Belmopan, Belize, May 3, 2022 (PAHO) – This morning, on the occasion of a working visit to Belize, Mr. Aniceto Rodriguez-Ruiz, European Union (EU) Head of Cooperation, Delegation of the EU to Jamaica, Belize and The Bahamas, visited Community Health Workers (CHWs) at the Belmopan site and handed over supplies. The recipients are benefiting from…
The technical cooperation program of the Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information of the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (BIREME/PAHO/WHO) is characterized by the Virtual Health Library (VHL), which in March 2022 completed 24 years of operation in the countries of the Region.
The VHL is an…
Montevideo, 02/05/2022- The questions and answers (Q&As) that you can download below are based on the most recent interim recommendations from the WHO Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) for COVID-19 vaccines that have been approved by WHO under Emergency Use Listing (EUL)a as of 15 February 2022 ((Pfizer–BioNTech…
Belize City, Belize, April 26, 2022 (PAHO) – The Ministry of Health and Wellness (MoHW), in partnership with the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), with funding support from the European Union (EU), held an official ceremony this morning to launch the start of a series of training workshops on the Mental Health…
Belize joins the world on April 25th in celebrating World Malaria Day. Malaria day is an opportunity for us to keep malaria high on the global health agenda. Locally, Malaria day is being observed under the theme, “Maintaining a Malaria-free Belize starts with me”.
This year’s theme signifies the start of a campaign to empower communities to take…
Bonfim, April 22, 2022 (PAHO) – The governments of Brazil and Guyana, in technical cooperation with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), organized on April 20 an event in Bonfim, a city located on the border between the two countries, to increase vaccination coverage in the Americas.
The ceremony took place within the framework of the…
From September 2022, the University of the West Indies (UWI) will welcome the first cohort for the postgraduate diploma and certificate program in Health Policy and Health Systems, created through a strategic collaboration with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).
The objective of these new courses launched on Tuesday April 19, is to…
The donation to the Ministry of Defense will assist teams currently deployed to support COVID-19 vaccination efforts and strengthen their capacity to respond to future emergencies
Buenos Aires, 21 April 2022 (PAHO/WHO). – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has donated a temporary vaccination module and water supply and waste management…
Kingston, Jamaica, April 20, 2022 (PAHO/WHO) – Jamaica received critical medical equipment and laboratory test kits valued at JM$40 Million to support its COVID-19 response from the Pan America Health Organization. The donation includes high flow nasal oxygen devices, oxygen flow meters, pulse oximeters, medicine and emergency trolleys, nebulizers…