"Take the challenge. End AIDS" is the Pan American Health…
"Take the challenge. End AIDS" is the Pan American Health…
28 November 2016, Port-au-Prince, Haiti—Haiti's Ministry of Health (MSPP) is nearing completion of its vaccination campaign against cholera, having reached more than 729,000 people with vaccines in Sud and Grand Anse departments, areas ravaged by Hurricane Matthew.
With support from the Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization…
Today, UN human rights experts told countries…
Some 50 health care facilities in seven Caribbean countries are being improved…
18 November 2016 - The fifth meeting of the Emergency Committee (EC) on Zika and microcephaly convened by the Director-General under the International Health Regulations (IHR 2005) regarding microcephaly, other neurological disorders and Zika virus was held by teleconference on 18 November 2016.
The Committee was briefed on the…
Ottawa, Canada, 15 November 2016 (PAHO/WHO) - Carissa F. Etienne, Director of the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) met in Ottawa this week with high-level Canadian authorities to provide updates on a number of joint PAHO/WHO-Canada cooperation initiatives and to discuss future opportunities for Canada and PAHO…
One of the most critical lessons of the recent Ebola epidemic in…
Atlanta, Nov. 13, 2016 (PAHO/WHO) - The fight against the Zika virus "is not a hundred-meter race. This is a marathon in which science and public health need to work hand in hand," Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, director of the Pan American Health Organization, told delegates at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene today.
In a keynote…
Experts call for stronger, more resilient health systems to mitigate and manage future health crises
Health systems across the…