Ratification by 40 countries is needed for the entry into force of the protocol, which also targets illegal tobacco manufacturing and contraband
Washington, D.C., 16 January 2014 (PAHO/WHO) — Nicaragua has become the first country in the world to ratify the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products, part of the WHO Framework…
Some 80,000 deaths each year in the Americas would not occur in the absence of…PAHO/WHO researchers say finding represents the "tip of the iceberg" of all alcohol-related deaths
Washington, D.C., 14 January 2014 (PAHO/WHO) — Some 80,000 deaths each year in the Americas would not occur in the absence of alcohol consumption, according to a new study by the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/…
Four years after the earthquake that claimed some 230,000…9 January 2014 — The World Health Organization (WHO) has been informed by Canada of a laboratory-confirmed case of human infection with avian influenza A(H5N1) virus in a previously healthy adult, who was first symptomatic on 27 December 2013 and died 3 January 2014.
The person visited Beijing, China, from 6 to 27 December 2013 and returned to…
Reflections: the health of the people, the people of health is a project of the Pan…
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…
Two innovative…