San Salvador, El Salvador, October 30, 2025 — Fifteen countries from the region and the Caribbean Regulatory System (CRS), participated in a workshop organized by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), focused on regulatory preparedness for overseeing pandemic or emergency-use…
Washington, D.C., 30 October 2025 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) held the meeting “Strengthening the Nursing Workforce in the Americas through the Development of the New Regional Nursing Body (RNB) Strategic Plan for Nursing and Midwifery 2025–2035,” on October 29–30 in Bridgetown, Barbados. The hybrid meeting brought…
The Information Systems and Digital Health Unit (IS/EIH) announces the publication of the Webinar, Masterclass, and Meet the Expert sessions on PAHO’s YouTube channel. Registration is also open for the next live session on November 6.Washington D.C., October 30, 2025 (PAHO) – The Information Systems and Digital Health Unit (IS/EIH) announced that…
Theme: Unmasking the appeal – countering nicotine and tobacco addiction The deadline for submissions of nominations is Friday, 16 January 2026, at 17:00hrs (GMT) / 12:00 PM (EST or Washington DC Time)The World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for nominations to the World No Tobacco Day Awards of individuals or organizations in each of the…
Washington, D.C., 29 October 2025 (PAHO) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced the theme for World No Tobacco Day 2026: “Unmasking the appeal – countering nicotine and tobacco addiction.” The campaign will expose how the tobacco and nicotine industry continues to reinvent and repackage its products to hook a new generation,…
Washington, D.C., 27 October 2025 (PAHO) — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the World Bank, and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) today launched the technical consensus “Updating the conceptual and operational framework for integrated health service delivery networks (IHSDNs) in the Americas,” a landmark document that redefines…
Washington D.C., 16 October 2025 – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) convened a regional webinar in a high-level dialogue among health authorities, technical experts, and country representatives for the official launch of the WHO SPECS 2030 Initiative (Services, Personnel, Education, Costs, and Surveillance for refractive error…
Asunción, October 23, 2025 (PAHO) – Authorities and technical teams from six countries are gathered in Asunción, Paraguay, to strengthen collaboration toward the creation of an integrated early warning system along the bioceanic corridors of South America. The meeting, organized by the Organización Panamericana de la Salud (PAHO), is part of the…
Washington, D.C., October 17, 2025 - To strengthen interinstitutional coordination and advance the implementation of El Salvador’s primary health care (PHC) model, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the World Bank (WB), and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) supported the Ministry of Health of El Salvador (MINSAL) in convening a…