São Paulo, February 20, 2024 (BIREME/PAHO/WHO) - The evaluation and selection of Brazilian journals for the Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature (LILACS) database represents a significant milestone in the scientific communication scenario among the countries of the Region. This annual process, coordinated in partnership…
Bridgetown, Barbados, 20 February 2024 (PAHO/WHO) – In a survey of just over 1370 young people from Barbados, the Eastern Caribbean countries and Trinidad and Tobago, 80% reported thinking about how climate impacts their health and almost 70% called for large scale efforts to tackle the effects of climate change on health.…
GEORGETOWN, GUYANA, 19 February 2024: The PAHO/WHO GUY CO through the Improved Health of Women and Adolescent Girls in Situations of Vulnerability Project supported by Canada and the Latin American Center for Perinatology, Women and Reproductive Health (CLAP/WR) donated several items to the Ministry of Health to improve health outcomes of women,…
February 16, 2024 (PAHO) - Bolivia initiates the implementation of the project "Improved health of communities, women, and children through the elimination of trachoma as a public health problem in the Americas." Its commencement is marked by a coordination meeting of local stakeholders for the development of rapid trachoma assessments in the…
Valparaíso, Chile, 15 February 2024 (PAHO) - Since devastating fires first affected the Chilean region of Valparaíso, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) teams have been working with the country’s authorities to support on the ground mental health, vaccination, sanitation and risk communication initiatives.
When the forest fires began,…
St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda, 12 February 2024 (PAHO) - Antigua and Barbuda are well on their way to detecting possible disease outbreaks, better positioning the nation to plan for and manage health issues.
This advancement is the result of a partnership between the Epidemiology & Surveillance Unit of the Ministry of Health, Wellness and…
St. Kitts and Nevis, 1 February 2024 (PAHO) - The Joseph N. France General Hospital in St. Kitts and Nevis is better equipped to provide services for timely diagnosis and management of mental and neurological diseases across all age groups thanks to a donation from PAHO.
During a handing over ceremony recently, Minister of Health and Prime…
Brasília, 6 February, 2024 – The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Jarbas Barbosa, and the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, attended the opening of the 37th Stop TB Partnership Council Meeting in Brasília, Brazil. Stop TB Partnership is a global coalition of partners…
Montevideo, 1 February 2024. It is available a new course on SIP Plus (Perinatal Information System in its web version).
SIP is an evidence-based system of clinical records and priorities of care, developed among professionals in the region. It is a standard perinatal clinical record and integrates PAHO's toolkit to improve the quality of care…