World Mental Health Day on 10 October to highlight urgent need to increase investment in chronically underfunded sector
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted or halted critical mental health services in 93% of countries worldwide while the demand for mental health is increasing, according to a new WHO survey. The survey of 130 countries provides…
PAHO calls on countries to adapt health systems to better meet the needs of older adults
Washington D.C., September 30, 2020 (PAHO) – Health systems in the Americas are not adequately responding to the needs of older adults and must be adapted in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, say experts at the Pan American Health Organization…
The Americas will most likely experience recurring epidemic waves and outbreaks of COVID-19, interspersed with periods of low-level transmission over the next 24 months, pending a safe vaccine
Washington, D.C., 30 September 2020 (PAHO/WHO) – Health ministers from countries in the Americas yesterday committed…
Washington, D.C., 28 Sept. 2020 (PAHO/WHO) – Since well before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, a key area of the Pan American Health Organization’s (PAHO) technical cooperation was building its member countries’ capacities to prepare for and respond to disease outbreaks and epidemics. Since the pandemic arrived in the Americas, PAHO has…
Health authorities discuss effects of COVID-19 and strategies to combat the pandemic at virtual PAHO Directing Council meeting
Washington, D.C., 28 September 2020 (PAHO/WHO) – Countries must cooperate to fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and adapt, innovate and reorient public health work, the Director of the Pan American…
Health authorities will discuss the region's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and other challenges on Sept.28-29. Colombia's President Ivan Duque and Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley are among the officials scheduled to open the virtual event.
Washington, D.C., 25 September 2020 (PAHO/WHO) - Ministers of Health…
In 2019, there were 3 cases of human rabies, almost 98% less than in 1983, and Mexico became the first disease-free country. PAHO highlights the non-disruption of rabies programs during the pandemic
PANAFTOSA/PAHO/WHO, 25 September 2020 – "End Rabies: Collaborate and Vaccinate" is the theme of World Rabies Day 2020, observed every 28…
PAHO Director warned that it may take time before people are vaccinated and said countries should continue public health measures such as social distancing, handwashing and wearing masks in public
Washington D.C., September 23, 2020 (PAHO) – Countries should not wait for a COVID-19 vaccine to be developed before they start…
Inter-American Task Force includes PAHO, ECLAC, IDB, OAS, and World Bank warned that the slow implementation of solutions to prevent or control these diseases is contributing to the pandemic and may have long-term consequences
Washington, September 22, 2020 (PAHO) – Concerned about the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on people living…