Quibdó, Colombia. 1 February 2019 (PAHO/WHO) - About 60 participants including nurses, midwives, community leaders and Chocó department physicians contributed to a meeting for project accountability, focusing on: "Increasing access and improving quality of care in maternal-neonatal health services in Chocó." The conference, held in Quibdó,…
The IV Session of the Scientific Committee (SC) of the Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information was held on December 3, 2018. The SC performs advisory functions before the Advisory Committee and the Director of PAHO/WHO.
The current SC is comprised of experts from the following areas of knowledge, Scientific…
Lima, 11 October 2018 (PAHO/WHO) - Every day patients line up outside the Maternal and Child Health Centre Daniel Alcides Carrion in Villa Maria del Triunfo, a disadvantaged neighbourhood on the outskirts of Lima. They are there to have their eyes examined, to see if they may need treatment for an eye disease. While they wait, health care workers…
Miragoâne, Haiti, 11 October 2018—In order to support the Haitian Ministry of Health (MoH) in reducing maternal and neonatal deaths, PAHO/WHO assists the Health Departmental of Nippes (DSNi) in improving the quality of health care through capacity building and training for the health workers.
Health workers including nurses, midwives and doctors…
The Pan American Health Organization and the Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama (INCAP), in collaboration with the Belize Ministry of Health, observed World Hypertension Day on 17 May 2018.
Hypertension is the main risk factor for developing cardiovascular disease. Each year 1.6 million deaths occur from cardiovascular…
"It is good to have the opportunity to realize the situation of children and we must improve the nutrition of our children. We have health problems and we need changes in the communities, so I appreciate the support you are giving the project.” This sentiment was expressed by Agustín Tenten, President of the Achuar Nationalities of Ecuador (NAE)…
Geneva, 21 May 2018 (PAHO/WHO) - The Dominican Republic will represent the Region of the Americas as vice president of the 71st World Health Assembly, which takes place from 21 to 26 May in Geneva, Switzerland.
The Dominican Minister of Health, Rafael Sánchez Cárdenas, will be one of the five vice presidents of the plenary, a position that…
Washington, DC, 24 April 2018 (PAHO/WHO) - Uruguayan football star Edinson Cavani has joined the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) in a campaign to raise awareness of vaccines' ability to strengthen the body´s defenses, prevent dangerous diseases, and save lives.
The striker for the Uruguayan national team and Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-…
In 2017, PAHO initiated a new collaboration with the USA Department of Health and Human Services on the documentation and systematization of community-based programs and interventions to promote physical activity in the Washington Metropolitan Area.