Prepared by The UNAIDS Cosponsors Regional Group (UCRG) for Latin America and the Caribbean.
March, 20, 2020- The HIV community and response have much to offer to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) preparedness and resiliency. Having community-led organizations, such as people living with HIV (PLHIV) networks, engaged at the planning and…
Peru has just taken a further step that will help to protect public health from the harms of tobacco continuing on a path which started a few years back to discourage their consumption and avert related health care costs through taxation. A modification of the methodology to calculate the amount-specific excise tax on cigarettes has been…
Quito, Ecuador - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), through the HEARTS Initiative, advocates the use of validated electronic devices in order to improve the accuracy of blood pressure (BP) measurement, as it is key to the correct diagnosis and control of hypertension. To this end, it is necessary to have a regulatory framework…
Twelve research projects have been awarded grants following a 2019 call for applications to conduct research on sexual and reproductive health and rights, infectious diseases of poverty and the health systems response linked to the current mass migration in the Americas.
Mass migration is an intensifying reality in the region of the Americas. In…
The 3rd Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety convened 1700 delegates from around 140 countries, including more than 70 ministers and vice-ministers and heads of international agencies, civil society organizations, foundations and private companies. Representatives from 12 countries of the Region of the Americas attended the Conference,…
New evidence published by recipients of a Joint Small Grants Programme funded by HRP* and TDR**, with support from WHO’s Regional Office for the Americas (PAHO), highlights the valuable contribution of research conducted inside an emerging epidemic. It also emphasizes the critical importance of strengthening community-based research capacity in…
Washington DC, 28 February 2020 (PAHO) - The Pan American Health Organization has published a report on the current social security situation and challenges in Central America and the Dominican Republic (in Spanish only: Seguridad social en Centroamérica y República Dominicana: situación actual y desafíos) in collaboration with the…
Preventive chemotherapy is one of the tools used for the control of cysticercosis, by treating taeniasis, caused by the parasite Taenia solium (also known as the pork tapeworm). In its adult tapeworm form, T. solium infection in humans is known as taeniasis. Taeniasis can be treated with anthelmintic drugs.
However, it was not clear the…
Mexico includes the HEARTS initiative within the framework of health system reform
Mexico City, 18 February 2020 - As part of its efforts to strengthen primary health care, Mexico has officially joined the HEARTS initiative. Promoted by the Pan American Health Organization/ World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), the initiative aims to…