Front Page News and Other Items
Full List of Front page Items - 2017
- Carissa F. Etienne: Health inequities endanger economic and social growth in Latin America and the Caribbean ( 07/10/2017 )
- Antibiotic-resistant gonorrhoea on the rise, new drugs needed ( 07/07/2017 )
- Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus begins his term as WHO’s new Director General ( 07/05/2017 )
- Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean commit to work so women, children, and adolescents survive, thrive, and transform the world ( 07/04/2017 )
- Candidates' Forum held for post of Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau ( 06/30/2017 )
- PAHO Executive Committee concludes sessions with progress on issues to improve health in the region ( 06/30/2017 )
- Brazil donates vaccines against human rabies to Haiti, with the support of Panaftosa/PAHO ( 06/27/2017 )
- PAHO Executive Committee begins debate on strategies and plans for improving the health of the Americas ( 06/26/2017 )
- Zika in the Americas: A Storm in the Making ( 06/23/2017 )
- PAHO Commission on Equity and Health Inequalities in the Americas meets with authorities and civil society in Costa Rica ( 06/21/2017 )
- Caribbean Regulatory System recommends its first generic drugs for sale in the region ( 06/12/2017 )
- Voluntary blood donors are increasing, but the numbers are not enough to ensure sufficient blood supplies ( 06/12/2017 )
- Health facilities in the Caribbean countries to be transformed to be disaster resistant ( 06/07/2017 )
- The Caribbean advance in the adaptation of the Global Strategy for the Health of Women, Children and Adolescents ( 06/02/2017 )
- First Ladies of Belize and Trinidad and Tobago support the Global Strategy for the Health of Women, Children and Adolescents ( 06/02/2017 )
- The 70th World Health Assembly closes ( 05/31/2017 )
- Country delegates approve resolutions at 70th World Health Assembly ( 05/30/2017 )
- World No Tobacco Day 2017: Tobacco threatens development, strong control measures needed ( 05/30/2017 )
- Colombia, Ecuador and Peru to receive WHO World No Tobacco Day Award ( 05/30/2017 )
- Delegates at the World Health Assembly have reached new agreements on dementia; immunization; refugee and migrant health; substandard and falsified medical products, and the world drug problem ( 05/29/2017 )
- World Health Assembly adopts decisions on the International Health Regulations and on sepsis ( 05/26/2017 )
- Leaving no girl or woman behind ( 05/26/2017 )
- Delegates at the 70th World Health Assembly adopt their initial decisions ( 05/25/2017 )
- Sudamérica adapta estrategia mundial para mejorar la salud de las mujeres, niños, niñas y adolescentes ( 05/25/2017 )
- The reduction of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis slows down in Latin America and the Caribbean, warns PAHO ( 05/24/2017 )
- World Health Assembly elects Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as new Director-General of WHO ( 05/23/2017 )
- 70th World Health Assembly sessions begin ( 05/22/2017 )
- Brazil first country to make specific commitments in UN Decade of Action on Nutrition ( 05/22/2017 )
- PAHO Director and countries of the Americas review the agenda of the 70th World Health Assembly ( 05/22/2017 )
- Health authorities from the Americas to participate In the 70th World Health Assembly ( 05/19/2017 )
- Network of laboratories in the Americas seeks to strengthen the diagnosis of mosquito-borne diseases during outbreaks ( 05/18/2017 )
- Countries of the Americas show benefits of initiative to reduce cardiovascular risk through the control of hypertension ( 05/17/2017 )
- More than 1.2 million adolescents die every year, nearly all preventable ( 05/17/2017 )
- PAHO Encourages Caribbean Countries to Tax Tobacco, Alcohol and Sugar-Sweetened Beverages to Reduce Burden of Noncommunicable Disease ( 05/16/2017 )
- Realizan consulta en Centroamérica para adaptar Estrategia Mundial para la Salud de la Mujer, la Niñez y la Adolescencia ( 05/11/2017 )
- PAHO Director meets Haitian authorities to discuss health system improvements ( 05/11/2017 )
- eHealth Country Profiles for the Americas ( 05/09/2017 )
- Traffic speed management key to saving lives, making cities more livable ( 05/04/2017 )
- Hand hygiene is key to safe care and prevention of antibiotic resistance ( 05/04/2017 )
