Regional Stories
Given that Haiti has the highest poverty index and the worst health indicators in the Western Hemisphere, it is not surprising that the country has the highest burden of lymphatic filariasis in the Americas. “Filariasis is associated with extreme poverty,” Steven Ault, Ex Senior Advisor of the PAHO Regional Neglected Infectious Diseases Program,…
In this section we share first-person stories of men and women in the field facing zika in 2016.
BRAZIL. "I advise other women to be very careful".
I discovered my…
I discovered my…
A gallery of photos from Colombia (2016)
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We have adopted the slogan "Share life, give blood", to draw attention to the roles that voluntary donation systems play in encouraging people to care for one another and promote community cohesion. In this section there are stories about blood donation that focus attention on blood services as a community service, and the importance of community…
In 1985, a Hepatitis B seroprevalence study conducted in St Kitts and Nevis revealed high prevalence rates of Hepatitis B infection (HBV) with the highest risk of acquiring the infection occurring during the perinatal period and in early school years.
Nelly Cuéllar hit rock bottom in April 2014: her addiction to bazuko (a hallucinatory drug) combined with tuberculosis nearly killed her. Today is a different story. Happy, in peace with life and with her family, this resident of Bogotá, Colombia, shows how perseverance and discipline are necessary to be cured.— March 2016 —