A technical workshop on the status and prospects of alcohol legislation in Central America (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama) and the Dominican Republic took place May 23-25. Agents responsible for alcohol and non-communicable diseases from these countries' ministries of health and social insurance funds, as well as…
Awareness of the importance of mental health care and psychosocial support during emergencies, whether caused by complex humanitarian crises, natural disasters or epidemics, has clearly increased in recent years.Many organizations and governments in the Region of the Americas have developed interventions to give response to these events.
As there…
It is an innovative project approved by the Executive Committee of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) combining in a single website psychiatry and mental health magazines and publications of participating countries and organizations, published in Spanish in digital version, and permanently updated.Search can be done by keywords, subject area…
Chile's president, Michele Bachelet, presented the Commitment to Action of Santiago alongside representatives of 9 countries of the region, integration mechanisms and United Nations agencies, among them PAHO/WHO. This Commitment to Action seeks to start the implementation of the Global Strategy for Women's, Children´s and Adolescent's Health in…
Los países de la Región están haciendo serios esfuerzos para desplazar el eje de la atención, desde los servicios prestados en instituciones tradicionales hacia un modelo basado en la comunidad, que ofrezca cuidados integrales y continuos para las personas con trastornos mentales, epilepsia y en situación de discapacidad. El proceso de integración…
Port-au-Prince, June 27, 2017 (Panaftosa/PAHO)-The government of Brazil has donated 15,000 doses of human rabies vaccine to Haiti, with the support of the Pan American Foot-and-Mouth Disease Center of the Pan American Health Organization (Panaftosa/PAHO). The rabies vaccines are intended to protect humans after they have been exposed to rabies.The…
"Listen first" is the theme for this year International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, which is observed each 26th June. The campaign includes the recommendation of "listening to children and young people" as "the first step to help them grow healthy and safe, decreasing risk behaviors and drug use"."Listen first" is a campaign…
Two new virtual courses on alcohol are now available on PAHO´s Virtual Campus for Public Health. These self-learning and free courses are aimed for English and Portuguese speaking health professionals: "Alcohol Policy Advocacy" and "Uso de Álcool e Saúde da Mulher Gestante" (Alcohol use and Health in Pregnant Women).
Alcohol Advocacy Policies…
Dr. Aldana Lichtenberger, from Argentina, organized this June 2, 2017, online seminar on the management of alcohol consumption in pregnancy.
She described the consequences of prenatal exposure to alcohol (fetal alcohol syndrome - FAS; fetal alcohol spectrum disorders - FASD) and the prevalence of alcohol consumption…