PAHO Jamaica donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to assist frontline workers in the COVID-19 response.
PAHO/WHO Representative for Jamaica, Cayman Islands and Bermuda, Dr Bernadette Theodore-Gandi, was pleased to donate vital protective equipment to provide a safe working environment for doctors and nurses working on the frontline…
World Health Day is celebrated every year on April 7, to commemorate the founding of the World Health Organization and to raise awareness of health-related issues. The theme of this year's celebration is nursing professionals and all health teams, for their heroic dedication and sacrifice in the global fight to prevent the spread of Covid-19.…
The increasing numbers of access to the information resources on the illness caused by the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), available at the Virtual Health Library (VHL), show that BIREME is fulfilling its mission during the pandemic and demonstrates the relevance of its technical cooperation at national and international levels.
In view of the…
Paramaribo, Suriname, 04 April 2020 (PAHO/WHO) - The Bureau of Public Health has received support from PAHO and the IDB to launch Go.Data – an Outbreak Investigation Data Management System developed by WHO and the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN).
On April 2, 2020 a training was conducted with the Epidemiology team at the…
Twenty-two years ago, on the 4th Regional Congress on Health Sciences Information (CRICS4) held in San José, Costa Rica, and through the San José Declaration “Hacia la Biblioteca Virtual en Salud”, a model of health information and knowledge management was born.
The Virtual Health Library (VHL), coordinated by BIREME, structures and guides…
World TB Day is celebrated on March 24 each year to raise public awareness and understanding about the world’s deadliest infectious killer -tuberculosis (TB) and it’s the devastating health, social and economic impact on people around the world.
March 24 marks the day in 1882 when Dr. Robert Koch announced that he had discovered the…
On Monday, March 16, 2020, the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) donated personal protective equipment (PPEs) as part of the continuous support to the Ministry of Health in responding to the declared COVID-19 pandemic.
PAHO/WHO Representative, Dr. Noreen Jack, met with the Minister of Health, Honourable Pablo…
PAHO/WHO for Suriname, 12 March 2020 - Coming from a situation where exclusive breastfeeding of babies for the first 6 months of life was difficult to "sell" to the parents, because formula was being offered for a very low price (including 80% Government subsidy), the Mungra Medical Center (MMC) is the first health care facility that…
PAHO/WHO for Suriname, 11 March 2020 - Suriname is among the five countries in the region with the highest maternal mortality and stillborn rate. The maternal mortality ratio in Suriname is estimated at 120 per 100,000 live births (2017), with an average of 12 maternal deaths per year (2010-2018). To reach the 2030 regional target of 30, the…