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Washington, D.C., 5 May 2025 (PAHO) — Hand hygiene is one of the most effective and cost-efficient measures to prevent infections in health care settings and to combat antimicrobial resistance. On World Hand Hygiene Day, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) underscores that while medical gloves play a key role in preventing the transmission…
Bridgetown, Barbados, 2 May 2025 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) officially inaugurated the Carissa F. Etienne Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) at its Barbados office, a state-of-the-art facility designed to coordinate health emergency preparedness and response across Barbados, the Eastern Caribbean, and the wider Caribbean.“…
Panama City, Panama, April 28, 2025 (PAHO) – The 23rd edition of Vaccination Week in the Americas commenced today in Panama City, underscoring the pivotal role of immunization in achieving and sustaining the elimination of communicable diseases across the Region.“Since 2003, Vaccination Week in the Americas has been a cornerstone of our Region’s…
Over 66 million vaccine doses to be administered during Vaccination Week in the Americas, including 2.7 million doses of measles-containing vaccineWashington D.C., 24 April 2025 (PAHO) – As countries in the Americas confront outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles and yellow fever, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director…
Washington, D.C., 15 April 2025 (PAHO) - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) today presented Implementation of the essential public health functions in the Americas: Evaluation and strengthening of capacities. This report highlights the urgent need to strengthen public health capacities in the institutions of the Region of the Americas to…
Washington, D.C., April 14, 2025 (PAHO)— The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is launching the Digital Literacy Program for Health Sector Personnel, a virtual initiative aimed at strengthening the digital skills of health workers across the Americas and supporting efforts to improve access to and quality of care through the use of emerging…
Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 2 April 2025, (PAHO/WHO) - As part of its commitment to address the prolonged humanitarian crisis in Haiti, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) sent a new shipment of almost three tons of essential medicines and health supplies from its Strategic Reserve in Panama, which arrived in the country today.The shipment…
Bridgetown, Barbados, 27 March 2025 (PAHO/WHO) - In an ambitious move to combat mother-to-child transmission of diseases like HIV, Syphilis, Hepatitis B, and Chagas disease, 15 Caribbean nations are coming together under a project funded by the India-United Nations Development Partnership Fund and implemented by the Pan American Health…
Brasilia, March 26, 2025 (PAHO) - While premature mortality from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as hypertension, diabetes and cancers, has dropped in the Americas over the past decade, from 15.2% in 2010 to 14% in 2021, just five countries of the Region are on track to reach the global target of a 25% reduction in premature mortality from…