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World Drowning Prevention Day 2023

Drowning has caused over 2.5 million deaths in the last decade. The majority of these deaths happen in low- and middle-income countries among children between 1 and 9 years of age.

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Health innovation

20 Jul 2023

Investment, innovation, and implementation key to ensuring primary health care-based systems that work for the 21st Century, PAHO Director says

MRNA Vaccine

18 Jul 2023

Global Gateway: EU builds new partnership for improved Latin American and Caribbean health technologies with Pan American Health Organisation

Child gets vaccine

18 Jul 2023

Childhood immunization begins recovery after COVID-19 backslide

Public Health Stories

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How Honduras succeeded in performing genomic sequencing for the first time

training

Traditional midwives: Saving Lives by Combining the Knowledge of Ancestral and Western Medicines

Water tank

Running water for quality health care in Honduras

Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, PAHO/WHO Director

Dr. Jarbas Barbosa
Director Pan American Health Organization

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Latest alerts and epidemiological updates

10 Jul 2023

Briefing Note: Increase in cases Guillain-Barré Syndrome Peru

7 Jul 2023

Epidemiological Update - Outbreaks associated with medical and health tourism - 7 July 2023

5 Jul 2023

Epidemiological Update - Dengue in the Region of the Américas - 5 July 2023

10 Jun 2023

Epidemiological Update - Dengue, chikungunya and Zika - 10 June 2023

Events

Serie de webinarios del Campus Virtual

20 Jul 2023

Management of Education in Country Nodes. Training and exchange meetings 2023

Serie de webinarios del Campus Virtual

Management of Education in Country Nodes. Training and exchange meetings 2023

20 Jul 2023 - 20 Jul 2023

Regional overview and ethical challenges of research with people with mental health conditions in light of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Webinar: Regional overview and ethical challenges of research with people with mental health conditions in light of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

25 Jul 2023 - 25 Jul 2023

World Hepatitis Day 2023

World Hepatitis Day 2023

27 Jul 2023

drowning prevention

World Drowning Prevention Day 2023 - Global Celebration

27 Jul 2023 - 27 Jul 2023