The Scientific Committee (SC) of the Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information of the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (BIREME/PAHO/WHO) met virtually at the VIII Session on September 8, 2022. The purpose of the session was to share the current implementation status of the recommendations of the…
Belmopan, Belize, October 05, 2022 (PAHO) – In July 2020, the European Union (EU) reallocated 500,000 Euros from the existing “Health Sector Support Programme Project (HSSP),” to be put towards the preparation and response to COVID-19. Through this reallocation, the EU and the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO)…
Participants at the HFPM Workshop in Paramaribo, Suriname
Paramaribo, Suriname, October 05, 2022 (PAHO/WHO) – The Ministry of Health Suriname with support from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Health Economics Unit at the University of the West Indies (UWI) is currently conducting a three-day workshop from October 4 to 6…
Montevideo. October 3, 2022. From September 26 to 30, the course "Estimation of safe abortion supplies needs" was jointly organized by the Latin American Center for Perinatology - Women's and Reproductive Health (CLAP/WR) and the Latin American and Caribbean Forum for the Assurance of Reproductive Health Supplies (ForoLAC).
The course…
Montevideo. September 30, 2022. On September 30, a meeting was held with focal points from selected countries to present the project: "Analysis of national family planning guidelines and policies and the preparation for the implementation of the WHO guidelines for self-care practices in sexual and reproductive health, in the context of the…
El Alto, La Paz, Oct. 24th, 2022 (PAHO)- El Alto’s Health Secretariat is currently working with the local association of midwives to revalue their practices and knowledge. This is to improve sexual and reproductive health care in this municipality, which has one of the highest rates of population growth in Bolivia.
A workshop with traditional…
The Virtual Health Library (VHL), a model for information management developed and coordinated regionally by the Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Information Center of the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (BIREME/PAHO/WHO) with the support of Latin American and Caribbean countries is recognized as a…
Montevideo. September 26, 2022. A study developed by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) with the contribution of the Latin American Center for Perinatology - Women's and Reproductive Health (CLAP/WR) on the prevention of adolescent pregnancy in Honduras and the Dominican Republic was recently published in Saludemia Magazine. …
PAHO/WHO Representative Dr. Karen Lewis-Bell, Dr Djamiel Koesni BOG Acting Manager National Immunization Program, and Deputy Chief of Mission, Priyadarshi Sen
Suriname, September 23, 2022 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) office in Suriname, in collaboration with the United States Government (USG), procured cold chain…