Kingston, 21 July 2021 (PAHO/WHO) — People worldwide are living longer. This reality presents opportunities for people to further their education, start a new career or pursue neglected passions after retirement. However, the pace of population aging is much faster than in the past and countries worldwide must ensure that health and social systems…
Washington, D.C., 21 July 2021 (PAHO/WHO) - “Students will benefit from mental health training; it will allow them to understand and identify when they are facing unique challenges and need support,” said Juanita Hunter, Educational Social Worker at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information in Jamaica. She was speaking about the importance…
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Port-au-Prince, 17th July 2021 --- Following the delivery of 500,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine donated by the United States through the COVAX mechanism, a first vaccination session was organized on Friday, July 16 by the Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP) at the Hospital Universitaire de Paix (HUP) in Port-au-Prince, where many…
Kingstown, St. Vincent and The Grenadines, July 7th, 2021 (PAHO) – The Barrouallie Smart Health Centre was today officially handed over to the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment as part of the ‘Smart Health Care Facilities in the Caribbean Project. The USD 726,320.09 upgrade was funded by the Foreign Commonwealth and Development…
La Biblioteca Virtual en Salud (BVS), creada por BIREME hace 23 años, viene presentando a la Red Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Información en Ciencias de la Salud un modelo de gestión de la información y el conocimiento en el área de la salud. Su principal objetivo es dar visibilidad y amplio acceso al conocimiento científico y técnico en salud…
The beta version of the 2021 edition of the DeCS/MeSH vocabulary has just been released, and the definitive version is scheduled for July of this year. The main new features are related to the addition of 287 new descriptors to this vocabulary. The Supplementary Concept Records (SCR) terms that reach a certain number of citations are promoted to…
On July 5, the Anniversary Ceremony of the Universidad Señor de Sipán, a Peruvian institution that this year celebrates its twenty-second anniversary, was held. The event's Magisterial Conference, held online, entitled “La información en salud: un pilar fundamental para la formación universitária” was performed by BIREME's director, Diego González…
Belize City, Belize, July 6, 2021 (PAHO/WHO) – The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and the Government of Canada donated 25 portable hand-held pulse oximeters to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital’s COVID-19 Unit.
The donation of pulse oximeters is part of PAHO’s ongoing technical support to facilitate the…