Antigua Guatemala, May 17, 2023. With the participation of more than 100 representatives of surveillance, laboratories, and immunization programs of the Ministries of Health of 27 countries, the VIII Regional Meeting of SARInet plus/REVELAC-i was held from May 15 to 17. The objectives of the meeting included promoting cooperation and exchange of…
12 May 2023. Havana, Cuba.- The third training course for countries in the Americas on Software R, coordinated by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), is taking place this week in Havana. With this, Cuba joins the first countries in the Region to receive the training, along with Guatemala and Paraguay.
Cuba is now the third…
Geneva, Switzerland, 4 May 2023 – The 4th Workshop for World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre (CC) Regional Focal Points was held on 2-3 May 2023 to bring together the regional and global WHO CC focal points to share best practices and enhance their collaboration. The Workshop brought together focal points from the Region of the…
Washington, D.C., April 27, 2023 (PAHO) - Ministries of Health from 26 countries in the Americas region participated in the virtual meeting organized by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) on the Universal Health Preparedness and Review (UHPR), which aimed to present progress and relevant information from other regions, as well as to share…
Washington, DC, 21 April 2023 (PAHO)- The Virtual Campus for Public Health of the Pan American Health Organization (VCPH/PAHO) launched a series of webinars "Training and exchange meetings 2023". The program seeks to offer training on priority topics in the management of virtual education to strengthen collaborative networks between the…
Pedernales, Ecuador, 20 April 2023 - On April 17, PAHO Ecuador officially handover to the Ministry of Public Health a donation of two hospitalization modules for the mobile hospitals "Hospital Móvil N.1" and "Hospital Móvil N.2", which are Emergency Medical Teams (EMTs) type 2, with surgical and hospitalization capacity. The event was held on this…
Washington, DC, 19 April 2023 (PAHO)- On April 11th, the Second Meeting of the Advisory Committee of the Regional Platform to Advance the Manufacturing of COVID-19 Vaccines and other Health Technologies in the Americas took place.
The Advisory Committee of the Regional Platform is a consultative mechanism that provides technical advice to…
Bridgetown, Barbados, 18 April, 2023 (PAHO/WHO) - According to a recently published study, the Octagonal Warning Label System for food and drink products is the most effective to help Jamaican consumers to make healthier choices.
The study is titled: “Effects on front-of-package nutrition labelling systems on understanding and purchase…
Washington, DC, 14 April 2023 - The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need to strengthen the resilience of hospitals to health emergencies and disasters, not only because they have been the backbone of the response, but also because they have simultaneously continued to provide care during all types of disasters, infectious disease outbreaks,…