Bridgetown, Barbados – 15 October 2020. The development and implementation of a COVID-19 vaccine is envisioned as a key intervention to significantly reduce the threat of the virus. To prepare countries for introduction of a vaccine, the PAHO Office for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean Countries held a virtual meeting to discuss the…
Within the framework of the analysis of its 2020-2021 Work Plan (BWP 20-21) and even though in emergency teleworking during the global pandemic of COVID-19 since mid-March/20, BIREME/PAHO/WHO achieved important advances. Ten of the main results achieved in the first semester of 2020 are shared here, especially scientific information on SARS-CoV-2…
Paramaribo, Suriname, 13 October 2020 (PAHO/WHO)–The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) Country Office in Suriname handed over 20 oxygen concentrators to the Ministry of Health to support the country in its response to COVID-19. The 20 oxygen concentrators will be distributed to health facilities to treat…
Bridgetown, Barbados, 9 October 2020 (PAHO/WHO) - Message by PAHO/WHO Representative for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean Countries, Dr Yitades Gebre.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a call to countries to focus on increased investment in mental health as we recognize World Mental Health Day being celebrated…
Bridgetown, Barbados, 08 October 2020 (PAHO/WHO) - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) collaborated to orient participants on the International Classification of Disease, tenth edition (ICD-10) coding for COVID-19 mortality.
This second orientation session brought together fifty-eight (58)…
Belize City, Belize, October 8, 2020 (PAHO/WHO) – As part of an ongoing efforts to strengthen Belize’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic at ports of entry, the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, previously known as the Development and the Foreign and…
Dr. Luis Felipe Codina, was appointed as the new PAHO/WHO Representative in Guyana effective 2 October 2020. Dr. Codina a national of Peru, obtained both his medical degree (1982) and a diploma for specialization in Pediatrics (1985) from the Escola Paulista de Medicina, Brazil. He has also received a diploma in Health Administration (PROASA) from…
The Pan American Health Organisation was pleased to present Jamaica’s Ministry of Health and Wellness today with a large donation of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to help maintain the health and safety of frontline health workers.
Dr Bernadette Theodore-Gandi, PAHO/WHO representative for Jamaica, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands, handed over…
UPDATE TO PRESS RELEASE ISSUED ON OCTOBER 6, 2020
PAHO/WHO donates extra Oxygen Concentrator Accessories to the Ministry of Health and Wellness for the COVID-19 response
Belize City, Belize, December 23, 2020 UPDATE: The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) donated extra oxygen concentrator accessories to…