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Port-au-Prince, 22 April 2024 (PAHO/WHO) - Since February 29, 2024, Haiti faces an intensified security crisis, marking a new stage in the violence already impacting a struggling healthcare system, and further complicating access to care for millions of Haitians. As is often the case, the crisis has hit the country’s most vulnerable the hardest,…
Washington D.C. 18 April 2024 (PAHO/WHO) – With 15 out of every 100 children in the Americas only partially protected against vaccine-preventable diseases, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director, Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, has urged countries of the region to continue efforts to recover routine vaccination coverage. “Historically, our…
Washington, DC, 5 April 2024 (PAHO)- For World Health Day, celebrated on April 7, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) reiterated its commitment to the right to health for all people, without discrimination of any kind."At PAHO, we strive to fulfill this right to health by working with our Member States to advance universal health for all,…
Washington, DC, April 2, 2024 (PAHO) - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) today released a progress report revealing advances in policies and actions to promote healthy aging in the region, despite the challenges the world has faced since 2020.The 2023 Progress Report of the Decade of Healthy Aging (2021-2030) highlights that increases in…
Washington, DC, March 28, 2024 (PAHO)- The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) today warned about the surge in dengue cases in the Americas. As of March 26, 2024, over 3.5 million cases and more than 1,000 deaths have been reported in the region."This is cause for concern, as it represents three times more cases than those…
Washington, D.C., March 22, 2024 (PAHO)- On the eve of World Tuberculosis Day (24 March), the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is calling countries to intensify the fight against this preventable and curable disease. Tuberculosis, or TB, is the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent worldwide, surpassed only by COVID-19.…
Washington, DC, March 21, 2024 (PAHO) – A webinar organized by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) this week updated medical, nursing, laboratory, and epidemiology personnel on the clinical, surveillance, and vaccination aspects of measles. The webinar was organized following a recent uptick in cases in the Americas.As of March 16, 2024, a…
Lima, Peru, 20 March 2024 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) have launched a joint project to strengthen social inclusion and access to health for migrant and refugee populations in Peru. The project aims to address some of the primary barriers to health for migrants, which…
Río de Janeiro, Brazil, 14 March 2024 (PAHO) – In order to strengthen surveillance, prevention and control of avian influenza in both animals and humans, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) convened its 35 member states in Brazil this week to establish a regional commission to combat the disease. The meeting took place at a time when the…