Washington, D.C., 30 January 2026 — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has published Tobacco and nicotine cessation: Booklet for healthcare professionals, an evidence-based practical guide designed to support health professionals in delivering effective tobacco cessation interventions in primary health care settings.Tobacco use remains…
Healthy food in schools can help children develop healthy dietary habits for life, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), which released a new global guideline on evidence-based policies and interventions to create healthy school food environments. For the first time, WHO is advising countries to adopt a whole-school approach that…
Rio de Janeiro, 27 January 2026 (PAHO)—As part of the II Regional Forum of the Alliance for Primary Health Care in the Americas, the panel Primary Health Care (PHC), Life-Course Approach, and Maternal and Neonatal Health was held on 27 January in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with a focus on the role of primary health care and the life-course approach…
Rio de Janeiro, 26 January 2026 — As part of the plenary session “Digital transformation and PHC: opportunities and the way forward,” held within the framework of the Second Regional Forum of the Alliance for Primary Health Care in the Americas, Gabriel Listovsky, Head of the Special Program Virtual Campus for Public Health of the Pan American…
Rio de Janeiro, 27 January 2026 (PAHO) - At the II Regional Forum of the Alliance for Primary Health Care in the Americas, organized by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Ministry of Health of Brazil, experts from across the Region came together to address key challenges facing health systems today: ensuring the availability,…
Rio de Janeiro, 26 January 2026 (PAHO) — As part of the II Regional Forum of the Alliance for Primary Health Care in the Americas, the panel “Two Years of the Alliance” was held as a space for reflection and assessment of the progress achieved since the launch of the initiative, as well as the main challenges to accelerating health system…
Washington, D.C., January 20, 2026 – In a context of increasingly complex and unequal health systems, strengthening capacities and promoting spaces for articulation among institutions, teams, and experiences around shared challenges is essential. In this scenario, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has been promoting and consolidating…
Washington, D.C., 21 January 2026 – In 2025, the Pan American Health Organization’s (PAHO) Webinar Series on Primary Health Care (PHC) was consolidated as a technical cooperation platform to advance a regional agenda around strategic PHC products. Throughout the year, the webinars articulated reports, technical frameworks, interinstitutional…
PAHO launches guide to integrate a gender approach in the elimination of trachoma and other diseases
Washington, DC, 20 January 2026 — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has launched the Guide for Integrating a Gender Approach in the Elimination of Trachoma and Other Diseases, a practical document designed to support the integration of a gender perspective, using an intercultural approach, into health actions and strategies related to…