Bridgetown, Barbados, 23 December 2025 (THE UWI/PAHO/WHO) – Earlier this month, the University of the West Indies (The UWI) hosted a virtual regional meeting to strengthen regional collaboration in infectious disease diagnostics, genomic surveillance and scientific research for over 40 veterinary and public health officers, laboratory…
Port-au-Prince, Haïti, 22 December 2025, (PAHO) — The security and humanitarian crisis that has persisted for several years continues to disrupt the lives of thousands of families in Haiti. Armed violence and ongoing insecurity have forced entire populations to leave their neighborhoods and seek refuge in makeshift displacement sites or with host…
Washington, DC, 19 December 2025 – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) congratulates Brazil on achieving the elimination of mother-to-child transmission (EMTCT) of HIV—a landmark accomplishment for public health in the Americas. As the largest country in the world to reach EMTCT, Brazil reaffirms its leadership in universal health coverage…
Kingston, Jamaica, 17 December 2025 (PAHO) – Hurricane Melissa has left a visible mark on health facilities across several Jamaican parishes, with partial or total roof loss highlighting the storm’s destructive power. Yet the damage goes beyond buildings. Inside affected centers, water-soaked patient files leave pages stuck together and crucial…
Fortaleza, 12 December, 2025 – The Ministry of Health of Brazil and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO)’s Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN), the Instituto Todos pela Saúde (ITPS), and the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) Ceará, implemented the 6th edition of the…
A Leap Forward in Digital Health for the Caribbean: Turks and Caicos Islands Lead the Way by implementing VPD-SMART with PAHO/WHO SupportPROVIDENCIALES, TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS – NOV 06, 2025 – The Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) are setting a new standard for public health surveillance in the Caribbean, successfully implementing an innovative,…
Georgetown, Guyana – 10 December 2025- The Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), convened an air quality sensitisation workshop on Thursday, November 27, 2025, to address the urgent and expanding health risks associated with poor air quality and increased air…
Barbados, December 9, 2025 (PANAFTOSA/SPV-PAHO/WHO) – With the aim of strengthening preparedness, prevention, and response to emerging health threats, the Eastern Caribbean countries—Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Grenada, and Saint Kitts and Nevis—held a Workshop on the Prioritization of Zoonotic Diseases. The workshop was…
Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 28 November 2025 (PAHO) - The Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment (MOHWE), with technical cooperation from the Pan American Health Organization’s (PAHO’s) Comprehensive Immunisation Programme (CIM) and financial support of GAVI, successfully completed a national training mission to…