This Call to action was released at the Regional Meeting on an Intersectoral Commission for the Prevention and Control of Avian Influenza (and other Zoonotic Influenza) in the Americas held on 12–14 March 2024 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.To effectively manage the escalating threat of Avian Influenza (AI) in the Americas, it is crucial to establish…
Washington DC, March 25, 2024 (PAHO) - The English version of the course "Scientific Methodology and Strategies for the Dissemination of Knowledge for Nurses” is now available on the Virtual Campus for Public Health of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). More than 5000 people enrolled in the Spanish version, and over 2000 completed the…
Washington D.C., March 12, 2024 (PAHO)—The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) supported Central American countries in strengthening the governance in human resources for health (HRH) through the development of a technical-political document on HRH planning for the countries.The Commission for the Development of Human Resources for Health, in…
Washington DC, March 22, 2024 (PAHO/WHO)- The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), carried out an official country mission to Venezuela, from 4-7 March, with the purpose of identifying strategic areas of technical cooperation in human resources for health (HRH), including policy development HRH, and strengthening the processes of training,…
Washington, DC, 26 March 2024- The WHO held a Global Technical Coordination Meeting on Traditional Medicine, March 19-21, in New Delhi, India, with the participation of 50 external experts and WHO staff across the six WHO regions. The meeting, hosted by the new WHO Global Traditional Medicine Centre (GTMC), focused on defining priority…
Washington DC, March 22, 2024 (PAHO) - To promote its initial activities, from March 5 to 7, the members of the Commission on Primary Health Care (PHC) and resilience in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), convened for the first time with the objective of reviewing and updating the policy framework that will guide its activity; design a work…
Washington, D.C., March 25, 2024 (PAHO) - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) announces that, motivated by the high interest of participants, the call for Good Practices in Health and Migration in the Region of the Americas to strengthen actions aimed at protecting the right to health of migrants and ensure equitable access to quality…
A major new study released by The Lancet Neurology shows that, in 2021, more than 3 billion people worldwide were living with a neurological condition. The World Health Organization (WHO) contributed to the analysis of the Global Burden of Disease, Injuries, and Risk Factor Study (GBD) 2021 data.Neurological conditions are now the leading cause of…
Washington, D.C., 19 March 2024 ― The first comprehensive research agenda for climate change and health in the Caribbean has been released. Entitled Research for Action on Climate Change and Health in the Caribbean: A Public, Private, People’s and Planetary Agenda, and it identifies 18 research priority areas for future study and capacity…