As on previous occasions, BIREME was present at the VI International Congress of Medical Education promoted by the Asociación Peruana de Facultades de Medicina (ASPEFAM), from May 25th to 29th of this year. The event, developed in an innovative way to meet current challenges regarding the virtual format, had the participation of 1,500 attendees…
Bridgetown, Barbados, 8 June 2021 (PAHO / WHO) - Six fellows have been welcomed as the first cohort of a University of the West Indies (UWI) coordinated, one-year study to promote leadership in climate change and health.
Funded by the European Union (EU), it is one component of a five-year € 7 million project coordinated by the Pan…
Georgetown, Guyana, 7 June 2021 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health/World Health Organization collaborated with the privately-owned Balwant Singh Hospital (BSH) for the implementation of Perinatal Information System (SIP Plus) software in the facility. PAHO provided technical support by training the staff at the BSH on the SIP Plus software for the…
Bridgetown, Barbados, 7 June 2021 (PAHO / WHO) - The Caribbean subregional program coordination office of the Pan American health Organization recently welcomed Mr. Dean Chambliss to the post of Subregional Program Director (CRB).
He replaces the Subregional Program Coordinator, Mrs Jessie Schutt-Aine, who led the office from 2015. Mr Chambliss…
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 7 June, 2021 (PANAFTOSA/VPH-PAHO/WHO) – The theme of this year’s World Food Safety Day is: “Safe food today for a healthy tomorrow”. Its main objective is to promote actions to help prevent, detect and manage foodborne risks. This is a special day to acknowledge the work of different actors in the food chain who are devoted…
Georgetown, Guyana, 1 June 2021 (PAHO) -- The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) Guyana hosted a ceremony that celebrated the donation of COVID-19 medical and non-medical supplies and equipment procured with financial support from the Canadian government’s Caribbean Disaster Risk Management Programme-Health…
The idea of creating a referential database of health legislation dates back to 1987, when the Latin American and Caribbean Center for Health Sciences Information (BIREME/PAHO/WHO), in coordination with the Health Systems and Services Unit (HSS) of PAHO/WHO, published the regional thematic database – LEYES – operated in a network coordinated by…
Bridgetown, Barbados, May 28, 2021 (PAHO) – Saint Lucia’s Ministry of Health and Wellness has won a 2021 World No-Tobacco Day Award in the Americas from the World Health Organization (WHO). The Ministry of Health, one of six winners of the award in the Americas, received the recognition for achieving key advances in tobacco control efforts.
“The…
Montevideo, May 27, 2021 (CLAP/PAHO)- In order to support training in the area of maternal health, the Latin American Center for Perinatology (CLAP) of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the University of Chile offer the Competency-Based Education course through their Virtual Campus for Public Health.
The self-learning course, which…