Geneva, 19 May 2019 (PAHO/WHO) – Braving gray and sometimes rainy skies, but determined to participate in walks, races, and other physical activities, hundreds of people congregated today in the Place des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, under the slogan "Walk the Talk: the Health for All Challenge."These activities, organized for the second…
Geneva, 18 May 2019 (PAHO/WHO)- Promoting vaccine confidence; universal health care and migration; access to medicines, vaccines and health products; healthy aging; non communicable diseases; and the road to malaria elimination. These are just some of the themes to be discussed at more than a dozen side events organized by countries in the…
Since 2010, 30,800 children were born HIV-free in Latin America and the Caribbean. However, cases of congenital syphilis are increasing.
Washington, DC, 17 May 2019 (PAHO)- Countries are moving towards the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis, hepatitis B and Chagas, but progress has been uneven, according to a new report…
Punta Cana, 17 May 2018 (PAHO) - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has been awarded the World Hypertension League’s Organizational Excellence Award for its outstanding work in hypertension control in the Region of the Americas. The award recognizes PAHO’s efforts in the implementation of the HEARTS initiative, which aims to reduce the…
Geneva, 17 May 2019 (PAHO/WHO) – On 20-28 May, Health Authorities from the Americas will participate in the 72nd World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland. The Assembly will bring together more than 4000 delegates from the 194 countries that make up the World Health Organization (WHO) to address the main health issues in the world.
During the…
Geneva, Switzerland, May 15, 2019 (PAHO)- This Sunday, May 19, the World Health Organization (WHO) and delegations from the Americas and across the world will celebrate the second edition of the event "Walk the talk: The Health for All Challenge", at the Palais des Nations, in Geneva. While there, participants are also invited to visit the…
New WHO Guidelines recommend specific interventions for reducing the risk of cognitive decline and dementia
14 May 2019 – People can reduce their risk of dementia by getting regular exercise, not smoking, avoiding harmful use of alcohol, controlling their weight, eating a healthy diet, and maintaining healthy blood pressure, cholesterol and blood…
Washington, D.C., 14 May 2019 (PAHO)- Seasonal influenza, also known as flu, is an illness that can lead to serious complications requiring hospitalization and can even cause death. People often fail to recognize its severity, mistaking it for a cold, but each year around 772,000 people are hospitalized, and between 41,000 and 72,000 die as a…
Washington, DC, 8 May 2019 (PAHO)- Today, at the launch of the Strategic Directions for Nursing in the Region of the Americas, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) called on countries to invest in nurses to improve their availability, distribution and roles in order to advance towards universal health.
Nursing staff…