The idea of creating a referential database of health legislation dates back to 1987, when the Latin American and Caribbean Center for Health Sciences Information (BIREME/PAHO/WHO), in coordination with the Health Systems and Services Unit (HSS) of PAHO/WHO, published the regional thematic database – LEYES – operated in a network coordinated by…
Bridgetown, Barbados, May 28, 2021 (PAHO) – Saint Lucia’s Ministry of Health and Wellness has won a 2021 World No-Tobacco Day Award in the Americas from the World Health Organization (WHO). The Ministry of Health, one of six winners of the award in the Americas, received the recognition for achieving key advances in tobacco control efforts.
“The…
Montevideo, May 27, 2021 (CLAP/PAHO)- In order to support training in the area of maternal health, the Latin American Center for Perinatology (CLAP) of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the University of Chile offer the Competency-Based Education course through their Virtual Campus for Public Health.
The self-learning course, which…
Georgetown, 25 May 2021 (PAHO/WHO) - In wake of Mental Health Awareness Month, the Ministry of Health, Adolescent Health Unit in collaboration with PAHO/WHO, today hosted a session on the importance of Self Care with adolescents of the Amerindian Student Dormitory, Liliendaal.
In keeping with the mandate of the Adolescent School Health Club…
On 26 April a team from the Ministry of Health and PAHO/WHO CO visited Annai from the 27-29 April 2021, to conducted sensitization sessions with the adolescents in the community. Two sensitization sessions were conducted with adolescent residence of Annai. The total number of participants were 97, and the sessions were conducted separately…
PAHO/WHO launched the WHO pilot Initiative: “Strengthening Civil Society Engagements in the COVID-19 Response.” This is the first of its kind and Guyana was selected as one of the countries to implement this project.
PAHO/WHO Guyana Country Office is pleased to partner with two prominent Civil Society Organizations (CSOs); the Guyana Responsible…
Hon. Dr. Frank Anthony, Minister of Health and Dr. Luis Codina, PAHO/WHO Representative, took the opportunity to participate in a series of activities in Region 9, Lethem. The activities were the launch of the Maternity waiting home, where mothers from hard-to-reach areas will stay until time for delivery, the distribution of the Malaria bed nets…
On Wednesday 12 May, Suriname received its most equipped ambulance to date, procured by PAHO according to specific requirements by the country. The generous donation by the Brazilian government was supported by the World Food Programme and PAHO.
During the handover ceremony on the grounds of the Academic Hospital in Paramaribo, the keys to the…
Since the beginning of April, it is now possible to view citation data for an indexed document in the bibliographic information sources of the Virtual Health Library (VHL) through the Dimensions Badges service. VHL users can easily see how many citations a given publication has received, as well as explore the citation data using the free…