PAHO videos tell the story of experts who helped advance public health in the Americasreflections-152Reflections: the health of the people, the people of health is a project of the Pan…
Global cancer burden rises to 14.1 million new cases in 2012, says IARC The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the specialized cancer agency of…
New study in the Pan American Journal of Public Health also shows that girls in general have higher rates of micronutrient deficiencies than boys, especially iodine deficiency Washington, D.C., 19 December 2013 (PAHO/WHO) — Chronic malnutrition was found to be more than twice as high among Hispanic children than non-Hispanic white children in the…
Washington, D.C., 12 December 2013 (PAHO/WHO)—The impressive gains described in the 2013 World Malaria Report—including some 3.3 million lives saved since 2000—would not have been possible without the financial and political commitment of the United States government and other international partners, said Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, Director of the…
World Malaria Report 2013 shows major progress in fight against malaria, calls for sustained financingGeneva/Washington, D.C., 11 December 2013 (PAHO/WHO) — Efforts to control and eliminate malaria have saved an estimated 3.3 million lives since 2000, reducing malaria mortality rates by 45% globally and by 70% in the Americas, according to the…
Experts explore the use of legislation to advance the right to health On the occasion of Human Rights Day (Dec. 10), the Pan American Health Organization/World Health…
New video shows WHO A new three-minute animated video from the World Health Organization (WHO) shows…