The 2014 Edmundo Granda
Ugarte Leaders in International Health Program got under way on 10 June,
with the Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO),
Carissa F. Etienne, urging participants from 20 countries to join
efforts to achieve universal health coverage in the Americas.
Participants from 20 countries are enrolled in the…
More than 15% of maternal deaths in Latin America and the Caribbean are the result of hemorrhage. Ensuring the availability of safe blood from voluntary unpaid donors could prevent some 670 deaths each year
Washington, DC, 11 June, 2014 (PAHO / WHO) — On World Blood Donor Day, June 14, the Pan American Health Organization/World Health…
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World Environment Day (WED) is the United Nations' principal vehicle for encouraging worldwide awareness and action for the environment. In support of the UN designation of 2014 as the International Year of Small Island Developing States, World Environment Day this year focuses on small island developing states in the context of climate…
Despite progress by countries of the Americas in…PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC, 3 June 2014—A report released today by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund together with the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM), WHO and partners reveals that major deficits in the midwifery workforce occur in 73 countries where these services are most desperately needed. The report recommends new…
Panama and Costa Rica are recognized for increasing tobacco taxes
Washington, D.C., 30 May 2014 (PAHO/WHO) — On World No Tobacco Day (31 May), the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) is calling on countries to raise taxes on tobacco to encourage users to stop and to prevent other people from becoming…
Washington, DC, 29 May 2014 (PAHO/WHO)—PAHO marks with great sadness the passing of Dr. Ciro de Quadros, a pioneering public health leader who played a pivotal role in polio eradication in the Americas and in strengthening immunization programs throughout the Western Hemisphere and beyond.
He died peacefully at home on May 28 in Washington, D.C…
But improved case management has reduced death rates for the disease
Washington, D.C., May 29, 2014 (PAHO/WHO) — The number of dengue cases in the Americas increased five-fold between 2003 and 2013, according to data presented this week at a high-level regional meeting on dengue hosted by the Pan American Health Organization/World…