Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 24 August 2010 (PAHO) - As part of her official visit to Brazil, PAHO Director Dr. Mirta Roses visited PANAFTOSA headquarters and met with the technical staff of the center to discuss the technical cooperation between PAHO's Veterinary Public Health Project and PANAFTOSA, the Pan American Center for Foot-and-…
PAHO/WHO, UNAIDS and Latin@s en Acción invite you to participate in the Washington D.C. première of: Translatina
When: Thursday, July 29 2010, 6:00 to 8:30 p.m.
(Welcome and refreshments/appetizers from 6:00 to 6:30 p.m., followed by the screening of the documentary)
Where: Pan American Health Organization, 525 Twenty-third Street, N.W.,…
Washington, D.C., 22 March 2010 (PAHO/WHO) - Each year about 20 million infants of low birth weight are born worldwide. These premature babies impose a heavy burden on healthcare and social systems in developing countries.
What's the issue? Caring for low-birth weight babies requires complex methods.
Since medical care of low birth weight…
The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and the Inter-American Comission of Women (CIM/OAS) celebrated International Women's Day 2010 on March 12 with the theme "Gender Equality in Health: A Right for Adolescents." OAS ambassadors, PAHO staff, partners of other UN, and civil society organization joined to…
The Indigenous Youth Regional Conference: Health, Development and Inclusion, in Cochabamba, Bolivia, had the participation of PAHO, the Spanish International Cooperation Agency and the Norwegian Embassy, as well as young leaders of Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru, Ecuador, Guatemala and Bolivia. Adolescents who participated shared their perspectives in…
Washington, DC, 19 November 2009 (PAHO) - A program executed by PAHO for the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) is addressing the most widespread communicable diseases in South America.
The PCPCD program currently reaches five countries (Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela) and targets five diseases and/or disease…
The International Labour Office (ILO) declared April 28 World Day for Safety and Health at Work. Each year this date is observed in commemoration of the workers who suffered injuries, diseases or fatalities; and to celebrate those that were effectively prevented.
"Healthy Workplaces: my Work, my Health - April 22"
* To view the…
Washington, D.C., 3 de octubre 2008 (OPS)—En la Región de las Américas, la obesidad y la diabetes están alcanzando proporciones epidémicas. La prevalencia de la obesidad está aumentando en todos los grupos de edad. Estudios en Chile y México indican que entre un 7 y un 12 por ciento de los niños menores de cinco años y una quinta parte de los…
With Cervical Cancer Killing 33,000 Annually in the Region, Experts in Mexico City Consider Promise, Costs of Detection, Treatment and Introduction of New Vaccines against Deadly Virus. Researchers Report that Better Screening, Treatment, and Affordable Vaccines Can Prevent Doubling of Cervical Cancer Deaths in Latin America, Caribbean.
Mexico…