The Municipal Health Secretariat Curitiba, the International Union for Health Promotion and Education and their partners are looking forward to hosting this important global public health and health promotion event. 22nd IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion will take place in Curitiba, Brazil.The aim is to create a global forum where…
PAHO/WHO´s Virtual Campos for Public Health is conducting the third edition of the course "How to effectively address Noncommunicable diseases in 21st Century ", developed by the Department of Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health, as part of the CARMEN School activities.
The course is targeted to NCD country managers and program managers in…
The Pan American Health Organization PAHO joins once again in 2015, and will celebrate this date in harmony with the ILO campaign Join in building a Culture of Prevention on OSH. Acknowledging the immense need for healthy, decent and productive work required by millions of people under the poverty line in the region, PAHO's commemoration…
On 31 March and 1 April, 2015, PAHO will conduct an Expert Consultation on the implementation of the Regional Plan of Action on Health in All Policies (HiAP). This exercise will serve to define concrete recommendations as to how the Regional Plan of Action on HiAP can best be operationalized within the Region of the Americas over the course of the…
USAID sponsored a course for more than 40 delegates from the Ministries of Health and Finance from the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, El Salvador, and Peru to learn about strengthening health systems and implementing Universal Health Coverage in March 2015.…
Mario Chaves, 92, a Public Health Professional, Dentist and Medical Doctor who worked at the Kellogg Foundation in Rio de Janeiro with responsibilities for the Foundation's activities in Latin America and the Caribbean, died February 28, 2015 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Dr. Mario Chaves worked at the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) in…
Cardiovascular Risk Calculator now includes Glomerular Filtration module to estimate kidney function
Washington, D.C., 12 March 2015 (PAHO/WHO) - The PAHO/WHO Cardiovascular Risk Calculator has been updated to estimate the glomerular filtration rate, which is used to assess the state of kidney function. One of the parameters of the Glomerular Filtration module is creatinine, determined by a blood test that can be carried out in most…
PAHO/WHO trains health professionals from seven countries in the Americas to prevent and manage obstetric hemorrhage, a leading cause of maternal death in the Region. Professionals learn to use new technologies to reduce blood loss and save lives.
Datem del Marañón, Peru, May 28 2015 (PAHO/WHO). Obstetrician Juan Chávez recounts that in San…
Rio de Janeiro, 5 January 2015 (PANAFTOSA) - January 2015 marks the third year in a row in which the Region of the Americas has had no outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), a highly contagious animal disease that can have a devastating impact on livestock.In marking the achievement, the Pan American Foot-and-Mouth Disease Center (PANAFTOSA), a…