Washington, D.C., 17 June 2026 (PAHO) — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), in collaboration with Esri, concluded the Advanced GIS Training Series (2025–2026) with a virtual technical session on geospatial data management. The regional initiative was designed to strengthen the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in public…
Washington, D.C., 17 June 2026 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) held a workshop from 3 to 5 June in Encarnación, Paraguay, to strengthen the organization and composition of interprofessional health teams (EqIPS, by its acronym in Spanish) within the framework of primary health care (PHC). The workshop aimed to strengthen…
Brasilia, June 16, 2026.— The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) participated in a workshop convened by Brazil’s Ministry of Health to strengthen the country’s health technology transfer processes. The meeting included technical contributions from PAHO, the Regionalized Vaccine Manufacturing Collaborative (RVMC), and experts from relevant…
Washington, D.C., June 9, 2026 (PAHO) - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) officially launched its new virtual course, “Youth-Centered Digital Health Interventions,” during an interactive webinar led by members of PAHO’s Youth for Health Group (PYHG). The event brought together young leaders, health professionals, policymakers, and…
Washington, D.C., June 15, 2026 – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), supported by the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), initiated a pilot of its new virtual course, Strengthening the Health Sector Response to Violence Against Girls and Adolescent Girls. The event brought together more than 60 health sector…
Santiago, Chile, June 13, 2026 (PAHO) – In a coordinated effort to prepare the region for hospital outbreaks of emerging diseases and to strengthen the management of severe respiratory illnesses, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) convened two regional workshops in Santiago, Chile, from June 11 to 13, bringing together national leaders in…
Washington, D.C., 10 June 2026 (PAHO) — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), in collaboration with the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Puerto Rico Department of Health, held a training workshop on 5 and 6 June to strengthen technical capacity for the management of severe dengue cases in…
Cancún, Mexico, June 5, 2026 – At the World Congress of the Pediatric Radiation Oncology Society (PROS 2026), PAHO, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, and the IAEA brought together health experts from Latin America and the Caribbean to advance pediatric radiotherapy and comprehensive childhood cancer care in the Americas region. The…
San Bernardino, Paraguay, June 4, 2026 – To strengthen early warning capacities for health emergencies, technical experts from Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Saint Lucia, Uruguay, and Paraguay gathered in San Bernardino from June 2–4 to advance the development of Community-Based Event Surveillance (CBES) across the Americas.…