30 March, 2022 - The United Nations in Jamaica through technical cooperation with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)/World Health Organization (WHO) have retrofitted seven primary health care centres to enable improved access to water and reduced energy costs.
The initiative, made possible through the United Nations Trust Fund for Human…
Technical cooperation between BIREME and CGDI of the Ministry of Health continues to be strengthened
On March 15th, a virtual session was held with the BIREME team, with the participation of the Director of the Department of Evidence and Intelligence for Action in Health (EIH) of PAHO/WHO and Interim Director of BIREME, Sebastián Garcia Saisó and the General Coordinator of Documentation and Information (CGDI), Shirlei Rodrigues, and Sandra…
The Government of Canada, in partnership with the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), has donated a range of medical equipment and supplies to support COVID-19 recovery in Jamaica. The donation was made through the Caribbean Disaster Risk Management Program – Health Sector Project – a joint project funded by…
Georgetown, 24 March 2022- Guyana joins the rest of the world in observing World Tuberculosis Day under the theme “Invest to END TB Save lives”.
During this week PAHO/WHO in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, conducted a consultation session to review the country’s Guidelines on the Clinical and Programmatic Management of all forms…
Cape Town, 18 March 2022 (PAHO) - A group of vaccine manufacturers from Argentina and Brazil have become the first to receive technology transfer training in mRNA vaccines at Afrigen, South Africa, as part of a Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) platform to advance the availability of key medical health technologies in the region.
This…
Georgetown, 21 March 2022- PAHO/WHO and the Ministry of Health under the Canadian project conducted a hinterland field visit to the regional district of Lethem and the Annai Community in region 9 to address issues of teenage pregnancy among girls ages 10-19. Challenges related to comprehensive health education, engagement, practices, and the…
Infection prevention and control (IPC) is an evidence-based approach that prevents patients and health workers from being harmed by avoidable infection and as a result of antimicrobial resistance. IPC is essential to the work of the PAHO/WHO Country Office serving Jamaica, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands.
This week, we had a quickfire interview…
One of the pillars of BIREME’s mission, as a specialized center of the Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization, is to promote and improve the publication of scientific research results and clinical observation to support health systems and evidence- based decision-making. This has been done in numerous ways, such as through…
GEORGETOWN, GUYANA- 13 March 2021- The Ministry of Health and PAHO Guyana representatives conducted a tour of the Leonora Cottage Hospital to assess retrofitting works done under the Smart Hospitals Project which commenced in November of 2020. The Smart Hospital initiative builds on the Safe Hospital Initiative and focuses on improving hospitals…