A year ago, Cleotilde Acosta's four children were having problems sleeping and eating. “Before they received deworming treatment, they would wake up frightened in the middle of the night,” recalls this mother in Santa María del Carbón, an indigenous Pech community in the municipality of San Esteban, department of Olancho, Honduras. “Now their stomachs are better, they have healthy appetites, and the ones in school are learning to read,” she adds with a grateful smile.

Haiti today kicked off a new campaign to vaccinate women of childbearing age against tetanus during a launching event for the 11th Vaccination Week in the Americas.

Reminder! Call for abstracts for the 20th Canadian Conference on Global Health closes on Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at 5PM.

Global Health in 2013: Are We Having an Impact?
October 27-29, 2013 – Westin Hotel, Ottawa
You are invited to submit an abstract for the 2013 Canadian Conference on Global Health.
Abstracts for oral, poster presentations and for workshops or symposia are welcome in English, French and Spanish!

New this year, documentary and video submissions will be considered.
Submissions should be directly related to the conference theme.
 
Submit online now!
http://www.csih.org/en/events/conference/call-for-abstracts/
 
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Message from PAHO Director Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, on the day that Haiti presented a national plan of action for eliminating the transmission of cholera in the country.

Dr. Carissa F. Etienne took office today as the new Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), pledging to work in close partnership with PAHO member countries to extend the benefits of health progress to all people in the Americas. Dr. Etienne’s highest priority will be accelerating progress toward universal access to quality health care. Read more...