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…
Washington DC, 9 July 2024 (PAHO)- Arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) represent a growing threat to global public health, with a notable increase in their geographic spread and incidence in the last decade. Among the best known arboviruses in the Americas are dengue, Zika and chikungunya, all transmitted mainly by the Aedes aegypti …
Lima, Peru, July 8, 2024 (PAHO) – A critical training program launched in Lima, Peru, aimed at equipping researchers across Latin America with cutting-edge bioinformatics skills to tackle bacterial threats, particularly those transmitted by food and water. The "NGS Bioinformatics Essentials for Bacterial Genome Analysis" course, organized by the…
Washington DC, 1 July 2024 (PAHO) - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) launched the 2024 "Youth Voices" creative contest on July 1 and invites adolescents and young people between the ages of 10 and 24 from the Americas to express their opinions on what can be done to improve the quality of health services for young people.This call will…
Washington, D.C., 1 July 2024 – Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)/ World Health Organization (WHO) Country Office Representatives (PWRs) from ten countries of the Americas started today the Executive Programme on Tobacco Control: A Successful Story in Addressing Commercial Drivers of Health. The 2-day meeting at the recently established…
Washington DC, 27 June 2024 - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the PAHO/WHO Collaborating Centre in Primary Care Nursing & Health Human Resources, McMaster University, hosted the webinar series titled “Systematic and Evidence-Based Approaches to Optimize Health Systems Integration of Advanced Practice Nursing Roles”. This…
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…