Washington, DC, June 24, 2019 (PAHO/WHO) - The Executive Committee of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) began today its 164th session at the World Health Organization's (WHO) regional office for the Americas, in order to discuss strategies and plans of action to improve the health of the Americas.
Chaired by Canada, the committee will…
Washington D.C., June 12, 2019 (PAHO/WHO) – In Latin America and the Caribbean, voluntary donation accounts for less than half of all blood supplies. For World Blood Donor Day, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is calling for countries to strengthen their voluntary, unpaid blood donation systems, the best way to ensure universal…
Food can become contaminated at any point in the food chain, so everyone must take measures to keep food safe—from producers to processers, retailers and consumers. An estimated 77 million people in the Americas suffer an episode of foodborne illness each year, half of them children under 5. In some cases, foodborne illness can be fatal…
From June 10-14, 2019 a training for managers in clinical management of dengue and other arboviruses was held in Havana, Cuba. This activity is carried out within the framework of cooperation of the Institute of Tropical Medicine "Pedro Kouri" (IPK) as a Collaborating Center of PAHO / WHO for dengue research and its control with the…
Washington, D.C., 30 May 2019 (PAHO/WHO) – Tobacco control measures, particularly those to ensure smoke-free public and work spaces, must be urgently stepped up in order to protect the health of the people of the Americas, says the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), regional branch for the Americas of the World Health Organization (WHO).…
Geneva, 28 May 2019 (PAHO/WHO) - The 72nd World Health Assembly ended today with the adoption of several resolutions on the world’s most relevant public health issues.
Over the past 9 days, Member States adopted a new global strategy on health, environment and climate change, and committed?to invest in safe water, sanitation and hygiene services…
Washington, D.C., 28 May 2019 (PAHO/WHO) –Individuals, organizations and authorities from six countries across the Region of the Americas, including Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Colombia, El Salvador, the United States of America and Uruguay are to be honored with a 2019 World No Tobacco Day award. These honors, awarded each year by the World…
Geneva, May 27, 2019 (PAHO / WHO) - The delegations at the World Health Assembly approved a series of resolutions about patient safety, emergency and care, and water and sanitation. They also agreed on the adoption of the of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-11), that will come into…
Geneva, May 24, 2019 (PAHO / WHO) - The delegations approved today a series of technical and administrative resolutions on climate change and health, noncommunicable diseases and the pandemic influenza preparedness framework.
Following is a summary of the main decisions adopted today at the 72nd World Health Assembly.
Health, environment and…