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PAHO/WHO recommends five keys to safer food for a healthy holiday season
An estimated 77 million people in the Americas suffer an episode of foodborne illness each year, half of them children under 5. Washington, D.C., 21 December 2015 (PAHO/WHO) — More than 210,000 people suffer an episode of foodborne illness every day in the Americas, and half of them are children under 5. During the holidays, the risk of these…
Special UN rapporteur welcomes efforts to advance the right to health in the Americas
Special UN rapporteur welcomes efforts to advance the right to health in the Americashuman-rights-150px The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO)…
New report signals country progress in the path to malaria elimination
New report signals country progress in the path to malaria elimination timor-leste-malaria-150px New estimates from WHO show a significant increase in the number…
Experts seek ways to boost public spending on health in Latin America and the Caribbean to achieve and sustain universal health
Experts seek ways to boost public spending on health in Latin America and the Caribbean to achieve and sustain universal healthun-thumbnail Investing the necessary public resources to achieve…
PAHO recommends actions for countries of the Americas to manage Zika virus and control the mosquito that transmits it
PAHO recommends actions for countries of the Americas to manage Zika virus and control the mosquito that transmits it mosquito The Pan American Health Organization/World Health…
Experts point to progress, challenges in ending the global epidemic of violence against women
Experts point to progress, challenges in ending the global epidemic of violence against womenviolence-women-hp-s Experts on violence against…
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WHO's first ever global estimates of foodborne diseases find children under 5 account for almost one third of deaths
First ever estimates of the global burden of foodborne diseases show almost 1 in 10 people fall ill every year from eating contaminated food and 420 000 die as a result Children under 5 years of age are at particularly high risk, with 125 000 children dying from foodborne diseases every year WHO African and South-East Asia Regions have the…
Doctora Carissa F. Etienne recibe las llaves de la ciudad de Medellín por parte del alcalde Aníbal Gaviria
Medellín Mayor honors PAHO Director with key to the city
Medellín, Colombia, 1 December 2015 (PAHO/WHO) — Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, Director of the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), received the key to the city of Medellin from Mayor Anibal Gaviria today during a special ceremony in the mayor's office. Etienne was in Colombia for the Third Urban Health Summit of the…
Data from 17 countries and territories in the Americas point to elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis
Data from 17 countries and territories in the Americas point to elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis…
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