WHAT: Swearing-in ceremony of Dr. Jarbas Barbosa da Silva Jr., of Brazil, as Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). Dr. Barbosa was elected in September 2022 by PAHO Member States. His five-year term begins on February 1, 2023.
WHEN: Tuesday, January 31, 2023, 11:00 a.m. (EST - Washington, D.C. time).
WHERE…
Films are a powerful way to raise awareness, improve understanding and encourage positive behaviour changes, that’s why the Health for All Film Festival (HAFF) recruits year after year a new generation of film and video innovators to champion and promote health issues.
4th edition in 2023: New…
Participate in the “1st International Conference on Promotion of Physical Activity in Public Health” from 22 to 23 November 2022, from 7:00 to 11:00 am [EST] / 9:00 am to 1:00 pm (Brasília time), held by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health of Brazil, through the General…
The COVID-19 pandemic has heavily impacted health systems in the Region of the Americas and has exposed the need and urgency to build resilient health systems to be better prepared in the future against emerging threats, as well as to address individual and population health needs for future generations.
Organized by PAHO, Regional Technical Team for Water and Sanitation (ETRAS)
Department of Communicable Diseases and Environmental Determinants of Health(CDE/CE)
International panelists:
Date: Wednesday, September 7, 2022
Time: 14:00 (Panama time, GMT-5)
Platform: Zoom
Join us on Monday, 15 August 2022, on the Launch of the Report on Tobacco Control for the Region of the Americas 2022. This event will be broadcast through Zoom.
PAHO launches a call for proposals to adapt health actions to groups and territories in situations of vulnerability. The call is aimed at the following objectives:
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) invites adolescents between 12 and 19 years of age in the Americas to participate in the "Adolescent voices" creative contest, on the occasion of the Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Week, which will take place in September in Latin America and in October in the Caribbean.
Date. 29 June 2022
Time. 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. EST
The Department of Health Systems and Services/Human Resources for Health Unit (HSS/HR) is pleased to announce the official launch of the virtual self-learning course “Introduction to Health Workforce Planning for Universal Access to Health and Universal Health Coverage” in English and Spanish…