Washington, D.C., 27 October 2021 (PAHO/WHO) - The Region of the Americas has benefited from the support of World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centres (CCs) since 1950. Since then, CCs have supported the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) in several technical areas, such as nursing, communicable diseases, health promotion…
Washington, DC, October 26, 2021 (PAHO) - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) launched a new virtual self learning course on Management of Working and Employment Conditions for Human Resources for Health, available in Spanish and English, in the Virtual Campus for Public Health.
The course is open access and self-administered. It is aimed…
Washington, D.C., 25 October 2021 (PAHO) - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) collaborates with the countries of the Region to develop regulatory strategies and activities that facilitate progress in the control of antimicrobial dispensing, taking into account the situation in each country.
Regulations in some countries have been…
On Tuesday 19 October 2021, the government of the United Kingdom, in its capacity as incoming Presidency of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), and its partners the World Health Organization (WHO), the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Health Care Without Harm (HCWH) and Greener NHS, convened a regional roundtable on…
The report notes that the average percentage of interrupted services increased slightly from 44% in 2020 to 46% in 2021 indicating that health systems in the Americas still face significant challenges almost two years into the pandemic.
Washington DC, October 25, 2021 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has announced…
Two guidelines are now available to assist health care providers in appropriate, evidence-based management of neurocysticercosis, and public health stakeholders in implementing control measures for T. solium.
1- Guideline for preventive chemotherapy for the control of Taenia solium taeniasis…
FAO, OIE and PAHO, the implementing organizations of the regional project “Working Together to Fight Antimicrobial Resistance”, have signed an addendum with the European Union to extend this initiative for an additional year. This expansion, in scope and duration, will support actions to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in…
Washington DC, October 14, 2021 (PAHO) – More than 2,000 professionals from the Region of the Americas are beginning three virtual courses launched by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) at its Virtual Campus of Public Health. These are structured as self-learning courses, allowing participants to take them independently, at their own pace…
Washington D.C., October 13, 2021 (PAHO). In the last 20 years, one out of every four disasters in the world happened in Latin America and the Caribbean, generating more than 289,000 deaths, and affecting more than 276 million people with an estimated loss of more than 1.2 trillion dollars. These figures highlight the critical importance for…