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This year's award recognizes the efforts of the Americas toward eliminating the disease, a commitment made by 18 of the 21 endemic countries in the region
Washington, DC, November 3, 2016 (PAHO/WHO) - Fifteen years ago, malaria afflicted about 2,000 people in Costa Rica. The country's control efforts paid off and since 2013 the country has…
Port-au-Prince, Nov. 3, 2016 (PAHO/WHO)-Haiti needs support to restore and rebuild its health services at various levels, ranging from cholera treatment centers to community health centers to major hospitals, according to Dr. Jean-Luc Poncelet, the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) representative in Haiti.
In…
Expanding access to quality medicines and health…
Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 27 Oct. 2016-- The Haitian Ministry of Health (MSPP) is setting up a vaccination campaign against cholera in areas ravaged by Hurricane Matthew, with support from the Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization (PAHO / WHO).
The decision of WHO and other member of the Global Task Force for…
New song by Darryl Gervais, of Trinidad and Tobago, urges everyone: "Do Your Part" to fight Zika-carrying mosquitoes
Washington, D.C., 25 October 2016 (PAHO/WHO) - Trinidadian singer-songwriter Darryl Gervais has recorded a new song for the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to raise awareness in the Caribbean about the need to fight Aedes…
A new survey by the Pan American Health Organization/World…
Havana, 21 October 2016 (PAHO/WHO) - Delegations from over 30 countries agreed today to promote a series of priority measures for the prevention and control of arboviruses, a group of mosquito-borne viruses that includes the Zika, dengue, and chikungunya virus. These measures involve strengthening epidemiological surveillance systems for the…
The director of the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO…