Port of Spain, 18 February 2020 (PAHO/WHO) – On the occasion of International Childhood Cancer Day, pediatric cancer experts and health authorities convened by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), and together with the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, are calling for stepped-up action to…
Washington DC., 27 January 2020 - On World Leprosy Day we are renewing our focus on accelerating towards a leprosy-free world and to ensuring this age-old disease is no longer a source of shame and anxiety, stigma and prejudice, but a challenge all of us can unite around to overcome. The theme of this year’s World Leprosy Day, Ending…
This supplement presents evidence from research teams in Brazil, Colombia and Peru, supported through the HRP/TDR/PAHO Joint Small Grants Program and with technical support by PAHO throughout the implementation of these projects. The results of these studies highlight the valuable contribution of research conducted inside an emerging epidemic.…
Washington, DC,17 January 2020 (PAHO/WHO) – The Departments of Health Systems and Services, Evidence and Intelligence for Action in Health, and the Caribbean Sub-Regional Programme and, through the Virtual Campus of Public Health of the Pan American Health Organization’s (VCPH/PAHO), delivered four English-language courses in 2019 on epidemiology…
Kingston, 16 January 2020 (PAHO/WHO) - In the framework of the Health Information Systems initiative, launched by PAHO in collaboration with the Caribbean countries in 2016, several partners agreed to work together to strengthen national initiatives to "leave no one behind".
"It is essential to work together with the countries, taking into…
Washington, DC, 16 January 2020 (PAHO/WHO) - Curaçao's new vision of the Ministry of Health, Environment and Nature, 'A healthy Curaçao' refers to a healthy and safe living environment in which citizens are given equal chance to engage and contribute to a healthy environment.
For this new health sector approach, from a cure-oriented healthcare to…
Bogotá, 16 January 2020 (PAHO/WHO) - The experiences in terms of IS4H in the countries of South America are as diverse and heterogeneous as the countries of the region.
But even with all the differences, there is a high degree of interest, participation and involvement shown by the different countries, which remain open to cooperation and the…
Georgetown, Guyana, 16 January 2020 (PAHO/WHO) - The Ministry of Public Health Guyana has recognized the importance of Information Systems for Health (IS4H) and its role in improving access to healthcare amidst much of the information systems being fragmented, and many being manual and paper-based. In keeping with a vision for standardization,…
The University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT) is working on a project to provide evidence for preventative cardiovascular disease management using the web and mobile platforms. Their project is one of the winners of the call for proposals for the implementation of IS4H projects promoted by the Pan American Health Organization.
In Trinidad and…