Washington, DC, 6 May 2019 (PAHO)- These countries implemented measures to reduce speed, limit drink-driving, and ensure that all motorcycle users wear helmets, that all car passengers wear seat-belts, and that children use car-seats. The countries also passed and enforced laws, reducing both mortality and road traffic accidents.
The three…
St. Lucia., 3 May 2019 (PAHO/WHO) – An Action Plan developed by countries and territories of the Caribbean, establishes a roadmap to ensure that health is front and center of national climate change planning in the Region.
The Caribbean Action Plan on Health and Climate Change focuses on protecting the health of Caribbean populations…
Roseau, Dominica, 1 May 2019 (PAHO)- Nearly three decades into her career as a midwife, Odette Thieophile works at the Roseau Health Centre in Dominica, where she welcomes around 220 babies a year. Strongly committed to her profession and to women’s health, she stresses that safe deliveries and healthy mothers and babies are what matters most.…
Washington, D.C., 26 April 2019 (PAHO/WHO) –The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has published a guidance document on migration and health that suggests five areas of action countries should take top improve the health of migrants and the populations that receive them.
The five areas of action are: strengthening surveillance, information…
Malaria is endemic in 19 countries and territories in the Americas, but half of all cases are concentrated in only 25 municipalities. This year, PAHO Malaria Champions will honor efforts against the disease at local level, a key approach to eliminating malaria by 2030
Washington, D.C., 25 April 2019 (PAHO/WHO) — A new initiative from…
Brasília, 22 April 2019 (PAHO/WHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has launched in Brazil the 17th edition of Vaccination Week in the Americas, under the theme “Protect your community. Do your part”. The initiative is celebrated between April 20 and 27 with the participation of 45 countries and territories in the Region. This is the…
New WHO guidelines on physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep for children under 5 years of age
24 April 2019 | GENEVA: Children under five must spend less time sitting watching screens, or restrained in prams and seats, get better quality sleep and have more time for active play if they are to grow up healthy, according to new…
Washington, DC, 18 April 2019 (PAHO/WHO)- Vaccination Week in the Americas, which is celebrated from April 20-27, is a call to protect the community, with the goal of immunizing 70 million people against vaccine preventable diseases. The initiative, which has been promoted since 2003 by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), aims to…
In a new report, experts emphasize the need to guarantee the right to health and recommend transforming health systems based on primary care and ensuring effective funding.
Mexico City, 9 April 2019 (PAHO) – A report outlining ten recommendations on how countries can ensure that all people have access to health in the Region of the Americas was…