Washington, DC, 25 April 2020 (PAHO)—On 24 April 2020, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) held a webinar on the State of the World's Nursing Report to present the main results of the report about the nursing situation in the Region of the Americas.More than 240 participants attended the webinar, including nurses from the Ministries of…
Washington, DC, 27 April 2020 (PAHO)— The PAHO Strategic Fund has supported Member States in increasing access to COVID-19 diagnostic kits through pooled procurement, securing over 500,000 RT-PCR tests (noted as the gold standard for diagnosing the disease). Another 1.5 million tests will be delivered over the next month, and an additional 8…
In its role as WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control at the School of Public Health at The University of Hong Kong, staff contributed to a published article on the efficacy of face masks for seasonal human coronaviruses, influenza viruses and rhinoviruses.
[ABSTRACT] We identified seasonal human coronaviruses,…
Geneva, 04 April 2020 (PAHO/WHO) - Detecting iron deficiency early during pregnancy and in young children is crucial. Iron deficiency in children under two years of age can have significant and irreversible effects on brain development. This can lead to negative consequences on learning and school performance later in life. Cognitive development…
Geneva, 31 March 2020 (PAHO/WHO) - Physical inactivity has been identified as a leading risk factor for global mortality and a contributor to the rise in overweight and obesity. In 2010, WHO published Global recommendations on physical activity for health which detailed interventions for the primary prevention of noncommunicable diseases…
Safety of front-line health workers a primary concern
The COVID-19 pandemic is testing the resilience of robust health systems around the world. Recognizing the heavy toll that malaria exacts on vulnerable populations in sub-Saharan Africa, as well as the region’s fragile health infrastructure, WHO underlines the critical importance of sustaining…
March, 2020. - Cuban psychologists and psychiatrists have started a series of virtual psychotherapy groups, called “PsicoGrupos”, to reach patients who could not otherwise access psychotherapy during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This initiative has proved particularly timely, as social support is a key component of mental health.
The Cuban…
Washington DC, 25 March 2020 (PAHO)- The Virtual Campus for Public Health of the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) launched the Spanish version of three online courses to provide information and guidance to countries in the Americas in the response to the novel coronavirus.
The courses were already…
Washington, D.C., 19 March 2020 [PAHO] - The Director of the Department of Health Systems and Services at the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), James Fitzgerald, met with the Prime Minister of the Republic of Haiti, Joseph Jouthe, during a technical mission to Haiti, from 17-19 March, to strengthen PAHO´s support in the…