Bridgetown, Barbados, 12 May 2020 (PAHO) - This public service announcement produced by the PAHO Office for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean Countries (ECC), demonstrates how to wash hands while conserving water, a precious resource.
Asunción, May 11, 2020 (PAHO / WHO) -- Three educational centers for adolescents and young people deprived of liberty and three penitentiaries under the Ministry of Justice will strengthen their water and sanitation systems as part of Paraguay's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, with support from the Pan American Health Organization / World…
Bridgetown, Barbados, 8 May 2020 – The Caribbean credit union movement through its Foundation and the Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions has donated US$115,000 to Caribbean credit unions, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency.
The funds will be used to procure…
An expected behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic is the increase in access and use of social media by all age groups and segments of society. If, before social isolation measures, it was common to observe people at any time with their attention focused on the screen of their smartphones, from a distance, this habit increased considerably.
The…
Belize City, Belize, May 1, 2020 (PAHO) - To support the fight against COVID-19, PAHO/WHO Belize continues to donate equipment and much needed medical supplies to the Ministry of Health (MoH) and the Central Medical Laboratory (CML).
On Tuesday, April 28, 2020, PAHO/WHO Representative to Belize, Dr. Noreen Jack, presented the Ministry of…
Bridgetown, Barbados 30 April 2020 - As part of the Pan American Health Organization’s (PAHO) commitment to support the response to Coronavirus disease (COVID- 19) pandemic in Barbados, the Health Emergencies Department of PAHO donated one ventilator with cruiser cart to the Barbados Defence Force (BDF).
Dr Yitades Gebre, PAHO/WHO…
The World Health Organization (WHO), through the Library and Digital Information Network Unit, coordinated by Ian Roberts, has developed, with the support of the Latin American and Caribbean Center for Health Sciences Information (BIREME), a PAHO/WHO Specialized Center of the Department of Evidence and Intelligence for Action in Health (EIH), a…
On April 21st, El Salvador formally joined the e-BlueInfo mobile application, becoming the fourth country in the Americas to do so, 16 months after its launch, alongside Peru, Guatemala and Brazil.
An online session attended by the Ministry of Health, leaders of the National Health Institute, the PAHO/WHO Representative in the country and the…
Washington, D.C., 1 April 2020 (PAHO/WHO) — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has launched a new searchable database that contains the latest guidance and research on the COVID-19 pandemic from the Americas and affected countries worldwide.
The database includes recommendations and guidance from PAHO and the World Health Organization as…