Strengthening surveillance for Zika virus and improving detection platforms are among the topics that experts from the Pan American Health Organization…
While scientists study Zika virus, the Pan American Health…
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…
The Director of the Pan American Health…
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…
The World Health Organization is calling on…
A special series of articles published today in The Lancet shows that supporting and promoting…
With the slogan "We can, I can," the Pan American Health…
Zika virus is spreading rapidly through the Americas and could potentially reach all countries except Canada and continental Chile, the Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, told health officials from around the…