Berlin, October 15, 2023 - During the World Health Summit in Berlin, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director, Jarbas Barbosa, presented the Organization’s strategy to eliminate more than 30 communicable diseases from the region of the Americas.
Speaking at an event during the global health gathering, the PAHO Director said the…
Ecuador, Belize, Honduras, and Peru were part of the symposium to share best practices for the Region.
Supply Chain Management and integrated health information have become significant and vital resources that need to be part of the countries’ priorities in improving access to health supplies.
Within the scope of the…
The XI Regional Meeting on Medical Device Regulation is being held with the participation - in person and virtually - of 22 countries of the Region of the Americas with the purpose of promoting the strengthening of the regulatory capacity of the National Regulatory Authorities (NRA) in the Region in the field of medical devices, through strategies…
Washington, D.C. 12 October 2023 – In a remarkable demonstration of international cooperation, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has joined forces with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to lead the charge in advancing pediatric cancer care across Latin America and the Caribbean. With nearly 29,000 childhood cancer cases…
Washington, D.C., Oct. 13, 2023 (PAHO)- In order to contribute to the implementation of disaster response simulations and drills in an agile manner and with a methodology that allows testing different scenarios under optimal conditions of information management, coordination and operational management, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/…
Castries, St Lucia, 11 October 2023 (PAHO/WHO) - Saint Lucia has completed its Health National Adaptation Plan (H-NAP) and has moved to the development of a concept note for submission to the Green Climate Fund (GCF) to secure funding to strengthen climate resilience in the health sector.
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the…
Uruguay, October 5, 2023 (PAHO)- In order to strengthen epidemiological surveillance in the country, in response to a Request for Cooperation made by the Ministry of Public Health of Uruguay (MOH), a workshop on the Epidemic Intelligence Open Source System (EIOS) was held in Montevideo from August 7 to 11, 2023.
This system is focused on event-…
Washington, DC, October 3, 2023 (PAHO/WHO) - within the scope of the activities of PAHO/WHO Innovation and Regional Production Platform* (RP) in the Americas, this event was held with the participation of national and international organizations, universities, research centers and participants from the private sector from 42 countries.
The…
The department of Innovation, Access to Medicines and Health Technologies (IMT/PAHO) published the Spanish and Portuguese translation of the WHO guidance document Selection of essential in vitro diagnostics at country level: using the WHO model list of essential in vitro diagnostics to develop and update a national list of essential in vitro…