Montevideo, September 17, 2021, CLAP/PAHO- Beginning in 2013, every September 17 is the World Patient Safety Day celebration, a date established by the World Health Assembly through the adoption of resolution WHA72.6 on this topic.
This year’s campaign slogan – “Act now for safe and respectful childbirth!” – the emphasis is placed for ensuring…
The initiative is coordinated among the Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare (MPH & SW), The Latin American Center for Perinatology, Women's and Reproductive Health (CLAP-PAHO/WHO) and the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) Representation in Paraguay.
Asunción, September 16, 2021 (PAHO/WHO)-…
The Guyana Responsible Association (GRPA), with support from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and World Health Organization (WHO) Civil Society Project, conducted a two-day advocacy training for the Youth. The training focused on improving access to sexual and reproductive health services, especially to vulnerable groups during…
PAHO Guyana and the Ministry of Health trained Community Volunteers from 5 districts in region one on Surveillance and Monitoring & Evaluation for Malaria. During this time of COVID-19, it is essential to ensure universal access to malaria diagnosis and treatment. These volunteers work with the miners who provide malaria services to…
The Covid-19 global pandemic brought countless challenges to individuals and organizations that, due to teleworking brought on by this unprecedented public health emergency, had to reassess their way of operating so that their intellectual capital and operations could acted synchronously, and necessarily with the support of ICTs - information and…
An unprecedented consortium of more than 25 international, U.S., and Caribbean organizations, including the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), has come together to address the public health challenge of climate change in the Caribbean, one of the most vulnerable regions in the world to the adverse health effects of the climate crisis…
On September 10th, commemorating World Suicide Prevention Day, PAHO is launching two training courses intended for medical and social workers to improve psychosocial support with those with whom they come into contact. World Suicide Prevention Day is commemorated annually worldwide on September 10th and this year's theme is "Creating Hope Through…
The event celebrating 20 years of the Brazilian Ministry of Health’s Virtual Health Library (MS VHL) was broadcast online via Teams and on the DataSUS YouTube channel on August 31st. During the ceremony, the new MS VHL interface, the commemorative anniversary stamp that will be used in activities until August/22, and the …
On Friday 3 August, PAHO donated oxygen tanks to the Regional Health Service in Suriname to support the fight against COVID-19 in Suriname.
PAHO continuously supports the primary health services with necessary medical equipment and supplies. The donation consisted of 15 oxygen tanks of 60 cubic feet volume and 15 oxygen tanks of 110 cubic feet…