Kingston, Jamaica, 17 December 2025 (PAHO) – Hurricane Melissa has left a visible mark on health facilities across several Jamaican parishes, with partial or total roof loss highlighting the storm’s destructive power. Yet the damage goes beyond buildings. Inside affected centers, water-soaked patient files leave pages stuck together and crucial…
Fortaleza, 12 December, 2025 – The Ministry of Health of Brazil and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO)’s Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN), the Instituto Todos pela Saúde (ITPS), and the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) Ceará, implemented the 6th edition of the…
A Leap Forward in Digital Health for the Caribbean: Turks and Caicos Islands Lead the Way by implementing VPD-SMART with PAHO/WHO SupportPROVIDENCIALES, TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS – NOV 06, 2025 – The Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) are setting a new standard for public health surveillance in the Caribbean, successfully implementing an innovative,…
Georgetown, Guyana – 10 December 2025- The Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), convened an air quality sensitisation workshop on Thursday, November 27, 2025, to address the urgent and expanding health risks associated with poor air quality and increased air…
Barbados, December 9, 2025 (PANAFTOSA/SPV-PAHO/WHO) – With the aim of strengthening preparedness, prevention, and response to emerging health threats, the Eastern Caribbean countries—Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Grenada, and Saint Kitts and Nevis—held a Workshop on the Prioritization of Zoonotic Diseases. The workshop was…
Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 28 November 2025 (PAHO) - The Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment (MOHWE), with technical cooperation from the Pan American Health Organization’s (PAHO’s) Comprehensive Immunisation Programme (CIM) and financial support of GAVI, successfully completed a national training mission to…
Bogotá, December 5, 2025 – The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), with support from the Government of Canada and the European Union, contributed to the comprehensive response to Colombia’s national health emergency triggered by the yellow fever outbreak declared by the Ministry of Health and Social Protection on…
Belize City, Belize, December 04, 2025 (PAHO) – The Ministry of Health and Wellness (MoHW), in collaboration with the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), hosted the National Alcohol Forum, a one-day multi-sectoral initiative aimed at strengthening national efforts to reduce alcohol-related harm and support…
Guatemala, November 2025. – A recent experience in Xejuyup, a K’iche’ Mayan community in Sololá, demonstrated that health cannot be imposed: it is built through dialogue, respect, and involvement of the entire community. Xejuyup hosted the Knowledge Dialogues for trachoma prevention, a forum in which health authorities and community leaders…