Washington, April 7, 2020 (PAHO) – Warning that cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have doubled in a week in the Region of the Americas, Pan American Health Organization Director Carissa F. Etienne today urged countries to take measures that protect health care workers to ensure they have access to the personal protective equipment…
The Americas is home to 30% of the world’s nurses, or some 8.4 million people, of whom 87% are female. However, 87% of all nurses in the Region are concentrated in just three countries, which account for 57% of the total population.
Washington, D.C., 7 April 2020 (PAHO/WHO) — The COVID-19 pandemic has poignantly highlighted the critical role that…
FIFA has joined forces with the United Nations (UN) and the World Health Organization (WHO) in supporting the #BeActive campaign launched on the UN International Day of Sport for Development and Peace to encourage people to be #HealthyAtHome as the world comes together in the fight against COVID-19, today and every day.
WHO recommends all healthy…
Washington, DC, April 3, 2020 (PAHO) – The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Carissa F. Etienne, today called for the collaboration of the private sector with countries of Latin America and the Caribbean “in response to the tsunami of COVID-19 cases that we will be facing.”
Speaking at the World Economic Forum’s COVID…
PAHO appeals for $95 million to help Latin America and the Caribbean cope with the COVID-19 pandemic
Washington, DC, 2 April 2020 (PAHO) – A donor appeal from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is seeking $94.8 million to fund priority public health measures to help countries in Latin American and the Caribbean face the 2019 coronavirus disease pandemic (COVID-19).
The funds will be used to carry out PAHO's COVID-19 Response…
Washington, D.C., 2 April 2020 (PAHO/WHO) — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has launched a new searchable database that contains the latest guidance and research on the COVID-19 pandemic from the Americas and affected countries worldwide.
The database includes recommendations and guidance from PAHO and the World Health Organization as…
PAHO Director calls for urgent action to ensure hospital space, beds, health professionals and medical equipment to cope with the coming influx of coronavirus disease 2019
Washington, DC, March 31, 2020 (PAHO) – With many countries of the Americas now reporting community transmission of COVID-19, there is still a short window of time for…
Geneva/Washington, March 25, 2020 (WHO/PAHO)- As the COVID-19 outbreak continues to evolve, comparisons have been drawn to influenza. Both cause respiratory disease, yet there are important differences between the two viruses and how they spread. This has important implications for public health measures that should be implemented to respond to…
COVID-19: Considerations for tuberculosis (TB) care services
As the world comes together to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important to ensure that essential services and operations for dealing with long-standing health problems continue to protect the lives of people with TB and other diseases or health conditions. Health services,…