Policies to control tobacco use, including tobacco tax and price increases,…
Policies to control tobacco use, including tobacco tax and price increases,…
In 2016, Zika virus spread rapidly throughout the Americas after its initial appearance in Brazil in May 2015. The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO…
Washington, DC, 22 December 2016 (PAHO/WHO)-From the Zika epidemic and the birth of thousands of babies with congenital malformations, through the declaration of measles as eliminated from the American continent, 2016 was a year of serious challenges and important successes for health in the Americas.
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PAHO Director Carissa F. Etienne met with Bloomberg Philanthropies' Kelly Henning and Neena Prasad to discuss…
PAHO is saddened to learn of the death of Dr. Halfdan T. Mahler,…
It's time to move "from words to action" to overcome these obstacles, said participants in a PAHO event marking Universal Health Day and Human Rights Day
Washington, D.C., 12 December 2016 (PAHO/WHO) - Lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) people throughout the Americas and worldwide face stigma and discrimination, both in society generally and…
Only one focus of onchocerciasis (river blindness) persists in the Americas, on the border between Brazil and Venezuela. The disease is still present in 31 African countries and Yemen.
Guatemala City, 8 December 2016 (PAHO/WHO)- A hundred years after Guatemalan ophthalmologist Rodolfo Robles established the causal relationship between…
