Disease Elimination Initiative - Stories
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has redoubled its efforts to achieve the interruption of measles and diphtheria transmission in Venezuela.
Latin America is making progress in providing services focused on key population groups to prevent HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. (This video is only available in Spanish, with Spanish subtitles.)
Cervical cancer can be prevented by vaccination against the human papillomavirus (HPV) and screening and treatment of precancerous lesions.
Fanny Romero, from Las Crucitas (Honduras) recounts her experience after having a test result positive for HPV. In her case, the insistence of the healthcare personnel to reach her and convince her to...
HEALTH FOR ALL, 1978. World leaders made the historic commitment to achieve "Health for all" by signing the Declaration of Alma-Ata. The Declaration inspires the transformation of Health Systems based on Primary Health Care.
I came from Mutatá here to the city of Medellin looking for a job, I worked in several companies and then the companies broke with each other...