Mexico City, May 16, 2024 (PAHO) - The Regional Meeting 2024 of the Severe Acute Respiratory Infections Network (SARInet) and the Network for the Evaluation of Vaccine Effectiveness in Latin America and the Caribbean - Influenza (REVELAC-i) concludes after three days of intense working sessions. This event highlights advances in surveillance and…
Guadalajara, Jalisco, June 26, 2024. The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital organized a regional meeting with health professionals, experts, and representatives from throughout Latin America and the Caribbean on June 19 and 20, 2024, in Mexico. The objective was to promote the implementation and…
Washington, D.C., 25 June 2024 (PAHO) – Members of the Executive Committee of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) joined the Alliance for Primary Health Care for a dialogue on health systems resilience at the Embassy of Brazil. The discussion focused on how the collaboration of PAHO, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and the World…
Antigua and Barbuda. 26 June 2024 (PAHO) - The 4th International Conference of Small Island Developing States (SIDS4), which took place in Antigua on 27-30 May 2024, gathered key stakeholders committed to advocating for the voices of SIDS populations. Small Island Developing States face unique challenges, including disproportionate vulnerabilities…
Washington, D.C., June 24, 2024 (PAHO) – On the first day of its session, the Executive Committee of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), which is being held at PAHO headquarters in Washington, D.C., from June 24 to 28, 2024, approved three key policy documents for the transformation of health systems in the Americas.Policy on Long-Term…
Washington, DC. - June 12, 2024 - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) hosted the Meeting of the National Regulatory Authorities of Regional Reference (NRAr) to discuss and analyze regulatory issues of interest, this time under the leadership of the FDA as the pro-tempore Chair of the NRAr Group. This meeting opens its doors to the…
Washington, DC, June 19, 2024 (PAHO) - Health authorities participating at the LX Ordinary Meeting of the Council of Ministers of Health of Central America and the Dominican Republic (COMISCA, in Spanish) met with members of the Alliance for Primary Health Care in Tela, Honduras. The objective of the meeting was to foster national-level…
The Conference will be held March 24-28, 2025 in Cartagena, Colombia.Washington, D.C., June 3, 2024 - The combined effects of ambient and household air pollution cause approximately 7 million deaths each year. 99% of the world's population breathes air that exceeds the WHO Guidelines, according to this Organization's data. It is low- and middle-…
A new guideline published today by the World Health Organization provides recommendations on measures for creating food environments that enable healthy dietary decisions. This includes fiscal policies that discourage consuming foods that contribute to unhealthy diets and encourage consuming healthier foods through subsidies and other support…