This week the Second Meeting of the Parties (MOP2) to the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products is convened. Parties to the Protocol must also be Party to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC). The number of Parties to the Protocol will soon reach 64, as the treaty enters into force in the most recent country…
The Ninth Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP9) to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control has closed on November 12, 2021 in Geneva, Switzerland, with an agreement to embark on an innovative multi-million-dollar financial plan to strengthen global tobacco control measures. This year, the Conference was held virtually.
A key…
Every 14 November, the Pan American Health Organization joins the global public health community to celebrate World Diabetes Day. Increasing Access to Diabetes Care in the Region of the Americas.
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Washington, D.C., November 10, 2021 (PAHO) – Eleven countries in the Americas yesterday joined a global initiative to develop climate-resilient and low-carbon health systems during the UN climate summit in Glasgow (COP26). The countries – Argentina, The Bahamas, Belize, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Panama, Peru, and…
The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) is a common language used worldwide by professionals, such as doctors and policy makers, to systematically record and report mortality and morbidity data. With the 11th edition of the ICD coming into effect globally on 1 January 2022, several PAHO/WHO Collaborating Centres (CCs) are…
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…