Bridgetown, Barbados, June 15, 2022 (PAHO/WHO) - The PAHO/WHO Office for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean Countries commenced the second season of the webinar series “Doing What Matters in Times of Stress” on Thursday June 9, 2021.
The series is hosted by in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, Grenada, the European Union…
Through the EU-funded Health Sector Support Programme Project, a PAHO/WHO Belize Mission team led by PWR Dr. Noreen Jack met with Dr. Julio Sabido (CEO, Ministry of Health and Wellness), Mrs. Narda Garcia (CEO, Office of the Prime Minister), Dr. Marco Tulio Mendez (Chairman, National Health Insurance) and key stakeholders as part of technical…
Belize City, Belize, June 14, 2022 (PAHO) - As Belize continues to prepare for the certification to be malaria-free, the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) Belize Country Office donated 15,000 Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDTs) to the Ministry of Health and Wellness (MoHW) as part of the interventions to increase…
Training activities in scholarly communication through face-to-face or online courses[1], workshops or webinars are intended to stimulate the publication of the results of scientific research and clinical observation. The Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information/Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (…
Bridgetown, Barbados, 9 June 2022 (PAHO) - Experts from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Subregional Programme and University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Nursing recently carried out a site visit to assess the Associate Nursing Programme in the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI).
The activity followed a review of the Nursing Program…
Montevideo, 9 June 2022 (PAHO/CLAP)-- CLAP and the Mental Health and Substance Abuse unit of PAHO/WHO held a webinar to address women's mental health across the life course, addressing aspects before the COVID-19 pandemic, during the pandemic and its consequences for the future.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, women have been particularly…
The Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance of Guatemala (MPHSA), in partnership with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), carried out from May 7 to 28 of 2022 a health campaign to operate people affected by trachoma in Sololá to reduce the progression to visual impairment and eventual blindness.
The campaign benefited 212…
Hamilton, Bermuda, June 7, 2022 - Mr. Ian Stein, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)/World Health Organization (WHO) Representative to Jamaica, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands, wrapped up a two-day visit to Bermuda, to reengage partnerships impacted during the pandemic and bolster local public health initiatives.
The visit included…
June 7, 2022 – Though some may consider the theme for this year’s World Food Safety Day (WFSD), "Safer Food, Better Health”, obvious, few persons know that an estimated 600 million – almost 1 in 10 people in the world – fall ill after eating contaminated food and 420,000 die every year. And startlingly, children under 5 years old carry 40% of the…