Washington, D.C., February, 2025 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is collaborating with the Ministry of Health to modernize Bermuda's regulatory framework. This initiative began with the creation of a National Pharmaceutical Importation Policy, aimed at enhancing the national regulatory system to ensure better access to…
Washington, D.C., February 25, 2025 (PAHO)- The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has translated the application of the "Pocket Book on Primary Health Care for Children and Adolescents into Spanish. Guidelines on health promotion, prevention and management of diseases from the neonatal period to adolescence", now available for download on…
Washington, February 19, 2025 (PAHO) - the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) team held a new inter-programmatic meeting with representatives from Canada to review the progress of the project Strengthening Local Manufacturing Capacities to Improve Equitable Access to Vaccines in Latin America and the Caribbean, which is supported by the…
Panajachel, Guatemala, 11 February 2025 (PAHO) - The Initiative for the Elimination of Trachoma in the Americas, a partnership between the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Government of Canada, brought together public health workers from Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, and Guatemala in a train-the-trainer workshop on…
The new independent evaluation of the integration of gender equality in PAHO’s technical cooperation highlights both progress and challenges in integrating gender considerations across its programs. This evaluation is part of the PAHO Forward 2.0 initiative, which aims to enhance efficiency, transparency, and accountability within the…
Washington, D.C., 20 February 2025 (PAHO) - On 13 February 2025, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO)’ Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Center for Health, conducted a specialized virtual training session on ArcGIS Pro, an advanced GIS software for mapping and spatial analysis.…
Leaders, ministers, and officials from over 100 countries are set to advance commitments and actions to strengthen road safety worldwide at the Fourth Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety that will be hosted by the Kingdom of Morocco and the World Health Organization (WHO) in Marrakech this week.Leaders are set to endorse the ‘Marrakech…
Seasonal influenza, also known as flu, is an illness that can lead to serious complications and even death. In the Americas, it is estimated that annually 772,000 people are hospitalized due to influenza and there are between 41,000-72,000 influenza-related deaths. [1][2] Vaccination is the most effective way to prevent complications and…
Mexico City, February 18, 2025 - To strengthen the scaling and institutionalization of the HEARTS initiative in the Americas and in all healthcare delivery subsystems in the country, the workshop "Planning and methodological strengthening meeting. HEARTS in the Americas" began in Mexico, with the participation of the Federal Ministry of Health,…