- Government of Dominica nominates Dr. Carissa F. Etienne for Director of PAHO ( 05/02/2017 )
- OPS y CEPAL profundizan cooperación estratégica para el cumplimiento de la Agenda 2030 ( 04/28/2017 )
- Inequality and exclusion are the most important challenges for health and well-being in the Americas, says Director of PAHO ( 04/27/2017 )
- Vaccination Week in the Americas: 15 years, 15 achievements ( 04/27/2017 )
- Mesoamerica Ministers of Health Agree to Work Together to Meet Migrant Health Needs ( 04/26/2017 )
- How Mexico eliminated trachoma, the leading preventable cause of blindness ( 04/26/2017 )
- "Malaria Champions of the Americas" contest seeks nominations for best surveillance, universal access to diagnosis and treatment ( 04/25/2017 )
- Mexico eliminates trachoma, leading infectious cause of blindness ( 04/24/2017 )
- Vaccination Week in the Americas celebrates 15 years ( 04/20/2017 )
- Unprecedented progress against neglected tropical diseases reported ( 04/19/2017 )
- Regulating marketing of alcohol can help reduce consumption, harm ( 04/18/2017 )
- Experts from the Americas discuss strategies to reduce deaths from noncommunicable diseases ( 04/17/2017 )
- Brazil’s Health Minister Outlines Health Challenges in PAHO Visit ( 04/11/2017 )
- PAHO opens contest on best experiences in health promotion in cities, schools and universities in the Americas ( 04/11/2017 )
- Ismael Cala joins PAHO’s World Health Day Campaign ( 04/06/2017 )
- PAHO trains more than 100 journalists from the Americas on responsible coverage of suicide to prevent ‘suicide contagion’ ( 04/06/2017 )
- PAHO and BMJ Publishing Group sign agreement to promote health research in the Americas ( 04/03/2017 )
- “Depression: let’s talk” says WHO, as depression tops list of causes of ill health ( 03/30/2017 )
- Canada and PAHO sign an important agreement for Haiti: Essential Health Care for Mothers and Children (SESAME) project ( 03/28/2017 )
- Brazil Works to Control Yellow Fever Outbreak, with PAHO/WHO support ( 03/28/2017 )
- PAHO/WHO: “Let’s unite to end TB, leaving no one behind” ( 03/23/2017 )
- Quebec and PAHO sign agreement on strategic cooperation ( 03/21/2017 )
- President of Peru and PAHO Director analyze major health challenges ( 03/15/2017 )
- Twenty-one countries in the Americas and in Asia share dengue expertise in PAHO/WHO Seminar ( 03/15/2017 )
- “Women’s Access to Social Protection in Health” in a changing world of work ( 03/08/2017 )
- Minister of Health and Wellness of St. Lucia explores health collaboration with PAHO ( 03/07/2017 )
- The cost of a polluted environment: 1.7 million child deaths a year, says WHO ( 03/06/2017 )
- Candidates for Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau to be nominated between 1 March and 1 May ( 03/01/2017 )
- WHO publishes list of bacteria for which new antibiotics are urgently needed ( 02/27/2017 )
- WHO and PAHO Initiative to Support 17 New Research Proposals on Zika in Seven Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean ( 02/23/2017 )
- Updates on Yellow fever vaccination recommendations for International Travelers related to current situation in Brazil ( 02/22/2017 )
- Cartoon Network, PAHO and UNICEF launch second phase of campaign to educate kids about preventing Zika ( 02/16/2017 )
- PAHO Director congratulates Belize's Prime Minister for his country's achievements in vaccination and malaria ( 02/14/2017 )
- Anti-tobacco law is key to reducing top causes of death in Guyana ( 02/07/2017 )
- Early cancer diagnosis saves lives, cuts treatment costs ( 02/03/2017 )
- The Zika Virus outbreak continues one year after the global emergency ( 02/02/2017 )
- World Leprosy Day: Proactive Detection and Early Diagnosis Essential for Achieving Zero Disability in Children ( 01/30/2017 )
- PAHO invites applications for the 2017 ‘Leaders in International Health’ program ( 01/27/2017 )
- Overweight affects almost half the population of all countries in Latin America and the Caribbean except for Haiti ( 01/18/2017 )
- First PAHO report on hepatitis in the Americas issued ( 01/13/2017 )
- Use of illustrations to improve adherence of malaria treatment in Suriname ( 01/12/2017 )
- Curbing the tobacco epidemic in the Americas ( 01/10/2017 )
- Tobacco control can save billions of dollars and millions of lives ( 01/10/2017 )
