The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Carissa F. Etienne, has arrived in Venezuela to meet with health authorities to discuss the country's plans to respond to the recent outbreaks of measles, diphtheria and malaria, as well as to evaluate the current state of the country's health system and access to medicines.
Caracas, 13…
Its only 6 in the morning, but 25 year old Maria is already up after another sleepless night in the Jose Martí shelter in Escuintla. While she wakes up her children; 4 year…
Washington, D.C., June 12, 2018 (PAHO / WHO) - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) calls for intensified efforts to improve systems based on voluntary unpaid blood donation in order to prevent millions of deaths per year, including from postpartum hemorrhage, road traffic accidents and various forms of cancer.
The theme of this year's…
The World Health Organization (WHO) today certified Paraguay as having eliminated malaria, the first country in the Americas to be granted this status since Cuba in 1973.
San José / Geneva, 11 June 2018 - The…Guatemala City, 6 June 2018 (PAHO/WHO) - A technical team from the Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) joined the country Representative for Guatemala, Dr. Oscar Barreneche, on a visit to health facilities and an emergency shelter on 6 June, to carry out a needs assessment regarding access to clean water,…
Tobacco use has declined markedly since 2000, both globally and in the Region of the Americas, but the reduction is…
Fear and shame were the overriding emotions experienced by Jesus Gomez and Zeneida Rojas every time they left their homes. "When I experienced an episode, I was…
Washington, DC, 29 May 2018 (PAHO/WHO) - The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) has recommended that all those travelling to the 2018 FIFA World Cup ensure that they´re up-to-date with all their vaccinations, including the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine (also known as MMR). The 2018 World Cup will be…
The 71st World Health Assembly wrapped up its sessions today by adopting a number of resolutions on the most relevant public health issues.
Geneva, 26 May 2018 (PAHO/WHO)- The 71st World Health Assembly wrapped up its sessions today by adopting a number of resolutions on the most relevant public health issues.
Delegates from across the globe…