Hamilton, Bermuda - March 16, 2023: Bermuda’s Ministry of Health convened its first sensitization and capacity-building meeting to implement HEARTS in the Americas on Thursday, March 16, 2023. In attendance were the Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Ayoola Oyinloye, Director of the Department of Health, Mr. David Kendell; Bermuda Health Council,…
PAHO/WHO Representative Suriname Dr. Lilian Reneau-Vernon, PAHO/WHO Advisor, Health Systems and Services Dr. Rosmond Adams, and Deputy Director of Medical Mission Dr. Maureen Wijngaarde-van Dijk, and Dr. Bianca Jubitana during the visit at the Medical Mission office
Paramaribo, Suriname, March 14, 2023 (PAHO/WHO) – The site visit by the PAHO/WHO…
Kingston, Jamaica - Tuesday, March 14, 2023, marked a historic moment as the Ministry of Health and Wellness (MoHW), Jamaica, launched a community initiative at the Spanish Court Hotel to promote mental wellness – the Problem Management Plus (PM+). The launch saw over one hundred and twenty persons in attendance.
PM+ was developed and tested by…
Bridgetown, Barbados, 13 March, 2023 (PAHO/WHO) – In an effort to better understand the perceptions of Caribbean young people from 13 to 29 years old, from Barbados, seven Eastern Caribbean Countries and Trinidad and Tobago, PAHO has engaged UNICEF to conduct a survey on the UReport platform, starting on March 13, 2023.
This survey follows…
São Paulo, May 13, 2023. The Course on Access and Use of Scientific Information in Health, as a product aligned with the BIREME/PAHO/WHO Biannual Work Plan, contemplating the activity related to Information Services, in cooperation with the Ministry of Health of Brazil, is available in open access in the Virtual Campus for Public Health since…
Guyana Minister of Health Dr. Frank Anthony met with PAHO Director Dr. Jarbas Barbosa at PAHO Head Quarters in Washington D.C. We congratulate Guyana's actions to update health legislation including for mental health, and to invest in hospitals, primary care, telemedicine and surveillance.…
As human and animal movement increase, disease outbreaks and disaster alert at local and regional levels are a growing risk to global health security. Outbreaks have been a concern caused by emerging and re-emerging pathogens, of which about 70% are zoonotic. These pathogens pose potential and real threats to humans and animals alike.
At the…
In the framework of cooperation between the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), the Latin American Centre for Perinatology, Women's Health and Reproductive Health (CLAP/WR) and the Government of Canada, a national training workshop for trainers in obstetric emergencies was held in Colombia as part of the "Zero…
Director of the National Recovery Plan Care at the Ministry of Health, Dr. Marc Sprenger, PAHO/WHO Consultant for the EPHF Assessment Ms. Joanna Baank, Director of Health Dr. Rakesh Gajadhar Sukul, Minister of Health Dr. Amar Ramadhin, PAHO/WHO Representative Suriname Dr. Lilian Reneau-Vernon and PAHO/WHO Advisor, Health Systems and Services Dr.…