Washington, D.C., 18 February 2021 (PAHO) —The Communicable Disease and Environmental Determinants of Health Department of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), along with the WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) invites grant applications to facilitate and strengthen elimination-oriented operational…
The course organised by PAHO on its public health virtual campus on capacity building for the operationalisation and training of facilitators in the mhGAP programme began in December 2020 and ended in mid-February 2021.
This initiative is part of the support that PAHO is providing in the context of COVID 19, in which we are witnessing an increase…
Washington DC, February 22, 2021 (PAHO)- The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) conducted a theoretical simulation exercise to support countries in reviewing and updating their national plans to roll out COVID-19 vaccines in Central America. The initiative sought to provide timely information on regulatory development and approval, logistics…
Washington DC, February 23, 2021 (PAHO) - The Pan American Health Organization participated in the “4th Regional Technical Meeting of Interprofessional Education (IPE) in the Americas” held virtually on 23 and 30 November 2020. The theme of the event was" Resilient health systems for interprofessional collaboration in the COVID-19 pandemic…
Washington DC, January 31, 2021 (PAHO) - The course on the "World Health Organization methodology of for a global programme on surveillance of antimicrobial consumption," developed by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), ended with 20 participants from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Paraguay, and Peru. The course…
Washington DC, February 5, 2020 (PAHO) - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) together with experts from the pharmacovigilance programs of seven countries in the Americas (Chile, Costa Rica, Colombia, Cuba, El Salvador, Mexico and Peru) is developing a protocol to determine the reports of suspected adverse reactions to medicines and…
Successful implementation of the framework for monitoring HIV services for key populations in Latin America and the Caribbean.
PAHO/WHO February 17, 2021. In Latin America and the Caribbean, 70-80% of new HIV infections occur among key populations and their clients or sexual partners. High-quality strategic information on the monitoring of HIV…
15 February 2021 | Geneva | WHO
A suite of tools to help countries improve diagnosis and treatment of cancer among children is being released today by the World Health Organization, on International Childhood Cancer Day. The package includes a “how-to” guide for policy-makers, cancer control programme managers and hospital managers; an…
Group will advise WHO on global mechanism to pool knowledge about COVID-19 health technologies.
WASHINGTON, D.C., January 25, 2021 (PAHO) The World Health Organization (WHO) is seeking experts to serve as members of the Technical Advisory Group on the COVID-19 Technology Access Pool (C-TAP). C-TAP is an open source global mechanism for pooling…