Montevideo. October 18, 2022. In the framework of the FIGO Cartagena 2022 Congress, CLAP/WR is organizing a series of actions and exhibitions aimed at improving the quality of health care for women, mothers and newborns.  In addition, on November 1, CLAP/WR Maternal Health Advisor Bremen De Mucio will participate in a meeting with the…
Montevideo, October 18, 2022. Edgar Iván Ortiz Lizcano, one of the co-chairs of the FIGO Cartagena 2022 Congress Organizing Committee and FIGO trustee for Latin America, said that this event reflects the organization's interest in having a global presence to work on women's health issues. In particular, he pointed out that the congress will be the…
Montevideo, October 18, 2022. The Latin American Center of Perinatology - Women's and Reproductive Health (CLAP/WR), will participate in the FIGO Regional Congress to be held November 3-5 in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia.  The objective of the congress is to bring together experts and specialists to discuss the latest scientific advances,…
Belize City, Belize, October 18, 2022 (PAHO) - Through the EU-Funded Health Sector Support Programme Belize Project, PAHO/WHO Belize and the Ministry of Health and Wellness conducted a two-day workshop with the various health sectors to review the Health Emergency and Disaster Management Program and to conduct a gap analysis and establish…
Bridgetown, Barbados, 17 October 2022 (PAHO) - Today, key stakeholder groups including the Ministry of Health and Wellness, other Ministries, other government departments, trade unions, business associations, non-governmental organizations, academic institutions, media houses, and the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (…
On August 23, the Digital Innovations Webinar was held to facilitate the use of evidence and two new databases were launched: BIGG-REC and Therapeutics Covid-19. The initiative was promoted by the Department of Evidence and Intelligence for Action in Health of the Pan American Health Organization (EIH/PAHO/WHO) and BIREME through…
The importance of continuing to research and expand scientific knowledge to respond in particular to the global pandemic of COVID-19, underpins the continuous contribution of the Latin American and Caribbean Center on Information Sciences of the Pan American Health Organization, World Health Organization (BIREME/PAHO/WHO) alongside the WHO to…
An interview with psychologist Mrs. Maja Heijmans-Goedschalk by the PAHO/WHO office in Suriname Suriname, October 10, 2022 (PAHO) – In observation of International Mental Health Day 2022, on Oct. 10, 2022, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) launched the #DoYourShare campaign in support of mental health. This campaign aims to reduce the…
Montevideo. October 7, 2022. Within the framework of a working agreement between the Latin American Perinatology Center (CLAP/SMR) of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and the Catholic University of Uruguay (UCU), a meeting was held to visit the facilities of the Contraception Simulation Center and to exchange views with…