PAHO/WHO | Pan American Health Organization

COVID-19 FUND—DONATE NOW!

120th Anniversary of the Pan American Health Organization

This year PAHO celebrates 120 years of active work in the public health arena of the Americas.

JOIN OUR CELEBRATIONS

COVID-19 Resources

Virus de COVID-19

Monkeypox Resources

Monkeypox virus

News

30th Pan American Sanitary Conference ends

30 Sep 2022

30th Pan American Sanitary Conference ends with regional agreements to improve pandemic preparedness and recover progress towards SDGs

Prueba contra la COVID-19

30 Sep 2022

PAHO calls on countries to continue COVID-19 testing and increase vaccination to avoid a prolonged pandemic

Baby received polio vaccine

29 Sep 2022

Health authorities commit to step up efforts to keep the Americas free of polio

Public Health Stories

Health workers carrying vaccines in coolers to remote areas

Farther, faster: new equipment accelerates COVID-19 vaccination in the Dominican Republic

Collage of images of patients waiting on a heath center, a doctor checking blood pressure and a smiling paitent

Reaching 100,000 hearts on two islands

Community engagement in Haiti

COVID-19: Increasing Vaccination Coverage in Haiti through community outreach

Dr. Carissa F. Etienne

Dr. Carissa F. Etienne
Director Pan American Health Organization

Quinquennial Report 2018-2022 of the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau

Visit the Director's site

Publications

Publications

Governing Bodies

Flags of the Americas

Partnerships

Partnership

Health Emergencies

Pan American Journal of Public Health

Sustainable Health Agenda for the Americas

The Decade of Healthy Aging

Elimination Initiative

Campaigns

Man showing vaccinated arm

8 Days of Action for Vaccination

International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week 2022. Ban lead paint.

International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week 2022

Latest alerts and epidemiological updates

2 Oct 2022

Epidemiological Alert - Resurgence of cholera in Haiti - 2 October 2022

23 Sep 2022

Poliomyelitis in the Region of the Americas - Risk assessment

13 Sep 2022

Epidemiological Update. Detection of a circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (VDPV2) in the United States: Considerations for the Region of the Americas

13 Sep 2022

Monkeypox in the Region of the Americas - Risk assessment

Events

Let´s talk about Mental Health: Make Mental Health & Well-being for all a global priority

7 Oct 2022

Let´s talk about Mental Health: Make Mental Health & Well-being for all a global priority

Let´s talk about Mental Health: Make Mental Health & Well-being for all a global priority

Let´s talk about Mental Health: Make Mental Health & Well-being for all a global priority

7 Oct 2022

webbaner

How health sector reform impact barriers to access: are our health systems prepared to move towards resilience and universal access to health?

11 Oct 2022 - 11 Oct 2022

Launch of the Special Issue Devoted to Tobacco Control

Launch of the Special Issue devoted to Tobacco Control

13 Oct 2022

CCAYH

Second Caribbean Congress on Adolescent and Youth Health

20 Oct 2022 - 22 Oct 2022