Argentina, Buenos Aires, 24 March 2023 – PAHO/WHO Collaborating Centres (CCs) are institutions such as universities, laboratories, research institutes, hospitals, ministries, or national academies which are designated by the Director-General to carry out activities in support of the Organization’s programs. CCs are encouraged to form working…
Research highlights the urgent need for a global response Geneva, Switzerland, 24 March, 2023.- The private sector has a major influence on health through its products and practices. Commercial actors influence health in varied and complex ways. They have been fundamental in developing and delivering essential health goods and services, but…
The collaboration between WHO and European Union in the context of the Health System Strengthening for UHC Partnership, has provided ground support to the WHO-UNDP Global Joint Programme Catalyzing multisectoral action for the prevention and control of NCDs and mental health to scale up action in countries in the Caribbean (Guyana, Suriname, and…
The survey will collect information about the health, lifestyle and mental health of Aruba population that will help health decision makers. Oranjestad, 22 March, 2023.- The field work of the National Health Survey, STEPS 2023, started this month. The 35 data collectors trained by the Department of Public Health, with the collaboration of…
Geneva, Switzerland, March 22, 2022.- WHO published a new report Access to NCD medicines: emergent issues during the COVID-19 pandemic and key structural factors, today, to highlight the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on access to noncommunicable disease (NCD) medicines, and the policies and strategies implemented by countries to…
Washington, D.C., 20 March, 2023 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) participated in the 2023 Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH) Annual Meeting that took place on March 15-17 in Arlington, USA, in the session titled "Building the Global Public Health Workforce."  At…
Washington, DC, March 16, 2023 - How to reach young people in the Peruvian Amazon with information about the Covid-19 vaccine? In Ucayali, a rural Amazonian area of Peru, young people arrived with music and colorful costumes to deliver information about the vaccine. The young people, who belong to the Mascaritas organization, participated in…
Washington DC, 16 March, 2023 (PAHO) - The Ministry of Health and Wellness of Jamaica has officially become a member of the Health Technology Assessment Network of the Americas (RedETSA), of which PAHO acts as Secretariat.   With this incorporation, RedETSA reaches 41 members from 21 countries in the Region of the Americas. Jamaica is the…
Washington DC, March 15, 2023 (PAHO) - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) shared the advances of the last decade in Health Technology Assessment (HTA) in the Region of the Americas at the International Symposium on Health Technology Assessment held on March 10, in India. Alexandre Lemgruber, PAHO’s Health Technologies Management advisor…