Focus is on timely treatment and prevention through clean water, improved hygiene
Washington, D.C., October 25, 2010 (PAHO) — Cholera cases in Haiti are likely to increase in number and to appear in new areas of the country, a top Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) official said today in a press briefing about the cholera epidemic in Haiti…
Washington, Oct. 21, 2010, (PAHO/WHO) — The Pan American Health Organization said today that it has received laboratory confirmation of cases of cholera in Haiti, in Artibonite province, and is responding to help the Ministry of Health assess the situation and respond appropriately to save lives. So far, PAHO has been informed that more than 1,500…
Health advocates and representatives of the food industry are gathering this week in Calgary, Canada, to discuss…
The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Mirta Roses, sent a congratulatory message to Chile's Health Minister, Dr. Jaime Mañalich, on "the magnificent culmination of the…
Washington, DC, 14 October 2010 (PAHO/WHO) - The Pan American Journal of Public Health, PAHO's scientific and technical journal, has a special issue on prevention and control of type 2 diabetes in the United States-Mexico border. Type 2 diabetes is a chronic disease that affects more than 220 million individuals worldwide.
The special issue…
Millions expected to participate in the 3rd annual Global Handwashing Day, Oct. 15
Washington, D.C., October 14, 2010 (PAHO) — Schoolchildren throughout the Western Hemisphere are gearing up for a mass…
Washington, D.C., October 14, 2010 (PAHO) — Schoolchildren throughout the Western Hemisphere are gearing up for a mass…Project to provide data on medical products, regulatory processes
Washington, Oct. 6, 2010 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced the award of a $904,000 cooperative agreement to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to research and develop an information hub for medical products and related regulatory processes and systems…
With over 140 experts and professionals from the Americas in attendance, the "Regional Conference on Mental Health," chaired by Dr. Mirta Roses, Director of the Pan American Health Organization, will take place in Panama City.
The meeting, taking place at the Hotel Panama from 6 to 8 October 2010, is being held twenty years after the "Declaration…