Washington, DC, 30 September 2020 (PAHO/WHO)— A report from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) describes the results obtained after the implementation of the Plan of Action for Universal Access to Safe Blood for the period 2014-2019. This Plan, approved in 2014 by the countries of the Region, sought to ensure safe and sufficient supplies…
Washington, D.C., 29 September 2020 (PAHO/WHO) - Mexican consumers are beginning to see warning labels on packages of food and drink products sold at supermarkets and grocery stores. These labels – black octagons with white lettering on the main face of the package– indicate whether the product is excessive in sugars, sodium, saturated fats, trans…
Geneva, 22 September 2020 (WHO) – Every year, 1.9 million people die from tobacco-induced heart disease, according to a new brief released today by the World Health Organization, World Heart Federation and the University of Newcastle Australia ahead of World Heart Day, marked on 29 September.
This equates to one in five of all deaths…
Washington, DC, 10 September 2020 (PAHO/WHO) - To mark World Suicide Prevention Day 2020, PAHO hosted two Facebook live “Ask the experts” sessions on preventing suicide during COVID-19 (one in English and one in Spanish) on Thursday, September 10, 2020.
The English session featured Dr. Claudina Cayetano, PAHO Regional Advisor on Mental Health; Dr…
The Region of the Americas is endangered by the risks of air pollution. More than 320,000 premature deaths are attributable to poor air quality, and at least 250 million people live in cities that fail to meet the WHO air quality guidelines for particulate matter.
To help raise awareness of this threat and mobilize action against air pollution, a…
Rio de Janeiro, 01 September 2020 (PAHO/WHO) - It is highly unlikely that food or food packaging can transmit COVID-19. Coronaviruses cannot multiply in food because they need an animal or human host to do so. COVID-19 is a respiratory disease primarily transmitted through person-to-person contact and direct contact with droplets expelled when an…
Washington DC, 31 August 2020 (PAHO)- The Pan American Health Organization held the XI Regulatory Meeting with the National Regulatory Authorities (NRAs) in the Americas, which took place on 6 August 2020. In this session, representatives from the World Health Organization (WHO) presented the SOLIDARITY clinical trial protocol and the WHO…
Washington DC, 26 August 2020 (PAHO)- The Regional Base of Health Technology Assessment Reports of the Americas (BRISA) reached 250 reports related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The reports are produced by members of the Regional Health Technology Assessment Network of the Americas (RedETSA). BRISA centralizes in a single platform the reports…
Washington, D.C., 11 August 2020 (PAHO/WHO) - The Pan American Health Organization has published a training workbook on assessment of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD), in Spanish- and English-language versions, aimed at healthcare providers to assist in the diagnosis and recognition of FASD.
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders …