From 7th to 10th June 2022, a joint visit was conducted between the Immunization Unit (FPL/IM) and the Influenza Surveillance Unit (PHE/IHM) in order to review the indicators and procedures for sentinel surveillance of ARI in the country, conduct a workshop for data analysis and obtain national estimates of effectiveness of vaccines against COVID-…
Mental Health professionals from the Caribbean and Latin America participated in a training of trainers and are developing plans to implement the training at country level
Washington DC, 16 June 2022 (PAHO) - Forty-one mental health professionals from 15 countries in the Caribbean and thirthy eight from 14 Latin American countries, enrolled in…
Applications to enrol in the second cohort open in the Virtual Campus of Public Health until 25 July 2022
Washington DC, 15 June 2022 (PAHO) – One hundred and seven primary health care providers from sixteen English speaking countries from the sub-region of the Caribbean (Antigua, Barbuda, Barbados, Bahamas, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman…
PAHO has launched LIVES series, a collection of short videos as a new resource to strengthen capacity of health workers on identification and first-line support in cases of sexual assault or intimate partner violence. The series, produced with the support of Canada, is part of PAHO´s work to provide technical assistance to Member States to respond…
Washington, DC, 10 June 2022 (PAHO/WHO) - Nicaragua hosted the meeting of National Regulatory Authorities directors and technicians from Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama, to update the status of the joint evaluation of dossiers and determine future actions for its implementation.
The mechanism for the joint…
New WHO policy brief highlights actions for countries
Geneva, 3 June, 2022 (WHO).- Climate change poses serious risks to mental health and well-being, concludes a new WHO policy brief, launched today at the Stockholm+50 conference. The Organization is therefore urging countries to include mental health support in their response to…
Washington DC, 31 May 2022 (PAHO) - The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), launched the Introductory Course on Assistive Technology in the Americas in a webinar attended by more than 130 people from 22 countries.
The objective of the course is to increase knowledge on assistive technology to promote its…
TDR, in collaboration with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), is supporting the national TB control programmes of Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, and Nicaragua, which are conducting operational research studies on the effectiveness and safety of modified shorter all-oral regimens for drug-resistant TB…
From May 17-19, 2022, the 7th joint SARInet/REVELAC meeting was held virtually, where more than 200 participants from 39 countries of the American Region shared results and experiences on surveillance of severe acute respiratory diseases.
Among the objectives of the meeting, preliminary results on the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines in Chile,…