World Health Day is celebrated every year on 7 April to commemorate the anniversary of the founding of the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1948.
Each year for this date, a theme is chosen that highlights an area of priority concern for WHO. In the face of the current pandemic, a polluted planet, and an increasing incidence of diseases,…
Kingston, Jamaica, April 6, 2022 (PAHO/WHO) – Mr. Ian Stein, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)/World Health Organization (WHO) Representative to Jamaica, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands has issued a warning about the impact of climate change on health.
“Climate change is devastating to our environment and causes adverse health effects.…
PWR of Belize, Dr. Noreen Jack and CEO of the Ministry of Economic Development, Dr. Osmond Martinez, officially signed the Mental Health and Psychosocial Consultancy Agreement.
Also, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Wellness and the Road Safety Program, this agreement will benefit and provide proper mental health and…
In order to meet regional needs for indexing and retrieving scientific and technical literature from Latin America and the Caribbean, the DeCS/MeSH thesaurus was created in 1986 as a Portuguese and Spanish version of the terms and thematic categories of the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) thesaurus and expanded with one more category,…
Georgetown 31 March 2022- PAHO Guyana, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health (MoH), implemented a national consultation process for the proposed Package of Essential Health Services for Primary Health Care of Guyana.
In his opening remarks at a consultation with all Directors and Heads of Units of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony…
30 March, 2022 - The United Nations in Jamaica through technical cooperation with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)/World Health Organization (WHO) have retrofitted seven primary health care centres to enable improved access to water and reduced energy costs.
The initiative, made possible through the United Nations Trust Fund for Human…
Technical cooperation between BIREME and CGDI of the Ministry of Health continues to be strengthened
On March 15th, a virtual session was held with the BIREME team, with the participation of the Director of the Department of Evidence and Intelligence for Action in Health (EIH) of PAHO/WHO and Interim Director of BIREME, Sebastián Garcia Saisó and the General Coordinator of Documentation and Information (CGDI), Shirlei Rodrigues, and Sandra…
The Government of Canada, in partnership with the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), has donated a range of medical equipment and supplies to support COVID-19 recovery in Jamaica. The donation was made through the Caribbean Disaster Risk Management Program – Health Sector Project – a joint project funded by…
Georgetown, 24 March 2022- Guyana joins the rest of the world in observing World Tuberculosis Day under the theme “Invest to END TB Save lives”.
During this week PAHO/WHO in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, conducted a consultation session to review the country’s Guidelines on the Clinical and Programmatic Management of all forms…