Research efforts must be ramped up to explore the unknown factors in microcephaly and congenital malformations that may be linked to infection with the Zika virus, international researchers concluded, after a two-day meeting at the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO).…
Washington, D.C., March 3, 2016 (PAHO/WHO) —Strengthening surveillance for birth defects will help countries obtain more accurate estimates of the prevalence of microcephaly and other congenital anomalies in newborns, say experts from the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO). PAHO/WHO is urging countries to invest…
Puerto Rico, 29 February 2016 (PAHO/WHO) — At the Humacao cemetery on Puerto Rico's east coast, an elderly woman arranges artificial flowers at a gravestone, talking to herself or perhaps to a departed loved one. Though colorful, the plastic flowers are a pale imitation of the real thing. Yet they're the only flowers authorities allow in the…
Puerto Rico, February 26, 2016 (PAHO / WHO) — The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and the Arbovirus Laboratory Network (RELDA) have agreed on new guidelines to improve lab confirmation of suspected Zika cases, even as more accurate tests are developed.
"With dengue and chikungunya circulating in the region,…
Directors of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) have praised Brazil's research and actions on Zika virus and its possible consequences…
Washington, DC, February 24, 2016 (PAHO / WHO) -- The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) has released its 2016 calendar on the benefits of breastfeeding, which features illustrations by the Argentine cartoonist Fernando Sendra.…
A group of experts convened by the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO / WHO) is working in Colombia this week to support the country's efforts to respond to the outbreak of Zika virus. Colombian health authorities report…
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the EQUATOR Network have…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…