Seminars

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Information Session: Reforming the Global Health Architecture
Date: Friday, 2 October 2026
Time: 10:00 - 11:30 AM (EDT)

On Thursday, September 24, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. (Brasília time, UTC-3), BIREME/PAHO/WHO will hold the session “From Collections to Society: The Many Pathways of the COVID-19 Pandemic Digital Memorial,” the seventh webinar in the “BIREME 2026: New Releases and Updates” series.

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13 August 2026

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Join us for the opening of the traveling exhibition “The Infinite Memory of the Pandemic: the story of COVID-19 by all of us, Brazilians”, which will take place on May 26, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. (UTC-3), at Shopping Conjunto Nacional, in Brasília, Brazil.

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Recording of the event

 

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Join us on Thursday, 30 April 2026, from 2:00 to 3:15 p.m. (Washington, D.C. time) to celebrate the for the International Day of the Midwife with the webinar "Midwifery education and regulation in the Americas."

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The PAHO/WHO TTO Country Office mission in Trinidad and Tobago which will focus on enhancing the country’s ability to track and monitor the spread of respiratory viruses. The aim of the mission is to strengthen the systems that detect these viruses. By improving these systems, the country will be better poised to handle future outbreaks and keep communities safe.

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You are invited to participate in a conversation with the Pan American Health Organization, the World Health Organization, the World Bank, UNICEF, and Plan International on preventing violence against adolescent girls to build a gender-equitable future. The conversation will feature youth leaders and experts from governments, civil society, international agencies, and other key stakeholders.…

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 Context

In 2017, following an extensive consultation process with Indigenous leaders, Afro-descendants and members of other ethnic groups, PAHO Member States unanimously approved the first Policy on Ethnicity and Health.

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PAHO will hold the regional meeting "Human Genomics for Health: Enhancing the Impact of Effective Research" in Brasilia, Brazil, on May 15-16, 2024, as a first step to promote the implementation of genomics in clinical medicine and public health, and in strengthening genomics research in the Americas.