A virtual seminar on "Mental Health and Work: Challenges for everyone in the Americas" was held on April 28, on the occasion of World Day for Safety and Health at Work. Four presentations on different experiences were made during the event. The first experience, "Expanding the notion of health and security: modern solutions for 21st century…
Manabi, Ecuador, 30 June 2016 (PAHO/WHO) - Staff from the ministries of health, of economic and social inclusion, and of education, as well as members of the armed forces, police, firefighters and volunteers from civil society organizations and universities participated in the workshops on psychological first aid that took place in Portoviejo,…
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Health of Costa Rica, organized a regional workshop on suicide prevention in San José, 11-12 May. The main objective pursued was to strengthen the capacity of countries for implementing preventive measures related to suicidal behaviors in the Region of the…
16 June 2016 - Representatvies from 27 countries and experts from agencies such as the IBP Initiative, PAHO, and WHO gathered in Lima, Peru, this week to discus how to best respond to unmet need for modern contraception in Latin America and the Caribbean.As part of the meeting, entitled "Responding to Unmet Need for Contraception with Evidence and…
Washington, D.C., 8 June 2016 (PAHO/WHO) — A team from Massachusetts General Hospital met with PAHO's Latin American Center for Perinatology, Women and Reproductive Health (FGL/CLAP) to discuss how they can join forces to prevent women from dying of postpartum hemorrhage (PPH).PPH is a leading cause of death worldwide and throughout the region,…
Washington, DC, 24 May 2016 (PAHO / WHO) - A group of bioethicists who analyzed the main ethical challenges in response to the outbreak of the Zika virus have concluded that countries are obliged to give all available information on Zika and be explicit about what is not known. Their recommendation from the ethics perspective is that countries…
Panama City, Panama, 17 May 2016 (PAHO/WHO) - The International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia, observed each year on May 17th, aims to draw attention to the violence and discrimination lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people experience globally. Never before have the concerns of LGBTI communities in Latin America…
Chaired by Sir Michael Marmot, new group will investigate the dynamics of gender, ethnicity, human rights, and equity and their impact on healthWashington, D.C., 11 May 2016 (PAHO/WHO) — The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) launched a new Commission on Equity and Health Inequalities in the Region of the…
With the slogan "Fight the bite, destroy mosquito breeding sites", this first Mosquito Awareness Week, 9-15 May, will focus on Zika and the risks associated with the disease, especially for pregnant women.The annual week was declared at the 17th meeting of the CARICOM Heads of Government in November 2014.Visit the website via this link: Caribbean…