Salvador, Brazil, 6 June 2024 (PAHO/WHO) – Experts from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) participated in the 3rd G20 Health Working Group to discuss the importance of promoting health equity and advancing the 2030 agenda.Discussions at the meeting, which took place from 2 to 6 June in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, underscored the need…
Washington, DC, June 5, 2024 – Under the umbrella of the Alliance for Primary Health Care (A4PHC), the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the World Bank, and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) convened a two-day interactive event, the Caribbean Health Financing Forum, this week to explore avenues for strengthening…
Geneva, 1 June 2024 — In an historic development, the World Health Assembly, the annual meeting of its 194 member countries, today agreed a package of critical amendments to the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR), and made concrete commitments to completing negotiations on a global pandemic agreement within a year, at the latest.…
Geneva, Switzerland, 1 June 2024 (PAHO) - Building on the lessons from COVID-19, countries from the Americas strongly engaged in decisions to better prepare against present and future health challenges, including pandemics, climate change and growing antibiotic resistance, and to promote universal health coverage at the global health gathering.The…
St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda, 31 May 2024 (PAHO)— Experts from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) this week participated in the 4th Small Island Developing States (SIDS) International Conference, to ensure that health remains front and center of discussions around catalyzing the sustainable development of small island nations.…
Geneva, Switzerland, 28 May 2024 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and German Development Agency GIZ this week signed an agreement to drive the digital transformation of the health sector and improve health outcomes for millions of people in the Region of the Americas.The agreement was signed during the 77th World Health…
Young people using e-cigarettes at rates higher than adults in many countriesWashington, DC, 30 May 2024 (PAHO)- The World Health Organization (WHO) and STOP, a global tobacco industry watchdog, are launching today “Hooking the next generation,” a report highlighting how the tobacco and nicotine industry designs products, implements marketing…
Geneva, May 28, 2024 (PAHO/WHO) – Ministers of health and high-level health authorities from the Americas have come together this week for the 77th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, to discuss pressing health issues, including amendments to the International Health Regulations (IHR) and the creation of a global instrument on…
Washington, DC, 28 May 2024 (PAHO)- While most countries in the region of the Americas have improved coverage of reproductive health services, reaching just over 81% of the population, inequalities persist both between and within them, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director, Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, said during a regional meeting on the…