Washington DC, May 29, 2024 (PAHO) - The Virtual Campus for Public Health (VCPH) of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) launched a series of training seminars for tutors involved in the courses offered on the educational platform. The purpose is to improve the technical skills and capacities of its teaching teams, in virtual tutoring.…
Washington DC, 25 May, 2024 (PAHO)- The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) participated at the Global Partners Meeting on Nursing and Midwifery, held days before the onset of the Seventy-seventh World Health Assembly. This meeting provided a strategic opportunity for policy dialogue and planning on nursing and midwifery. It aimed to…
23 May 2024. Washington, D.C. (PAHO)- In a collaborative effort between the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and the University of Maryland (a WHO collaborating centre) with the support of the United Sates Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US-CDC), representatives from 10 Latin American and Caribbean countries (…
Miami, Florida, May 14, 2024 (PAHO) -- Ministry of Health representatives from 24 Caribbean countries took part in a Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) workshop aimed at strengthening the use of risk communications and community engagement (RCCE), to manage and mitigate health emergencies and improve vaccine uptake.“RCCE is key for…
Washington, D.C., May 14, 2024 – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), in a joint initiative with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the World Bank (WB), held the seminar "Inclusive Digital Health at the First Level of Care," where representatives from the organizations provided an overview of the current landscape of digital…
Washington DC, 13 May 2024 (PAHO) - In the Region of the Americas, approximately seven million nurses are at the forefront of health promotion, disease prevention, and health management. On International Nurses Day, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) highlighted the importance of discussing gender, leadership, and innovation in nursing…
The World Health Organization (WHO) publishes the first global guidelines to prevent the occurrence of bloodstream and other infections caused by use of catheters placed in minor blood vessels during medical procedures.Poor practices in the insertion, maintenance, and removal of these catheters carry a high risk of introducing germs directly to…
Washington DC, May 10 2024 (PAHO)- The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) emphasized the need to increase spending on primary health care (PHC) during a session on "Public Spending and Priorities for Sustainable Development," which was held at the XXXVI Regional Seminar on Fiscal Policy, from May 6 to 8 in Santiago, Chile, organized by the…
Bogotá D.C., 10 May 2024. The Ministry of Health and Social Protection of Colombia announced today the launch of the National Plan for the Elimination and Eradication of Communicable Diseases, a strategic initiative that seeks to strengthen public health and guarantee access to quality services for all citizens.In 2019, Colombia, together with the…