17 November 2017 | MOSCOW/ GENEVA - Today 75 ministers agreed to take urgent action to end tuberculosis by 2030. The announcement came at the first WHO Global Ministerial Conference on Ending Tuberculosis in the Sustainable Development Era: A Multisectoral Response, which brought together delegates from 114 countries in Moscow. President Vladimir…
Moscow, November 15 2017 (PAHO/WHO)- Pan American Health Organization Director Carissa F. Etienne and Russian Federation Health Minister Veronika I. Skvortsova today signed an agreement to collaborate in health protection, communicable and noncommunicable diseases, response to major epidemics, and other public health areas.
The Russian…
In the Region of the Americas, the rate of adult obesity is more than double the world average, with women more affected than men. Halting the advance of this condition through policies and healthy lifestyles can prevent future cases of diabetes.
Washington, D.C., 10 November 2017 (PAHO/WHO)—Obesity is one of the main risk factors for diabetes.…
7 NOVEMBER 2017 | GENEVA - WHO is recommending that farmers and the food industry stop using antibiotics routinely to promote growth and prevent disease in healthy animals.
The new WHO recommendations aim to help preserve the effectiveness of antibiotics that are important for human medicine by reducing their unnecessary use in animals. In some…
Washington, DC, 3 Nov. 2017 (PAHO/WHO) - The Pan American Health Organization and partner agencies recognized new Malaria Champions from Brazil, Haiti and the Dominican Republic today for work on "Closing local gaps toward Malaria Elimination." Two projects, one in a remote area of the Amazon in Brazil and another one in the Dominican Republic and…
World Hepatitis Summit 2017 calls for accelerated action to eliminate viral hepatitis
31 OCTOBER 2017 | SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL - On the eve of the World Hepatitis Summit in Brazil, WHO reports increasing global momentum in the response to viral hepatitis. A record 3 million people were able to obtain treatment for hepatitis C over the past two…
32 countries and territories of the Americas administer this vaccine to pregnant women. Immunizing future mothers is key for preventing complications during gestation, and for protecting newborns.Washington, D.C., October 24 2017 (PAHO/WHO) - The Region of the Americas is a leader in vaccinating pregnant women against influenza, a public health…
Heads of State and Government and ministers…
The total number of persons that suffer from hunger in Latin America and the…