ADI and PAHO launch ‘Let’s Talk About Dementia campaign’ in the Americas to address stigma and to encourage conversations around dementia
Every 3 seconds someone in the world develops dementia
Around 10 million people living with dementia live in the Americas
Dementia became a $US1 trillion-dollar a year disease in 2018
Washington D.C., 1…
27 June 2019 | Maputo | Geneva- The number of people at risk of trachoma – the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness – has fallen from 1.5 billion in 2002 to just over 142 million in 2019, a reduction of 91%, the World Health Organization (WHO) has reported.
New data presented today at the 22nd meeting of the WHO Alliance for the…
The Project, funded by the EU in partnership with PAHO and the Ministry of Health will retrofit six health care facilities throughout the country
Belize City, Belize, 23 August 2019 (PAHO/WHO) — Six public health facilities across Belize are to be retrofitted to ensure that they are climate resilient thanks to a new project from the Pan American…
The World Health Organization (WHO) says accelerated research and development (R&D) in new tools for malaria prevention and treatment is key if the world is to eradicate malaria in the foreseeable future: today less than 1% of funding for health R&D investment goes to developing tools to tackle malaria.
WHO also flags the urgent need for…
19 August 2019 (UNAIDS/PAHO)—A dozen young people from nine different countries in Latin America came together recently at the 10th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Science in Mexico City, Mexico, to develop a new youth-friendly communication strategy related to HIV prevention for young gay men and those having sex with other men.…
The Region is experiencing a new epidemic cycle that mostly affects children under the age of 15. PAHO urges communities to eliminate Aedes mosquito breeding grounds, which is the most effective way of controlling the disease.
Washington, DC, 15 august 2019 (PAHO) - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) warns of the complex…
PAHO/WHO held a regional workshop to address the environmental determinants of health in vector prevention and control strategies, including interventions in environmental health to reduce the impact of arboviral diseases.
Washington, D.C., 13 August 2019 (PAHO/WHO) — On August 1-2, in Panama City (Panama), the Pan American Health Organization (…
Washington, DC, 12 August 2019 (PAHO/WHO) – The Youth Leaders Initiative, to be created by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), will bring together people under the age of 25 to seek innovative ideas and solutions to address health problems that affect adolescents and young people in the Americas.
“PAHO wants to give young…
Twelve countries are already monitoring these abnormalities, which cause one out of every ten deaths of children under 5 in the Region
Montevideo, 8 August 2019 (PAHO)—Twelve Latin American countries already monitor children who are born with congenital birth defects in order to better understand why and how often they occur, and how the survival…