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Seventy-sixth World Health Assembly - 21-30 May

Health authorities from the Americas meet in Geneva to discuss health topics of relevance to the Region.

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COVID-19

Situation and resources

Cholera outbreak

Situation and resources

Mpox outbreak

Situation and resources

News

Variety of e-cigarettes

29 May 2023

Novel products, misleading information threaten to undo decades of gains against tobacco use

Salud materna

25 May 2023

World Health Assembly continues with report on the health of women, children and adolescents, discussion on impacts of climate change

No tobacco

25 May 2023

WHO recognizes doctors and organizations from five countries of Latin America for their contributions to tobacco control

Public Health Stories

Water tank

Running water for quality health care in Honduras

Vaccination activity in Bolivia

Tackling vaccine hesitancy with art and dialogue in Bolivia

Hip Hop group shares health messages

Providing information about COVID-19 vaccines to the rhythm of hip-hop

Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, PAHO/WHO Director

Dr. Jarbas Barbosa
Director Pan American Health Organization

Learn about the five priority pillars of his vision for the future of PAHO.

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PASB organizational structure

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

Child with ashtray full of cigarett butts

World No Tobacco Day - 31 May 2023

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Latest alerts and epidemiological updates

18 May 2023

Epidemiological Update: Outbreaks of avian influenza caused by influenza A(H5N1) in the Region of the Americas

25 Apr 2023

Epidemiological Update - Yellow fever in the Region of the Americas - 25 April 2023

25 Apr 2023

Risk Assessment on poliomyelitis (polio): implications for the Region of the Americas

7 Apr 2023

Epidemiological Update - Poliomyelitis in the Region of the Americas - 7 April 2023

Events

flyer

31 May 2023

Rethinking regional health technology production in Latin America & the Caribbean from a public health perspective

flyer

Rethinking regional health technology production in Latin America & the Caribbean from a public health perspective

31 May 2023 - 31 May 2023

Webinar: Good practices in the work between Scientific Societies, tuberculosis programs and other public health components to address TB in children and adolescents in the Americas Region

Webinar: Good practices in the work between Scientific Societies, tuberculosis programs and other public health components to address TB in children and adolescents in the Americas Region

31 May 2023

Cuatro mujeres

Zero maternal deaths. Prevent the preventable with a multisectoral and equity perspective.

1 Jun 2023 - 1 Jun 2023

mental health commission

Launch: Report of the High-Level Commission on Mental Health and COVID-19

9 Jun 2023 - 9 Jun 2023