Global Handwashing Day takes place on Sunday, 15th of October! The 2017 theme is "Our hands, our future!" This theme allows us to reflect on the importance of washing our hands to protect our own health to build our future, as well as that of our communities.Handwashing with soap is one of the most effective and inexpensive public health…
Controlling raised blood pressure in the Americas is one of the key strategies to reduce the burden of cardiovascular diseases. Four countries in the Region of the Americas—Barbados, Chile, Colombia, and Cuba—are implementing an innovative approach with the support of PAHO and CDC, which has shown promising results in improving the rates of…
Washington, DC, 25 September 2017 (PAHO/WHO) - One of the most important works to reduce violence against children and adolescents presented at the Sexual Violence Research Initiative Forum 2017, which takes place in the city of Rio de Janeiro until the 21st, is a technical package called INSPIRE.
"There are seven strategies, based on the best…
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) highlighted today the importance of partnerships to put an end in violence against women, in the opening ceremony of the Sexual Violence Research Initiative Forum 2017, which takes place in the city of Rio de Janeiro until September 21st.
"Violence against women…
FAO and PAHO have invited countries from across the region to present exemplary experiences that allowed a change in the way that food is produced, marketed, and consumed.
September 6, 2017, El Salvador - Transforming food systems will be key to the strategy that is needed to end hunger and all forms of malnutrition in Latin America and the…
"Epidemic of Chronic Kidney Disease in Agricultural Communities in Central America. Case definitions, methodological basis and approaches for public health surveillance" is a new PAHO publication aimed to provide guidance to health professionals on how to strengthen or establish ? CKD surveillance with a focus on CKDnT. as part of a broader effort…
In an effort to re-visit and revitalize PAHO's vision and approach to community health, an Expert's meeting was held in June in Washington, DC, gathering participants working within the field of community health in 14 different countries in the Americas, as well as personnel representing a variety of departments within PAHO. The results of the…
Globally, over 1 billion people do not have access to adequate health care. As overwhelming as this seems, there is an abundance of grass roots solutions that have successfully been implemented by passionate change-makers across Africa, Asia and Latin America.
The Social Innovation in Health Initiative (SIHI) is a network of individuals and…
Halifax, 6-8 June. - At the Canadian Public Health Association Conference - CPHA 2017, the Pan American Health Organization conducted a session to review global and regional perspectives and experiences on addressing mental health and wellness and to examine how mental health has been integrated into primary health care in the Region. This session…