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In commemoration of World Health Day, more than 100 experts participated in a discussion forum - "Let's talk about depression" - organized by the Ministry of Health in La Paz, to reflect on the approach to this condition in a technical, professional and multidisciplinary context.The Vice Minister of Health and Promotion, Álvaro Terrazas,…
Argentina's World Health Day main celebration, "Addressing the disease from a healthy citizenship," took place at the National Foreign Service Institute. Local and international authorities as well as civil society representatives participated in the event.Buenos Aires, 15 May 2017 (PAHO/WHO) - Among the objectives pursued were: raising awareness…
Within the framework of the third phase of the Mental Health Project promoted by the Dominican Adventist University (UNAD, for its acronym in Spanish), more than 300 spiritual leaders participated in the workshop on "Depression and its management in the community", held in Santo Domingo, March 23rd.This phase has the support of the Ministry of…
"Laughing for good living, embracing for healing and planting to endure" was the preventive message of the Integration Festival that involved pioneers, medical students, health professionals and the entire population of Matanzas in the central activity for World Health Day.Havana, 12 May 2017 (PAHO/WHO) - In her opening remarks, Dr. Carmen Borrego…
This two-day capacity building and strategic planning workshop (April 25-26) was organized in a collaborative effort between PAHO/WHO's Mental Health and Substance Use Unit, from the Department of Noncommunicable Diseases, and the Healthy Life Course Unit, from the Family, Gender and Life Course Department.
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Washington, DC, April 27, 2017 (PAHO)- Since the countries of the Americas started celebrating Vaccination Week in the Americas (VWA) in 2003, this initiative, coordinated by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), has helped attain many achievements. Here are 15 of them.
1. The Americas as a leader in vaccination
The Region of the…
Panama City, 04 April 2017 (PAHO/WHO) - Dozens of families and individuals took part in a walk organized by the Ministry of Health on April 3, which marked the beginning of World Health Day commemorating activities in Panama. …