Rousseau, Dominica, Oct. 5, 2017 (PAHO)- Pan American Health Organization Director Carissa F. Etienne traveled to Dominica yesterday to review the health situation on the island after it was devastated by Hurricane Maria, and commended health care workers for their service "even when they themselves have suffered losses."
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The number of obese children and adolescents (aged…Washington, DC, September 29, 2017 (PAHO / WHO) - The 29th Pan American Sanitary Conference of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) ended today with the approval of a new health agenda for the Americas, and a series of strategies and plans of action to face health challenges in coming years.
The Sustainable Health Agenda for the…
29 September 2017 | Geneva - On the International Day of the Older Person—1 October—WHO calls for a new approach to providing health services for older people. WHO highlights the role of primary care and the contribution community health workers can make to keeping older people healthier for longer. The Organization also emphasizes the…
A new…
Washington, DC, September 27, 2017 (PAHO / WHO) - Ministers of Health at the 29th Pan American Sanitary Conference of the Pan…
High-level health authorities from throughout the Region of the Americas…
Washington, D.C., September 27, 2017 (PAHO/WHO) -- Dr. Carissa F. Etienne was re-elected today for a second five-year term as Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) by the Member States of the organization.
Ministers of health meeting at the 29th Pan American Sanitary Conference voted unanimously to re-elect…
Washington, D.C., 27 September 2017 (PAHO/WHO) -Health leaders from throughout the Americas have endorsed an ambitious and wide-ranging agenda for fighting diseases and making their countries' health systems universal and sustainable by the year 2030.
The Sustainable Health Agenda for the Americas 2030 (SHAA2030)-which takes inspiration from the…