February 16, 2024 (PAHO) - Bolivia initiates the implementation of the project "Improved health of communities, women, and children through the elimination of trachoma as a public health problem in the Americas." Its commencement is marked by a coordination meeting of local stakeholders for the development of rapid trachoma assessments in the…
Valparaíso, Chile, 15 February 2024 (PAHO) - Since devastating fires first affected the Chilean region of Valparaíso, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) teams have been working with the country’s authorities to support on the ground mental health, vaccination, sanitation and risk communication initiatives.
When the forest fires began,…
St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda, 12 February 2024 (PAHO) - Antigua and Barbuda are well on their way to detecting possible disease outbreaks, better positioning the nation to plan for and manage health issues.
This advancement is the result of a partnership between the Epidemiology & Surveillance Unit of the Ministry of Health, Wellness and…
St. Kitts and Nevis, 1 February 2024 (PAHO) - The Joseph N. France General Hospital in St. Kitts and Nevis is better equipped to provide services for timely diagnosis and management of mental and neurological diseases across all age groups thanks to a donation from PAHO.
During a handing over ceremony recently, Minister of Health and Prime…
Brasília, 6 February, 2024 – The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Jarbas Barbosa, and the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, attended the opening of the 37th Stop TB Partnership Council Meeting in Brasília, Brazil. Stop TB Partnership is a global coalition of partners…
Montevideo, 1 February 2024. It is available a new course on SIP Plus (Perinatal Information System in its web version).
SIP is an evidence-based system of clinical records and priorities of care, developed among professionals in the region. It is a standard perinatal clinical record and integrates PAHO's toolkit to improve the quality of care…
Bridgetown, Barbados, 30 January 2024 (PAHO) - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) hosted a workshop for national institutions from January 29th to 31st, 2024, to focus on the development of Climate-Resilient Water Safety and Food Safety Plans.
Entitled ‘Validation Workshop for…
Document with important information on COVID-19 vaccines in mothers and pregnant women was published
Montevideo, 30 January 2024. An annex to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Maternal and Neonatal Immunisation Field Guide has been published, with relevant information on COVID-19 vaccines.
Evidence has shown that pregnant women are at higher risk of severe COVID-19 (hospitalisation, admission to intensive care units, need for…
January 23, 2024 (PAHO) - Trachoma is one of the oldest known infectious diseases and is transmitted through contact with ocular secretions of infected individuals, as well as through flies that contribute to its spread. Repeated ocular infection leads to scarring, causing the eyelid to retract and the eyelashes to turn inward, resulting not only…