“Aloysius, a Community Health Work (CHW) arrives at the health post on his ATV, where he meets his colleagues setting up the health post for the day’s clinic. Patients are already having their vitals checked by the competently trained staff. One CHW is attending to Sandra, whose blood sugar is extremely high. Aloysius immediately springs into…
The 5th April 2019 was a sunny day, perfect for hosting an outdoor activity. After months of planning, the Solidarity Chain event was launched at Barbados’ Garrison Savannah to commemorate World Health Day under the theme Universal Health: Everyone, Everywhere. For Universal Health Day (UHD) which is recognized on 12 December, we…
“Phenomenal”. “Timely”. “A terrific opportunity”. These are just some of the sentiments expressed by Starlene Jones and Katrina Harte, two Lab Technologists from the Best-Dos Santos Public Health Laboratory in Barbados, who spent just shy of a month in Buenos Aires, Argentina in November, at the Antimicrobial Service del Instituto Nacional de…
The health of humans and animals is vitally interlinked. Thus, there is a shared responsibility and synergic potential for collaboration between public and animal health sectors to deal with potential infectious threats at the animal-human interface.
And so, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Organization for Animal…
On 3rd December 2019 the University of Trinidad and Tobago launched Cardio-Val, a mobile health application and website that is geared towards the secondary prevention of cardiovascular diseases among Trinbagonians. Cardio-Val was pioneered and developed by the University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT) and funded under PAHO’s IS4H Initiative.…
The 5th Session of the Scientific Committee (SC) was held on November 28 and 29, and it was attended by experts from Brazil (Information Technology), Colombia (Education and Knowledge Management), Costa Rica (Scientific Research), Cuba (Management Information) and Mexico (Scientific Communication). The Jamaican expert (Georgiana Gordon-…
PAHO/WHO Bahamas and partners observed Universal Children’s Day with special emphasis on the health-related rights of the child.
Nassau, 23 November 2019 (PAHO/WHO) - On Saturday, November 23rd, 2019, The Pan American Health Organization in conjunction with the Urban Renewal Commission of the Ministry of Social Services and Urban Development…
PAHO/WHO Bahamas and partners observed Universal Children’s Day with special emphasis on the health-related rights of the child.
On Saturday, November 23rd, 2019, The Pan American Health Organization in conjunction with the Urban Renewal Commission of the Ministry of Social Services and Urban Development, and the Healthy Bahamas Coalition…
Además de la malaria, el país tiene el potencial de eliminar la filariasis linfática y la esquistosomiasis
Santo Domingo, República Dominicana, 22 de noviembre 2019. República Dominicana tiene el potencial de eliminar la malaria, la filariasis linfática, la esquistosomiasis y alcanzar grandes progresos en torno a la eliminación de la…