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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…
"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…