Port-of-Spain, 7 December 2024 (PAHO): The PAHO/WHO Trinidad and Tobago Country Office (PAHO/WHO TTO) participated in the "We Ting" Community Caravan, contributing to the initiative's goals of fostering social cohesion, youth empowerment, and community health. The Caravan, organized by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in…
GEORGETOWN, GUYANA 23 JANUARY 2025- The new Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) Representative to Guyana, Dr. Kim Eva Dickson, on Wednesday 22 January 2025 presented her credentials to Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hugh Todd.Dr Dickson succeeds Dr. Luis Codina, who recently retired,…
Kingston, Jamaica, 22 January 2025 (PAHO) – During a recent workshop coordinated by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), 30 Jamaican health professionals learned strategies to utilize immunization data to strengthen the country’s main vaccination program, the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI). Their enhanced capacity will have a…
Port-au-Prince, Haïti, January 21, 2025 (PAHO) —The year 2024 has been one of the most violent in Haiti’s recent history. Armed groups in the metropolitan area of Port-au-Prince (MAPAP) have intensified their attacks on several neighbourhoods, pushing hundreds of thousands to take refuge in makeshift sites in and around the capital. Last November…
Georgetown, 20 January 2025 (PAHO/WHO) - The PAHO/WHO Guyana country office team welcomes Dr. Kim Eva Dickson, incoming Representative. A national of Ghana and the UK, Dr. Dickson is a Public Health Physician with over 25 years of international experience. Her appointment was effective 12 January 2025. Dr. Dickson has worked in several countries…
L-R (Marlon Teelucksingh, Public Health Education Officer - Port of Spain City Corporation, Dr Gabriel Vivas Francesconi, PAHO/WHO Representative for Trinidad and Tobago and the Dutch Caribbean Islands, Victoria Allum, Chief Executive Officer of the Port of Spain City Corporation, Dr Stephen Nurse-Findlay, Advisor, Communicable Disease…
Belize City, September 24, 2024 (PAHO/WHO)– In a significant milestone towards fostering healthier school environments in Belize, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Culture, Science, and Technology (MoECST) and the Ministry of Health and Wellness (MoHW), officially handed over educational…
(L-R) Dr. Shellon Bovell, Advisor - Health Systems and Services - PAHO/WHO TTO, Marcello D'Agostino, Unit Chief of PAHO’s Information System and Digital Health PAHO/WHO, Cindi Siewdass, Research Assistant – Ministry of Health, Risa Khan, Policy Development Specialist – Ministry of Health, Jesse Bridgelal, Director, Information and…
Kingston, Jamaica, 20 December 2024 (PAHO/WHO) – Jamaica’s Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) has made significant progress towards strengthening the country’s defense against vaccine-preventable diseases through a workshop held on 16-17 December 2024 in Trelawney. The workshop provided 106 health workers with essential resources, updated…