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Dra Carissa F. Etienne, Director of the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization, and Ambassador Carmen Montón, Permanent Observer of Spain to the Organization of American States (OAS) invite you to PAHO's 120th Anniversary and the Cooperation of…
WHAT: Strengthen production capacities to improve access to vaccines and other Health Technologies
WHEN: Friday, 6 May 2022, 2.00 p.m. EDT
Watch the videos of the workshop: "Reprocessing of medical devices regulation and practices” hosted on April 19 and 20 2022.
Elaboration of medical device regulation and guidelines
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Join us on Tuesday 12 April, 2022, for the launch of the WHO QualityRights e-training programme which aims to transform attitudes and practices in mental health. The launch event will include interpretation in Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish. International signing and captioning will also be available.
The Pan American Health Organization cordially invites you to join us on the launch event to present the "High-level Commission on Mental Health and COVID-19", that will take place on Friday, 6 May, at 10:00 AM (EDT).
Road traffic crashes result in the deaths of approximately 1.3 million people around the world each year and leave between 20 and 50 million people with non-fatal injuries. In addition to the human suffering caused by road traffic injuries, they also incur a heavy economic burden on victims and their families, both through treatment costs for the injured and through loss of productivity of…
Cancer, heart diseases, diabetes and lung disease, commonly known in the global health community as noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), together with mental health conditions, are one of the most significant challenges in global health today. Every year, there are more deaths from NCDs than any other disease group.
The World Health Organization (WHO) is developing a Framework for Meaningful Engagement of People Living with NCDs (PLWNCDs) and Mental Health Conditions (MHCs) that will guide WHO and Member States in the meaningful engagement of PLWNCDs and MHCs in co-designing NCD and MHC policies, programmes, and principles.
