Port-of-Spain, 16 September 2025 (PAHO): The PAHO/WHO Trinidad and Tobago Country Office recently hosted a dynamic and hands-on two-day workshop titled “An Introduction to Evacuation Procedures and Plans”, aimed at enhancing emergency preparedness and response capabilities within the health sector. Workshop participants included personnel…
Lima, September 18, 2025 - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) held a regional technical workshop to review various methodologies that Member States can use to establish their own sweetened beverage consumption reduction targets.The meeting, held in Lima, Peru, on September 16 and 17, was attended by experts in public health and health…
Cap-Haïtien, September 18, 2025 (PAHO/WHO) – In Haiti, as elsewhere, the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of strengthening preparedness and response to respiratory epidemics. In this context, the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) supported the Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP) and…
Quito, September 18, 2025 –The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) held a training workshop from September 8 to 10 in Quito for field staff participating in the second round of the STEPS Survey on risk factors and noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in Ecuador. This survey is implemented by the Ministry of Public Health (MSP) in coordination with…
St. John’s, Antigua, 17 September 2025 (PAHO) - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) continues to provide support to Antigua and Barbuda through the overall strengthening of its mental health services, one key component for policy and strategic changes is its legislation.The PAHO team, led by Dr. Taraleen Malcolm, Advisor for…
Belize City, Belize, September 17, 2025 (PAHO) – After seven years of work, the European Union (EU)-funded Health Sector Support Programme (HSSP) officially concluded, marking the successful end of a partnership in the modernization and strengthening of Belize’s health system. The €8.8 million programme, implemented by the Pan American Health…
Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, 15 September 2025 (PAHO) - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) supported a three-day capacity building exercise on essential Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) and Environmental Hygiene for the prevention of infections in healthcare facilities in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines from September…
Port-of-Spain, 11 September 2025 (PAHO) The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) Trinidad and Tobago Country Office facilitated the Vascular Ultrasound Training Programme 2025, a programme aimed at strengthening vascular imaging skills within the public health system. This initiative is a collaboration with the…
Lima, September 12, 2025 .– The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Peruvian Ministry of Health (MINSA) held a workshop entitled "Comprehensive Framework for a Program to Prevent and Control Respiratory Diseases with Epidemic and Pandemic Potential," held from September 8 to 12 with the participation of technical teams from the…