COVID-19 Vaccine Pharmacovigilance Dashboard
Objective
To support regulatory processes for the introduction and the monitoring of COVID-19 vaccines safety, consolidating in a single tool information on the various components of the matter.
Components
The dashboard is presented in Spanish and English language, and consists of the following…
PAHO Webinar Series: Tackling Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs), risk factors and mental health during the time of COVID-19
Background:
On 27 April 2021, from 11:00am to 12:30pm EST, the Mental Health and Substance Use Unit hosted a webinar on Mental Health and the COVID-19 Pandemic as part of PAHO’s Tackling NCDs, risk factors and…
News release
Geneva, 5 May 2021.- Most people consume double the WHO-recommended 5g of daily salt intake, putting themselves at greater risk of the heart diseases and strokes that kill an estimated 3 million people each year. Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) released a new set of global benchmarks for sodium levels in more than 60…
Washington DC, 30 April 2021 (PAHO)—The Pan American Health Organization organized the webinar “Standardized Hypertension Treatment Algorithms and PAHO Strategic Fund for Universal Health - Opportunities to access quality medicines at competitive prices” on Thursday, 15 April 2021.
The HEARTS model brings a consistent, proven…
Washington DC, 26 April 2021 (PAHO)-The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) launched, three open-access virtual courses that offer educational resources to strengthen hospital disaster resilience in the Region. The courses, offered in PAHO Virtual Campus for Public Health, are self-learning, people can take them at their own…
Washington DC, 22 April 2021 (PAHO)- Forty-two health practitioners from ten hospitals in Haiti participated in a ten-week virtual training course to strengthen the hospitals’ capacity to deal with crisis situations in the country. The initiative was organized by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Human Resources for Health unit, PAHO/…
12-16 April, 2021. - In Guyana, nurses account for more than 60% of the health workforce and are the main providers of care at the primary health care level. Recognizing the imperative to provide services for people with mental, neurological, and substance use disorders (MNS), and to bridge the gap between available resources and the…
Washington DC, 23 April 2021 (PAHO)—The World Health Organization (WHO), with the support of the Ministry of Health of Argentina, organized the 2021 Fair Pricing Forum, which took place virtually between 13-15 and 20-22 April 2021, and focused on improving access to medicines and health products through fair pricing.
James Fitzgerald,…
The new conceptual framework of the Essential Functions of Public Health is a guide for the analysis of barriers to access that must be present and mainstreamed in the policy formulation cycle.
Washington, DC, 23 April 2021 (PAHO)- The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) launched a series of webinars on the Essential Public Health Functions (…