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Dr. Carissa Etienne, Director of the Pan American Health Organization and Regional Director of World Health Organization in the Americas, was in St. Vincent and the Grenadines this week for an official visit and to attend a meeting of PAHO representatives based in the Caribbean.
Kingstown, St. Vincent 19 February 2016 (PAHO/WHO) — Dr. Carissa…
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Eliminating mosquitoes requires action by governments, businesses, individuals, families and communities. PAHO is requesting $8.5 million from the international community to support its technical cooperation with member countries.
Montevideo, 3 February 2016 (PAHO/WHO) — More resources are urgently needed to fight the spread of Zika in the…
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Washington, D.C., 1 February 2016 (PAHO/WHO) - WHO announced today that the recent cluster of neurological disorders and neonatal malformations reported in the Americas region constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. This comes after the International Health Regulation Emergency Committee agreed that a causal link between…
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