Washington, D.C., November 18, 2010 (PAHO) — As violence and insecurity obstruct medical care for cholera patients and the delivery of critical training and supplies, the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) today called on the Haitian population to support medical and relief workers in the same way they supported…
Support and promotion of breastfeeding should be part of epidemic control efforts in Haiti
Washington, D.C., November 18, 2010 (PAHO) — Breastfeeding during the current cholera epidemic is critical to saving Haitian babies' lives, according to experts at the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).
According to research, immune factors against…
Port-of-Spain — Health advocates concerned about the high toll of noncommunicable…Washington, D.C., 16 November 2010 (PAHO/WHO) - The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) has joined nearly four dozen other international and nongovernmental agencies in proposing a common strategy to support the expansion of efforts to control the current cholera epidemic in Haiti.
The new "Cholera Inter-Sector…
Washington, DC, November 15, 2010 (PAHO) — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) hosted a meeting today of its major partners working on the cholera epidemic in Haiti to discuss the most pressing needs on the ground and to coordinate actions for a more effective and efficient response.
PAHO Director Dr. Mirta Roses said the top…
To understand the magnitude of the efforts to control cholera in Haiti, one just has…
Official case count exceeds 9,000, but conditions are ripe for many thousands more
Washington, D.C., November 9, 2010 (PAHO) — If Haiti's cholera epidemic follows a pattern similar to the last cholera epidemic in the Americas, it could produce tens of thousands of additional cases over the next several years, said Dr. Jon K. Andrus, Deputy…
Dr. José Renán Esquivel, a world authority on social medicine whose professional career spanned more than five decades, passed away on 2 November in his native Panama, at the age of 85.
From 1962 to 1989, Dr. Esquivel served as…
From 1962 to 1989, Dr. Esquivel served as…