Kingston, Jamaica, April 25, 2024 (PAHO) - On April 24, 2024, Jamaica celebrated the launch of the 22nd Vaccination Week in the Americas at the Portmore Community College. Held under the theme, "Engage now to protect your future #GetVax", the event aimed to raise awareness about the importance of immunization by ramping up vaccination efforts in…
Port of Spain, 5 April 2024 - The Ministry of Health of Trinidad and Tobago, with technical support from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) conducted a four-day comprehensive training session from April 2 to April 5, 2024, with the goal of preparing more than 70 interviewers and supervisors for their roles in the implementation of the…
Castries, St. Lucia - 22 April 2024 (PAHO) - The St. Lucian public benefitted from free health checks in Constitution Park in Castries during the official launch of Vaccination Week in the Americas 2024 under the theme ‘Engage now to protect our future’.From April 20th to 27th, the 22nd annual Vaccination Week in the Americas is being…
Port-au-Prince, April 23, 2024 (PAHO/WHO) - In support of the emergency response of the Ministry of Health and Population (MSPP), and with the aim of improving access to health care made increasingly difficult by the current security situation, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) are…
Lima, Peru, April 16-18, 2024 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) convened technical experts, country representatives, and stakeholders to define country priorities and explore available tools and methodologies to strengthen integrated care in the first two decades of life using a life course approach.Throughout the Regional…
Montevideo, 23 April, 2024. The CLAP MUSA Network connects healthcare centers where women experiencing a miscarriage are attended in Latin America and the Caribbean.These centers use the SIP Plus (a web version of the Perinatal Information System) to record patient information. This allows them to obtain quality data on the epidemiological…
Port-au-Prince, 22 April 2024 (PAHO/WHO) - Since February 29, 2024, Haiti faces an intensified security crisis, marking a new stage in the violence already impacting a struggling healthcare system, and further complicating access to care for millions of Haitians. As is often the case, the crisis has hit the country’s most vulnerable the hardest,…
Brasilia, April 19, 2024 – The National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) of Brazil reaffirmed this Friday (19/04) the decision to prohibit the commercialization, import, and advertising of electronic smoking devices. The update of the current resolution in force in the country occurred this Friday (19/04) during the 6th Ordinary Public Meeting…
Tegucigalpa, 18 April 2024 (PAHO/WHO). The eight countries of the Central American Integration System (SICA) met in Honduras to formulate and discuss regional proposals on healthy eating topics that will soon be presented to the Council of Ministers of Health of Central America and the Dominican Republic (COMISCA). The three topics addressed were…