Caribbean Development Bank and Global Affairs Canada collaborate with PAHO on vaccine uptake project
Bridgetown, Barbados, 24 February 2022 (PAHO/WHO) - The Caribbean will be the focus of a new initiative aimed at promoting COVID-19 vaccine uptake among healthcare workers and most at-risk populations. This collaborative effort by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Global Affairs Canada and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) promises…
Montevideo, February 25, 2022 (/PAHO) – Continuing with its work in the region in accordance with the Sustainable Health Agenda for the Americas to reach the target of an average neonatal mortality rate of 7 per 1,000 live births by 2030, the Latin American Center for Perinatology, Women's and Reproductive Health (CLAP) proposes 10 evidence-based…
The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) works in the countries of the Region through technical cooperation programs and projects that formalize and operationalize the dissemination of information, sharing of experiences, and guarantee the transparency and control of the resource management and presentation of…
Bridgetown, Barbados - 21 February 2022 (PAHO/WHO) - Caribbean countries are for the first time receiving significant funding and support from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) to prepare health Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessments (V&As), a key step in the development of…
Nassau, 20 February 2022 (PAHO/WHO) – The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands partnered with the Ministry of Health and Wellness to host a series of pop-up vaccination sites throughout the island of New Providence. These areas included Yellow Elder, Masons Addition, Christie Park and Mother Butler Park.…
Belize City, Belize, February 18, 2022 (PAHO) – As part of the ‘Smart’ Health Care Facilities in the Caribbean Project, funded by the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (UK-FCDO), four (4) critical health facilities, spread across the country were upgraded and officially handed over to the Ministry of Health and…
With the objective of strengthening the democratization of access to health information and in line with open science initiatives, the Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information of the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (BIREME/ PAHO/WHO) creates the Open Metadata Portal of the Information Sources of…
Bridgetown, Barbados, 8 February 2022 (PAHO) - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Office for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean Countries held a virtual courtesy call and orientation for the newly appointed Ministers of Health in Barbados on the Organization, structure, functions, and its technical cooperation.
Following the general…
Montevideo/ Washington DC, February 14, 2022 (CLAP/PAHO)- The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), through its Latin American Center for Perinatology (CLAP) presented eCBB, a free mobile application with information to improve newborn care.
The app can be downloaded on Google Play and Apple Store and is part of PAHO's 28 Days, Time to Care…