Port-au-Prince, May 10, 2017 - Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) met with Haitian authorities including the President of Haiti, H.E Jovenel Moïse, Prime Minister H.E Dr. Jack Guy Lafontant, and the Minister of Public Health and Population (MSPP), Dr. Marie Greta Roy Clément to discuss health system…
PAHO gathers information on the health situation and application of ICTs in 47 countries and territories of the region.
Washington, DC, 5 May 2017 (PAHO/WHO)- Information on the health situation and the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the Americas now has a new home. The Pan American Health Organization has launched a…
4 MAY, 2017, Geneva/Washington (PAHO/WHO) - Excessive or inappropriate speed contributes to one in every three road traffic fatalities worldwide, according to a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO), Managing speed, which suggests that measures to address speed can prevent road traffic deaths and injuries.…
61% of health workers do not sanitize their hands when necessary, which puts people at risk of contracting an infection. PAHO calls on countries and health centers to strengthen prevention and control of infections
Washington, DC, May 4, 2017 (PAHO) - The lack of adequate and timely hand hygiene raises the risk of health care-associated…
Health investment is needed to protect achievements and advance toward universal health
Washington, D.C., 2 May 2017 (PAHO/WHO) - The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Carissa F. Etienne, urged ambassadors to the Organization of American States (OAS) to become partners in advocating for health as a pillar of social and…
Washington, May 2, 2017 (PAHO/WHO)-The Government of Dominica has nominated Dr. Carissa F. Etienne for a second term as Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau, the secretariat of the Pan American Health Organization.
The nomination was in a letter to the President of PAHO's Executive Committee, Argentinian Health Minister Dr. Jorge Lemus,…
The Americas is one of the most unequal regions in the world. Ensuring the health and well-being of the population is fundamental to achieving Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development
Mexico City, April 27, 2017 (PAHO) - The most important challenges to health and well-being in the Americas are rooted in inequity and social exclusion, Pan American…
In 2015, almost 64 million people in the Americas were living outside their country of origin, 36% more than in 2000. Irregular migration and substandard conditions have negative consequences for health.
Mexico City, 25 April 2017 (PAHO) - The ministers of health and senior health authorities of Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican…
Washington, D.C., 25 April 2017 (PAHO/WHO) - For years, Micaela Santis Gomez would use a hair clip to pull out her eyelashes. That was the only way she could stop the tearing and pain they caused as a result of trachoma, an infectious disease that makes the eyelashes grow inward and touch the cornea, which can eventually lead to blindness.…