PAHO and partners advance trachoma elimination with projects integrating indigenous communities and gender equity actions.Washington, DC, May 28, 2024 – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), with the support from the Government of Canada, convened the Sixth Regional Trachoma Meeting in Bogotá, Colombia, from May 6-10, 2024.The meeting…
Washington DC, May 29, 2024 (PAHO) – To share experiences and identify challenges in the financing of primary health care, and to analyze the prioritization of PHC in public spending in countries of the Americas, a virtual seminar was held, bringing together 688 participants from 51 countries and territories. This event was part of a Webinar…
Washington DC, 3 June 2024 (PAHO) –The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the World Bank, and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) organized a side event at the 3rd Meeting of the G20 Health Working Group in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil, focusing on “Sustainable Financing for Primary Health Care (PHC): building the foundation of Resilient…
Washington DC, May 30, 2024 (PAHO)- Members of the DIABFRAIL-LATAM consortium met in the city of Bucaramanga, Colombia, on May 22 and 23 2024, to present the results of the research conducted in Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru, and to align actions to favor the expansion of the project to other countries in Latin America based on the scale-up…
Washington DC, May 29, 2024 (PAHO) - The Virtual Campus for Public Health (VCPH) of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) launched a series of training seminars for tutors involved in the courses offered on the educational platform. The purpose is to improve the technical skills and capacities of its teaching teams, in virtual tutoring.…
Washington DC, 25 May, 2024 (PAHO)- The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) participated at the Global Partners Meeting on Nursing and Midwifery, held days before the onset of the Seventy-seventh World Health Assembly. This meeting provided a strategic opportunity for policy dialogue and planning on nursing and midwifery. It aimed to…
23 May 2024. Washington, D.C. (PAHO)- In a collaborative effort between the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and the University of Maryland (a WHO collaborating centre) with the support of the United Sates Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US-CDC), representatives from 10 Latin American and Caribbean countries (…
Miami, Florida, May 14, 2024 (PAHO) -- Ministry of Health representatives from 24 Caribbean countries took part in a Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) workshop aimed at strengthening the use of risk communications and community engagement (RCCE), to manage and mitigate health emergencies and improve vaccine uptake.“RCCE is key for…
Washington, D.C., May 14, 2024 – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), in a joint initiative with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the World Bank (WB), held the seminar "Inclusive Digital Health at the First Level of Care," where representatives from the organizations provided an overview of the current landscape of digital…