Washington, D.C., 20 January 2016 (PAHO/WHO) - Health professionals frequently face situations of verbal or physical violence in the course of their duties, which has an impact on their work and health. This is the conclusion of a research paper published in the Pan American Journal of Public Health, the peer-reviewed scientific journal of the Pan…
With the Zika virus now circulating in 18…
The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) is mobilizing…Latest Ebola outbreak over in Liberia; West Africa is at zero, but new flare-ups are likely to occur
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the…
An article in the latest issue of the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) describes how the Pan…Washington, D.C., 30 December 2015 (PAHO/WHO) - Among the most relevant achievements and challenges in public health for the Region were the elimination of rubella and congenital rubella syndrome, the validation of Cuba as the first country in the world to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis, and the arrival of the Zika…
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…
The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO)…
New estimates from WHO show a significant increase in the number…