Washington, DC, June 9, 2023 (PAHO) - The High-Level Commission on Mental Health and COVID-19 of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), led by Her Excellency Mrs. Epsy Campbell Barr, former Vice President of Costa Rica, and Ambassador Nestor Mendez, Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States, developed a report with…
The Quadripartite announces the rebranding of the global annual awareness campaign on antimicrobial resistance.
Geneva, 6 June 2023 (WHO) - Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) represents a major global threat across human, animal,…
Washington DC, 2 June 2023 (PAHO)-- The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) participated in the webinar “Healthcare service disruptions during COVID-19 in 14 Latin American and Caribbean countries,” the second in the seminar series on Forgone Health Care in Low and Middle-Income Countries, organized by the World…
Washington, DC, May 29, 2023 (PAHO)- While the percentage of the population using tobacco in the Americas declined from 28% to 16.3% between 2000 and 2020, novel products and misleading information from the tobacco industry, especially targeting young people, threaten to undo those gains. On the eve of World No Tobacco Day (31 May), the Director…
Asunción, 24 May 2023. - The analysis of the situation of maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality was presented; as well as the strategies and actions implemented to improve maternal and neonatal health at the national level, during the Ordinary Meeting of the "Neonatal Alliance and the National Mobilisation for the Reduction of Maternal and…
Washington DC May 22, 2023 (PAHO) – Under the slogan “Save lives. Clean your hands”, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) celebrated World Hand Hygiene Day on May 4th with a roundtable that brought together leaders from various sectors of the health field to exchange their views and experiences on the subject.
“Every day, healthcare…
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…