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Improvements come to Caribbean Health Facilities with United Kingdom funding
Improvements come to Caribbean Health Facilities with United Kingdom fundinghospital-grenada Some 50 health care facilities in seven Caribbean countries are being improved…
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Fifth meeting of the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations (2005) regarding microcephaly, other neurological disorders and Zika virus
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…
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PAHO Director meets with Canadian officials to discuss cooperation for health development in the Americas
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…
Making health systems resilient to changing needs and threats must be a top priority, says PAHO Director
Making health systems resilient to changing needs and threats must be a top priority, says PAHO Directorhsr-2016-150px One of the most critical lessons of the recent Ebola epidemic in…
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PAHO Director: Fight Against Zika will be a 'marathon'
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
Experts call for stronger, more resilient health systems to mitigate and manage future health crises health-services-zika-150px Health systems across the…
Photo: PAHO/WHO, D. Spitz. Minister of Health of Haiti, Daphnée Benoit Delsoin, applies the first dose of the oral vaccine of cholera to a student in Les Cayes, Haiti.
Haiti begins vaccination campaign against cholera in areas most affected by Hurricane Matthew
Les Cayes, Haiti, 9 November 2016 (PAHO/WHO) - A large contingent of national supervisors, nurses, health workers and criesurs, or town criers, are being mobilized by the Ministry of Health and Population of Haiti to vaccinate some 800,000 people living in 16 communes in the departments of Sud and Grand'Anse, the areas most affected by…
Caribbean Health Ministers agree on action plan for innovating national information systems for health
Kingston, Jamaica, 8 November 2016 (PAHO/WHO)-Health ministers from 16 Caribbean countries and territories reached agreement today on an action plan for collectively improving and innovating their national information systems for health.Meeting in Kingston, Jamaica at the invitation of the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization…
Experts at PAHO present imaging findings to detect Zika abnormalities
Experts at PAHO present imaging findings to detect Zika abnormalities pregnant-ultrasound-150px Experts from the Americas are at the Pan American…
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