3 APRIL 2019| Geneva | New York – One in four health care facilities around the world lacks basic water services, impacting over 2 billion people, according to a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (JMP).
The WHO/UNICEF JMP report, WASH in…
The Project, coordinated by PAHO, has been running since 2017 in Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay to strengthen health services for women and children and avoid maternal mortality
Nanawa, Paraguay, 25 March 2019 (PAHO/WHO) - Strengthening the care of mothers and children and improving response to obstetric emergencies in the South American Chaco,…
On World Tuberculosis Day, PAHO calls for universal access to treatment, early diagnosis, and sustainable funding for TB programs. Around 282 thousand people live with tuberculosis in the Americas.…
PAHO is working to strengthen the capacity of over 7000 coders in Latin America and the Caribbean in order to ensure better quality data to inform public health policies.
Washington D.C. 13 March 2019 (PAHO/WHO) –The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is providing professionals responsible for capturing accurate data on mortality and…
Asunción, 12 March 2019 - The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Carissa F. Etienne, met with the President of the Republic of Paraguay, Mario Abdo Benítez, on 11 March, to discuss the country’s public health achievements and challenges, as well as PAHO’s technical cooperation regarding these matters.
“We talked about the…
Geneva, 11 March 2019 (WHO) – WHO today released a Global Influenza Strategy for 2019-2030 aimed at protecting people in all countries from the threat of influenza. The goal of the strategy is to prevent seasonal influenza, control the spread of influenza from animals to humans, and prepare for the next influenza pandemic.
"The question is not…
Washington D.C. 8 March 2019 (PAHO/WHO)—Access to family planning and prenatal care, intimate partner violence and adolescent health are some of the main challenges migrant women face in the Americas, experts agreed during a panel held by the Pan American Health Organization's (PAHO) headquarters in Washington, D.C. to commemorate International…
New PAHO report examines the health of young people in the Region and makes recommendations on how it can be improved and lives saved.
Washington D.C, 5 March 2019 (PAHO/WHO) – Half of all deaths of young people aged between 10-24 in the Americas are due to homicide, road traffic fatalities and suicide, all of which are preventable, reveals…
Mental health issues account for more than a third of total disability in the Region yet just 2% of country’s health budgets go towards preventing and treating these conditions, according to a new PAHO report.…