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Washington, DC, August 7, 2024 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has recently optimized its Core Indicators Portal, a tool that provides crucial health data for 49 countries and territories in the Americas. The initiative was created in 1995, when data was disseminated via printed booklets. Starting in 2021, the online…
I n the context of International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, observed on 9 August each year, this story highlights ongoing efforts to raise awareness and improve the health of Indigenous communities in the Americas. International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples serves as a reminder of the urgent need to address those diseases…
Washington, D.C., August 6, 2024 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and Choosing Wisely Canada (CWC) have announced a new partnership to address excessive or unnecessary testing and treatment in Latin America and the Caribbean. This collaboration aims to advance evidence-based healthcare practices, enhance quality of…
Port-au-Prince, 5 August 2024 (PAHO) - The security situation in Haiti has led hundreds of thousands of inhabitants of the Port-au-Prince Metropolitan Area (ZMPAP) to flee the violence and take refuge in sites that are, for the most part, unsuitable for housing these displaced populations. Overcrowding and inadequate sanitary infrastructures in…
Rio de Janeiro, 1 August 2024 (PAHO) - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and global health initiative Unitaid have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to intensify collaboration to advance HIV response in Latin America and the Caribbean.The US$ 5 million grant, which was signed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 30 July, aims to reduce HIV…
New data reveal nearly 3 in 4 infants live in countries where low vaccine coverage driving measles outbreaks15 July 2024 | Geneva/New York – Global childhood immunization coverage stalled in 2023, leaving 2.7 million additional children un- and under-vaccinated compared to pre-pandemic levels in 2019, according to data published today by the World…
Geneva, 2 July 2024 — The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends a comprehensive set of tobacco cessation interventions, including behavioural support delivered by health-care providers, digital cessation interventions and pharmacological treatments in a first guideline on tobacco cessation.The guideline focuses on helping the more than 750…
Washington, D.C., June 28, 2024 (PAHO) - The 174th session of the Executive Committee of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) concluded yesterday after four days of deliberations, where representatives of the nine Member States that make up this governing body, and observers, addressed a critical agenda for public health in the region…
Washington D.C. 28 June 2024 – A new report launched by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) reveals that while overall life expectancy has risen in the Americas, so has the number of people living with noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). Rapid population aging has led to an increase in ill health and disabilities caused by noncommunicable…