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Washington, D.C., 8 September, 2023 – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is issuing a call to identify and collect national, subnational, and local experiences of intersectoral action that have directly or indirectly contributed to health equity. The proposal submission period will be…
Washington D.C., September 1, 2023 (PAHO). The Technical Advisory Group (TAG) on vaccine-preventable diseases of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) recommended in its latest report this year that the countries and territories of the Americas should use the single-dose schedule of the vaccine against Human Papillomavirus (HPV), which can…
PAHO launched a series of diabetes country profiles illustrating the rising burden of diabetes and diabetic kidney disease for countries in the Region of the Americas. The country profiles reveal that during the last 20 years, disability due to diabetes (excluding diabetic kidney disease) increased in all countries of the Region, both in men and…
Washington, DC, August 25, 2023 (PAHO)- With the recent ban on the use and marketing of electronic cigarettes in Venezuela, more countries in the Americas are adopting measures in line with the World Health Organization's (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) to protect the health of their populations from novel tobacco products.
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Washington, DC – July 2023. In the context of the meeting of the National Regulatory Authorities of Regional Reference (NRAr) Group, the Department of Innovation and Access to Medicines and Health Technologies (IMT) at PAHO presented the progress of the learning itinerary project known as REGTEC, which is specifically designed for professionals…
Washington, DC, August 11, 2023 - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) brought together a group of experts from Member States to present the PAHO/WHO tools to implement and monitor sodium reduction goals in the Region and how countries can implement them on a mandatory basis.
Globally, it is estimated that excessive sodium intake is…
Washington, DC, 8 August 2023 - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) brought together a group of Member States experts to review existing regulatory proposals from different countries in the Region that aim to eliminate industrially-produced trans-fatty acids (IP-TFA) from the food supply. Trans fat clogs arteries and increases the…
Miami, USA 26-27 July 2023 - PAHO and CARPHA organized a workshop Building Together a Stronger Caribbean Regulatory System, with national regulatory focal points of CARICOM. Its main objective was to strengthen and optimize the Caribbean Regulatory System (CRS) by identifying priority areas for collaboration and action identified by…
Representatives from various countries in the region gathered for the first time after the COVID-19 pandemic in Medellin to review the collaborative work roadmap of the network.
Washington, D.C., August 3, 2023 - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) held the biennial meeting of the Latin American and Caribbean Network for…