The PAHO/WHO Guyana Country Office is pleased to announce that the
PAHO Director, Dr. Carissa Etienne,…
Regional initiative led by PAHO/WHO promotes opportunities for healthy living to prevent noncommunicable diseases such as cancer, heart disease and diabetes
Washington, D.C., 11 September 2014 (PAHO/WHO) — The 4th annual Wellness Week in the Americas will kick off this Saturday, Sept. 13, with activities throughout the hemisphere that promote…
New eHealth initiatives are springing up in countries throughout Latin…
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Effort targets 200,000 people in three departments considered at high risk
Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 2 September 2014 (PAHO/WHO) — Haiti launched a cholera vaccination campaign last week that seeks to reach 200,000 people in three departments. The campaign is being led by the Ministry of Health and Population (MSPP) with support from the United…
The
report on "Electronic nicotine delivery systems" (ENDS), of which electronic
cigarettes are the most common prototype, is on the agenda of the 6th
Conference of the Parties (COP) to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco
Control (WHO FCTC), being held 13-18 October 2014, in Moscow.
The
report recommends that appropriate government bodies…