Bogotá, Colombia, 28 January 2023 (OPS/OMS)- A course developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), in collaboration with the Universidad de Los Andes, in Bogota, Colombia, was held from 17-28 January to teach journalists and communicators about how to approach the issue of non-communicable…
The process of evaluating and selecting journals from Brazil for the Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences (LILACS) database is carried out annually, an activity in the context of Term of Cooperation 93 (TC93), between the Pan -American Health Organization and the Ministry of Health of Brazil for the development and…
Montevideo, February 3, 2023. “From global recommendations to (in)action: A scoping review of the coverage of companionship of choice for women during labor and birth", a World Health Organization (WHO) research paper with technical support from the Latin American Center for Perinatology - Women's and Reproductive Health (CLAP/WR), was…
The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC), and Task Force for Global Health (TFGH), in collaboration with the Ministry of Health (MOH), conducted a week-long in-person training at the Guyana Marriott Hotel, in preparation for the scheduled implementation of 2023…
The under the theme- "Laying the foundation for good health & wellness one student at a time," the Adolescent Health Unit- Ministry of Health Guyana continues with the establishment of new School Health Clubs in Guyana; PAHO and UNICEF Guyana are committed to supporting the initiative.
To jump-start the year, on January 16th, 2023, a team of…
PAHO/WHO Technical Officer, Tropical and Vector-borne Diseases Oscar Mesones Lapouble and Malaria Elimination Advisor, Dr. Blanca Escribano with Dr Hélène Hiwat at the 4th Global Forum of Malaria-Eliminating Countries
Suriname, January 31, 2023 (PAHO) –At the invitation of the World Health Organization (WHO), the Ministry of Health Suriname…
World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Day will be observed on January 30 as the first global health day of the year. The day, first designated in 2020, highlights diseases that receive little investment from global funders; a reality that needs to be changed. Many of these diseases are known to us such as dengue, chikungunya, zika (known as…
Following WHO guidelines in its strategy for Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine (TCIM), PAHO/WHO Brazil, in partnership with BIREME, held a webinar on the last December 13th to publicize two important initiatives that contribute to the strengthening and integration of TCIM into health systems and services in the Americas and…
Jamaican adolescents in St. Catherine are set to participate in the World Health Organization’s global health project, 'Empowering Adolescents to Lead Change using Health Data'. Three other locations were selected worldwide in Ghana, India, and Morocco.
The project presents a rare opportunity for adolescents to have their say in global health…