With a looming 2020 deadline for halving the number of road deaths globally—from 1.25 million to 625…
With a looming 2020 deadline for halving the number of road deaths globally—from 1.25 million to 625…
The price paid for unsafe roads is high, in economic terms as well as in human suffering. This statement from the Director…
As part of the first…
As WHO ramps up its fight against antibiotic…
Washington, D.C., November 11, 2015 (PAHO/WHO) — Persistent inequities across gender, race and socioeconomic groups in the Americas compound every major health challenge facing the region, according to evidence and analysis presented in a new series of articles in the Pan American Journal of Public Health, the peer-reviewed scientific journal of…
Roseau, Dominica, 3 November 2015 (PAHO/WHO) — Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), was presented with her native country's highest award, the Dominica Award of Honour, during a Nov. 3 celebration of Dominica's independence day. The award was presented by President Charles Savarin in recognition of Dr.…
Countries in the Americas have made dramatic progress in reducing…
More than 3.7 billion people under the age of 50 — or 67% of the population…
More than one hundred public health experts and stakeholders gathered today in Rio…