PAHO/WHO Suriname Technical Officer Dr. Wendy Emanuelson-Telgt addressed the participants during the 2-day workshop Suriname, November 10, 2022 (PAHO) - In response to the growing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and their risk factors (RFs), the Ministry of Health (MoH), and PAHO/WHO Suriname organized a 2-day interactive workshop for…
Montevideo. November 9, 2022. As every year, this November, from the Latin American Center for Perinatology - Women's and Reproductive Health (CLAP/WR), a series of actions are developed to give visibility to the needs and rights of premature babies and their families, and to raise awareness about the importance of experience and quality care…
Celebrating 120 years of solidarity in advancing the health and well-being of populations, leaving no one behind, the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) actively participated in the 7th Global Symposium on Health Systems Research (HSR2022), held in Bogotá, Colombia, from October 31 to November 4. At the opening…
Montevideo, November 7, 2022. In the framework of the FIGO 2022 Regional Congress, we talked about the challenges for the advancement of sexual and reproductive rights in the region with Ivonne Díaz, one of the people responsible for the organization of the congress, and director of the Sexual and Reproductive Health and Welfare Division of…
Montevideo, November 7, 2022. During the FIGO 2022 Regional Congress, Marya G. Zlatnik, professor at the University of California, San Francisco, USA, gave a presentation on: Occupational and Environmental Exposures and Women's Health: Effects and Policy Approaches.   The talk dealt with the risks of exposure to certain environments and…
Montevideo, November 7, 2022. In the framework of the FIGO Regional Congress held November 3-5 in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, we spoke with FIGO President Jeanne Conry.  Conry highlighted the relevance of the event that "brings together the leaders and decision makers of Latin America in a sense of collaboration and coordination. We…
Montevideo, 7 de noviembre de 2022. Within the framework of the FIGO 2022 Regional Congress, the advisor in Maternal Health of the Latin American Center of Perinatology - Women's and Reproductive Health (CLAP/WR), Bremen De Mucio participated in the session "Infections and their prevention during pregnancy: present and future" together with…
Montevideo, November 7, 2002. On November 3, within the framework of the FIGO 2022 Regional Congress, a breakfast with experts "The return of syphilis as a relevant infection during pregnancy" took place.  In addition to the director and advisors of the Latin American Center for Perinatology - Women's and Reproductive Health (CLAP/WR),…
Montevideo, November 7, 2022. In the framework of the FIGO 2022 Regional Congress, the Pre-Congress Simulation Workshop: Immediate Post Obstetric Event Contraception (AIPEO) was held on November 2.   This activity was developed in the context of a virtual course of PAHO that consists of a first self-guided part and a second part in a…