Kingston, Jamaica, 28 May 2020 (PAHO/WHO) - Every year on 31 May we celebrate World No Tobacco Day to draw global attention to the tobacco epidemic and the preventable death and disease it causes. This year, the national theme is COVID is no joke, it gets worse with smoke.
A collaborative effort of the Jamaica Coalition for Tobacco Control (JCTC…
PAHO/WHO for Suriname, 22 May 2020 - To increase the sensitivity-levels of the media to specific events and situations concerning the COVID-19 pandemic and to enhance their capabilities in reporting through a fundamental understanding of the underlying issues, PAHO took the initiative to hold on the 19th and 21st of May 2020 two inter-…
The Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz) celebrates 120 years of foundation on May 25, 2020. Linked to Brazil’s Ministry of Health (MS), it is one of the most outstanding health science and technology institutions in Latin America, internationally recognized for its excellence in Research and Development.
The Latin American and Caribbean…
It does not matter the age or marital status of the women, if they have economic resources or if they have a disability, if they belong to an ethnic minority or if they are migrants. All women have the right to dignified and respectful care during pregnancy and childbirth.
In the World Respected Childbirth Week we share this animated video made…
On May 20, 2020, the Central Medical Laboratory of Belize received an additional 3000 viral swabs from the PAHO/WHO Belize country office. These viral swabs are an essential component for the testing of COVID-19. With much appreciation, the Acting Director of the laboratory, Mr. Juvencio Chan, received the swabs on behalf of the Ministry of Health…
In times of emergency, one of the main elements to consider is information, which is important for both the prevention and response stages. According to Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, deputy director of the Pan American Health Organization, “timely and evidence-based information are the best vaccine against rumors and misinformation.”[1]
Currently, there…
COVID-19 disease has proven to be highly dynamic, with daily changes in its understanding, even though almost 5 months have passed since the awarness of its existence.
This tool has a software that allows the creation of a local and national database for the health surveillance of pregnant women and newborns in this context and to provide key…
Geneva, 18 May 2020 (PAHO/WHO)—"We have watched how COVID decimated rich and powerful nations with strong curative care systems—killing their people, over running their health care systems, and halting business. And so early on, CARICOM decided that we cannot fight the illness, and that we had to delay the arrival of COVID-19 into the region as…
Bridgetown, Barbados, 12 May 2020 (PAHO) - This public service announcement produced by the PAHO Office for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean Countries (ECC), demonstrates how to wash hands while conserving water, a precious resource.