The document, covering the period 2026–2030, establishes measures to strengthen the resilience of health systems, with a focus on vulnerable groups and intersectoral action.Santo Domingo, March 24, 2026 – The Dominican Republic has launched its National Health and Climate Change Adaptation Plan 2025–2030 (PNASCC), a document developed with the…
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), in collaboration with authorities from five countries in the Region (Argentina, Belize, Colombia, Mexico, and Paraguay), as well as various strategic partners, held the workshop titled “Strengthening Legislative and Regulatory Frameworks to Promote Motorcycle Safety” on March 17 and 18, 2026, in Cancún…
Washington DC, 18 March 2026 (PAHO)- The Virtual Campus for Public Health (VCPH) of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) inaugurated a new office in Panama, a space to continue strengthening regional capacities for training and technical cooperation for the health workforce. The new headquarters is located in the Ciudad del Saber and…
George Town, 18 March 2026 (PAHO) - The recent detection of avian influenza A(H5N1) in poultry in the Cayman Islands put national preparedness to the test and offered important lessons for the Caribbean. Thanks to rapid detection and local genomic sequencing by the Cayman Islands Molecular Biology Laboratory (CIMBL), and a coordinated One Health…
PAHO, WHO and UNFCCC, in collaboration with national governments, produced climate and health country profiles for Belize, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago.Washington, DC, March 11, 2026 — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) published new national climate and health country profiles for seven…
Panama City, March 6, 2026 (PAHO) – The Ministry of Health of Panama (MINSA), with technical assistance from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), held a national workshop to implement the “Framework for a National Program for the Prevention and Control of Diseases Caused by Respiratory Viruses with Epidemic and Pandemic Potential.” The…
Bridgetown, March 6, 2026 (PAHO) – From March 3 to 6, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) conducted a subregional critical care training for 45 health professionals from across the Caribbean designed to strengthen the clinical management of Severe Acute Respiratory Infections (SARI) caused by COVID-19, influenza and respiratory syncytial…
February 5, 2026 (PAHO/WHO) — The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), in collaboration with Esri, a leading company in the development of GIS software (Geographic Information Systems), held a virtual technical session aimed at strengthening countries’ capacities in spatial statistics and risk modeling applied to…
São Paulo, March 3, 2026 (BIREME/PAHO/WHO) – BIREME, the Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information of the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), marks today 59 years of activity as a strategic institution dedicated to democratizing access to, use, and dissemination of scientific and…