaccination doses at local health centers.
The…
Belize City, Belize, November 29, 2022 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and its Collaborating Center on Nursing at the University of North Carolina (UNC) collaborated with the Ministry of Health and Wellness (MoHW) and partners to strengthen nursing education to improve emergency preparedness in…
Montevideo, 29 November 2022. In the region, 1.5 perinatal or neonatal deaths are registered for every 100 live births. This represents, annually, 100,000 newborn deaths and 131,000 stillbirths. However, a significant proportion of the causes of neonatal and fetal mortality are preventable.
On November 21-24, the regional advisor on Neonatal…
Geneva, Switzerland, November 28, 2022 – Following a series of consultations with global experts, WHO will begin using a new preferred term “mpox” as a synonym for monkeypox. Both names will be used simultaneously for one year while “monkeypox” is phased out.
When the outbreak of monkeypox expanded earlier this year, racist and stigmatizing…
PAHO/WHO Suriname Health System and Services Advisor Dr. Rosmond Adams, and Radiographers during the one-week Digital Mammography Training in the Academic Hospital Paramaribo
Suriname, November 28, 2022 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, Suriname conducted a one-week mammography…