San Juan, 15 May 2017 (PAHO/WHO) - In celebration of World Health Day 2017, PAHO/WHO Country Office in Puerto Rico organized an educational event open to health professionals, public servants, academics, students and the community at large to encourage dialogue under this year's theme "Depression let's talk". This activity was supported by the…
As part of the commemoration of World Health Day, the Ministry of Health (MINSAL), the Salvadoran Social Security Institute (ISSS), and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) organized a Forum on "Depression and Mental Health".The Minister of Health, Dr. Violeta Menjívar, said that in El Salvador anxiety, depression, alcoholism and…
El Bosque, April 8. - Chile's Minister of Health, Carmen Castillo, called for overcoming the stigma that prevents many people from accessing the treatment they need in order to live healthy and productive lives. She was accompanied by Gisela Alarcón, Undersecretary of Assistance Networks; Paloma Cuchí, PAHO/WHO Representative in Chile; and Sadi…
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.
The workshop was attended by 40…
Washington, D.C., April 27, 2017.- Representatives of national programs on noncommunicable diseases (NDCs) from 18 countries in the Non-Latin Caribbean attended a Country Capacity Survey (CCS) Workshop on April 26 and 27 to review the global and regional Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) commitments and the Accountability Framework on NCDs.…