In an effort to develop a National Suicide Prevention Plan, the Mental Health Program of the Ministry of Health in Belize, in collaboration with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), hosted a two-day stakeholder consultation workshop in Belize City, July 4-5.About sixty persons representing various government ministries, non-…
World will have more obese children and adolescents than underweight by 2022
11 OCTOBER 2017 | LONDON - The number of obese children and adolescents (aged five to 19 years) worldwide has risen tenfold in the past four decades. If current trends continue, more children and adolescents will be obese than moderately or severely underweight by 2022…
Washington, D.C., October 12, 2017 (PAHO/WHO) - Suriname officially launched its National Malaria Elimination Strategy with the aim of eliminating local malaria transmission in the country by 2020. The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) supports the country towards the elimination of the disease and in preparing for subsequent certification…
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…