May 30, 2019 - The 911 call came at 5:45 pm on Saturday 17th May 2019. The caller on the radio sounded frantic and desperate. Help, help us please, there has been a car accident! There are people on the ground, and I can see someone trapped between the two vehicles. People are screaming and crying! Please send help as quickly as you can!…
PAHO/WHO Bahamas launches Walk the Talk Health Challenge to encourage physical activity and beat NCDs.
The PAHO Bahamas’ Country Office coordinated its first Walk the Talk: Health Challenge for All event in conjunction with the World Health Organization observation of its 71st anniversary in Geneva. The fun run/walk-a-thon was a free and non…
Geneva, 22 May 2019– Algeria and Argentina have been officially recognized by WHO as malaria-free. The certification is granted when a country proves that it has interrupted indigenous transmission of the disease for at least 3 consecutive years.
Contracted through the bite of an infected mosquito, malaria remains one of the world’s leading…
Geneva, 20 May 2019 (PAHO/WHO) - Mexico will represent the Region of the Americas in the vice-presidency of the 72nd World Health Assembly, from 20 to 28 May in Geneva, Switzerland.
Mexico’s ambassador to United Nations in Geneva, Ms. Socorro Flores Liera, will be one of the five vice-presidents of the plenary, a position held by each region of…
Cartagena, Colombia, May 4, 2019—Representatives of the public and private sectors from the 13 countries of the 46th Ordinary Meeting of the South American Commission for the Fight Against Foot-and-Mouth Disease (COSALFA) met on 2 and 3 May 2019, in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. They reviewed the progress made by the National Programs of…
World Health Day, celebrated on April 7th this year, also marks the 70th anniversary of the World Health Organization (WHO). In the Region of the Americas, these celebrations focus on universal health, under the theme “Universal Health: Everyone, Everywhere”. The celebrations also contribute with the strategies for the worldwide…
Alexandre Pozza Urnau Silva, Sub Secretary of Administrative Issues of the Brazil’s Ministry of Health (Subsecretário de Assuntos Administrativos do Ministério da Saúde – SAA), Soraya Zacarias Drumond de Andrade, Coordinator of the General Coordination of Documentation and Information (Coordenação Geral de Documentação e Informação, CGDI),…
Paramaribo, Suriname, 17 April 2019 (PAHO)—As part of the World Health event, PAHO/WHO for Suriname in collaboration with the Ministry of Health of Suriname held a meeting to present the results of the fiscal space study for health and wellbeing in Suriname to high level decision makers. The aim of the meeting was to foster a dialogue…
Kingston, 10 April 2019 (PAHO/WHO)—Jamaica’s Ministry of Health has put the island on alert for influenza. This, in response to a marked increase in the number of cases of flu-like illnesses including fever and respiratory conditions.…