Honduras develops and implements actions to strengthen the Network and renew the Virtual Health Libraries (VHL) national portal. The result of these actions was presented at the event to launch the new Honduras VHL portal and to celebrate the International Day of Nursing Professionals, in recognition of the work of these professionals…
Suriname, June 22, 2022 (PAHO) - In response to the flooding in the interior of Suriname, PAHO has provided support through the deployment of a two member Regional Response Team between 28 May and 11 June 2022. This emergency deployment was activated following a request from the Minister of Health (MoH) Suriname for assistance in the health…
Kingston, Jamaica, June 18, 2022 (PAHO/WHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) conducted a two-day training on the detection and laboratory diagnosis of monkeypox for laboratory technicians from Jamaica, the Bahamas, Guyana, Suriname, and St. Lucia. The in-person training was held at the National Public Health Laboratory on Wednesday,…
Belize City, Belize, June 16, 2022 (PAHO) – Through the “Health Sector Support Programme Belize” project, the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and the European Union (EU) donated a server and UPS to the Ministry of Health and Wellness (MoHW).
Establishing an electronic repository system at the MoHW will allow…
Bridgetown, Barbados, June 15, 2022 (PAHO/WHO) - The PAHO/WHO Office for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean Countries commenced the second season of the webinar series “Doing What Matters in Times of Stress” on Thursday June 9, 2021.
The series is hosted by in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, Grenada, the European Union…
Through the EU-funded Health Sector Support Programme Project, a PAHO/WHO Belize Mission team led by PWR Dr. Noreen Jack met with Dr. Julio Sabido (CEO, Ministry of Health and Wellness), Mrs. Narda Garcia (CEO, Office of the Prime Minister), Dr. Marco Tulio Mendez (Chairman, National Health Insurance) and key stakeholders as part of technical…
Belize City, Belize, June 14, 2022 (PAHO) - As Belize continues to prepare for the certification to be malaria-free, the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) Belize Country Office donated 15,000 Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDTs) to the Ministry of Health and Wellness (MoHW) as part of the interventions to increase…
Training activities in scholarly communication through face-to-face or online courses[1], workshops or webinars are intended to stimulate the publication of the results of scientific research and clinical observation. The Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information/Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (…
Bridgetown, Barbados, 9 June 2022 (PAHO) - Experts from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Subregional Programme and University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Nursing recently carried out a site visit to assess the Associate Nursing Programme in the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI).
The activity followed a review of the Nursing Program…