The PAHO Strategic Fund (SF) has been actively collaborating with various partners to enhance access, optimize quantification, and foster stronger partnerships in addressing the region’s needs related to Leishmaniasis. By participating in key events, the Strategic Fund has demonstrated the important role of technical cooperation and pooled…
Washington, DC., 22 July 2024 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) actively participated in the panel discussion on Development of the health workforce in European countries, held as part of the Observatory Summer School 2024, from 21-27 July, in Venice, Italy. The event, focusing on "Navigating the healthcare workforce crisis:…
Quito, July 16, 2024 - In a joint effort between the Municipality of Quito and the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), 58 communications directors from the local government secretariats strengthened their knowledge in Risk Communication and Community Participation (CRPC) during the first week of July.The training…
Washington DC, July 17, 2024 (PAHO) - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) launched a training course on Interprofessional Education in the Dominican Republic, that will prepare 35 health career teachers, officials from the Ministry of Health, and other key institutions in the country, to design and implement training teaching programs…
Washington DC, July 10, 2024 - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), in collaboration with Global Affairs Canada (GAC), conducted a study to identify and analyze the role of nurses in the development and implementation of public policies and the provision of health services to adolescents in Colombia, Ecuador, Honduras, and Peru.In Latin…
Washington DC, 9 July 2024 (PAHO)- Arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) represent a growing threat to global public health, with a notable increase in their geographic spread and incidence in the last decade. Among the best known arboviruses in the Americas are dengue, Zika and chikungunya, all transmitted mainly by the Aedes aegypti …
Lima, Peru, July 8, 2024 (PAHO) – A critical training program launched in Lima, Peru, aimed at equipping researchers across Latin America with cutting-edge bioinformatics skills to tackle bacterial threats, particularly those transmitted by food and water. The "NGS Bioinformatics Essentials for Bacterial Genome Analysis" course, organized by the…
Washington DC, 1 July 2024 (PAHO) - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) launched the 2024 "Youth Voices" creative contest on July 1 and invites adolescents and young people between the ages of 10 and 24 from the Americas to express their opinions on what can be done to improve the quality of health services for young people.This call will…
Washington, D.C., 1 July 2024 – Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)/ World Health Organization (WHO) Country Office Representatives (PWRs) from ten countries of the Americas started today the Executive Programme on Tobacco Control: A Successful Story in Addressing Commercial Drivers of Health. The 2-day meeting at the recently established…