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. …
Health authorities from 16 Caribbean countries, and representatives from PAHO's programs of NCDs and of medicines and technologies, gathered on 22-23 February 2017 to discuss the barriers and solutions to improve quality, availability and equitable access to NCD medicines in the Caribbean. The aim was to support Caribbean countries to achieve the…
Organized by the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), the UN Agency for Migration, and the Together for Girls Partnership (which includes the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -CDC-, USAID, UNICEF, UNAIDS, UN Women, UNFPA, the Government of Canada and PAHO/WHO itself), the "Regional meeting on prevention and response to…
Experts in mental health education from several Latin American countries gathered in Madrid, December 7-8 to explore ways of implementing mhGAP training in the context of mental health education. The meeting was hosted by the Department of Psychiatry of the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (WHO Collaborating Center for Mental Health Services…
Washington, D.C., 28 February 2017 (PAHO/WHO) - Depression affects an estimated 350 million people worldwide each year. It is one of the leading causes of disability in the Americas, where there remains a substantial treatment gap driven by factors such as poor access to healthcare, inadequate financial investment, and social stigma.…
Seventeen new research proposals aimed at identifying solutions to address the Zika virus will soon be starting in 7 Latin American countries. They range from identifying transmission risk factors to evaluating diagnostic tools and examining the use of prenatal counselling and contraceptives. Washington, D.C., 17 February 2017 (PAHO/WHO) -…
PAHO, together with UICC, governments, and academia convene to discuss strategies to reduce inequities and increase access to childhood cancer care in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Improving access to care for children with cancer and reducing the inequities associated with outcomes for children with cancer in Latin America and the Caribbean (…
We are proud to announce that a poster from the Region of the Americas was the top choice of participants at the World Health Organization 9th Global Conference on Health Promotion (9GCHP). Congratulations to the Ministry of Health of Argentina for their poster on Healthy Cities in Argentina!
We are proud to announce that a poster from the Region…