Montevideo, 9 June 2022 (PAHO/CLAP)-- CLAP and the Mental Health and Substance Abuse unit of PAHO/WHO held a webinar to address women's mental health across the life course, addressing aspects before the COVID-19 pandemic, during the pandemic and its consequences for the future.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, women have been particularly…
The Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance of Guatemala (MPHSA), in partnership with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), carried out from May 7 to 28 of 2022 a health campaign to operate people affected by trachoma in Sololá to reduce the progression to visual impairment and eventual blindness.
The campaign benefited 212…
Hamilton, Bermuda, June 7, 2022 - Mr. Ian Stein, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)/World Health Organization (WHO) Representative to Jamaica, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands, wrapped up a two-day visit to Bermuda, to reengage partnerships impacted during the pandemic and bolster local public health initiatives.
The visit included…
June 7, 2022 – Though some may consider the theme for this year’s World Food Safety Day (WFSD), "Safer Food, Better Health”, obvious, few persons know that an estimated 600 million – almost 1 in 10 people in the world – fall ill after eating contaminated food and 420,000 die every year. And startlingly, children under 5 years old carry 40% of the…
Each year in the region of the Americas 77 million people suffer from foodborne diseases (FBD). The international health organization works together with the countries of the region to strengthen their food control systems and emphasizes that this type of disease can be prevented.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 7th, 2022 (PANAFTOSA/SPV-PAHO/WHO) –…
As part of the 3rd Week of the Colombia VHL, and the 24th National Congress on Updating and Training of Health Information Units – UNIRECS on 11 and 13 May 2022, the Window of Knowledge and Toolbox Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the Colombia VHL was launched.
The 3rd Colombia VHL Week and the 24th UNIRECS Congress aimed to generate…
The Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the PAHO GUY Country Office and the "Improved health of women and adolescent girls in situations of vulnerability" project supported by Global Affairs Canada, held a stakeholder meeting to discuss adolescent health issues, innovative strategies, and interventions to improve adolescent health…
The Association of Caribbean University, Research and Institutional Libraries (ACURIL) is holding its 2022 conference under the theme Managing Change and Resilience: Proactive Action in Caribbean Libraries, Museums and Archives. A pre-conference event held on May 26 brought the Virtual Health Library (VHL) Content roundtable, which featured…
Kingston, Jamaica, June 1, 2022 (PAHO) - Primary healthcare workers play an important role in keeping communities safe through the delivery of routine and COVID-19 immunizations. Nurse Christine Smart-Guy, the public health nurse responsible for immunizations at the Kitson Town Health Centre in rural St. Catherine is proud to promote…