Washington, DC, Atlanta, Panama City, February 16, 2017 (PAHO/WHO/CNLA/UNICEF) - Cartoon Network and its partners the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) are launching a new Public Service Announcement aimed at educating children in Latin America and the Caribbean about controlling the spread of…
Belize City, 14 February 2017 (PAHO)- The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and Belize's Ministry of Health yesterday signed a new cooperation strategy whose priorities are to help the country advance toward universal health and to improve retention and distribution of health personnel throughout the country.
"The new strategy reflects our…
Belize City, Belize, 14 February 2017 (PAHO) - Improving health in Belize requires addressing multiple causes and therefore depends on actions by sectors beyond health, the Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, told a group of senior government officials this week in an official visit to the Central…
Belize City, Belize, 13 February 2017 (PAHO/WHO) - The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, congratulated Prime Minister Dean Barrow of Belize today for his country's success in promoting immunization and dramatically reducing the burden of malaria."Thanks to high rates of vaccination, Belize has been…
The Director of the Pan…
Tobacco control legislation is critical to reduce diseases that are the leading causes of…
Washington, D.C., 5 February 2017 (PAHO/WHO) - The Director of the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, is visiting Guyana from Feb. 5 to 8 to meet with high-level government officials and sign a new strategy for technical cooperation in health.
Her visit includes working meetings and…
New guidance from the World Health Organization (WHO), launched ahead of World Cancer Day…
As the world marks one year since a global Public Health…