Belize City, Belize, May 29, 2026 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization PAHO/WHO, in collaboration with the National Drug Abuse Control Council (NDACC), Ministry of Health and Wellness conducted the first National Tobacco Control Youth Forum under the theme “Unmasking the Appeal – Countering Nicotine and Tobacco…
Bridgetown, Barbados, 8 June 2026 (PAHO/WHO) - Nutritionists, Noncommunicable Disease (NCD) focal points and legal drafters from eight Caribbean countries recently met in Barbados to determine the steps needed to advance the adoption, implementation and monitoring of sodium reduction targets and policies for the elimination of industrially…
Castries, Saint Lucia, 28 May 2026 (PAHO/WHO) – The Joint Planning Workshop of the Technical Working Group between the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States – Pharmaceutical Procurement Service (OECS-PPS) officially opened with strong calls for collaboration and…
Bogotá, Colombia, 29 May 2026 — From May 26 to 27, Bogotá hosted the Third Meeting of Experts for the Development of a Monitoring and Evaluation Framework for Intersectoral Action for Health Equity, a space led by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) that brought together international experts and representatives from national,…
Washington, DC, 29 May 2026 (PAHO) - In the context of Older Persons Month, celebrated in May in the country, Puerto Rico reaffirms its commitment to healthy aging through the implementation of its Ten-Year Healthy Aging Plan, with particular emphasis on strengthening long-term care and technical support from the Pan American Health Organization (…
Brasília, Federal District, Brazil, May 28, 2026 – The traveling exhibition “The Infinite Memory of the Pandemic: the story of COVID-19 by all of us Brazilians” opened this Tuesday (26), in Brasília, Federal District. Designed to expand public access to the collections of the Digital Memorial of the COVID-19 Pandemic, the exhibition presents an…
Castries, Saint Lucia, 28-29 May 2026 - The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States - Pharmaceutical Procurement Service (OECS-PPS), will convene a Joint Planning Workshop aimed at improving access to safe, effective, and quality-assured medicines and health…
Bogotá. May 2026. The workshop of the PAHO Initiative “Better Care for Non-Communicable Diseases,” organized by the Ministry of Health and Social Protection and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), has concluded in Colombia. It served as a forum for reflecting on the challenges posed by chronic diseases to the health system,…
Kingston, Jamaica, 22 May 2026 (PAHO) – Two years after Jamaica achieved the major public health milestone of eliminating mother-to-child transmission (EMTCT) of HIV and syphilis, efforts are now focused on sustaining those hard-won gains through stronger surveillance, monitoring, and maternal and child health systems.Jamaica was validated in May…