Continuing the series Strengthening Health Information Networks, the second webinar of the Virtual Health Library Network (VHL Network) and BiblioSUS Network was held on July 29, with the theme “The importance of bibliographic control in the health area: expanding visibility and access”, which was presented by three experienced information…
The campaign theme for this year’s World Hepatitis Day is “Hepatitis Free Future”. In May 2016, the World Health Assembly endorsed the Global Health Sector Strategy (GHSS) on viral hepatitis, which proposes to eliminate viral hepatitis as a public health threat by 2030 (defined as 90% reduction in incidence and 65% reduction in mortality with…
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, 27 July 2020 (PAHO/WHO)—On Friday 24th July 2020, representatives from the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization Trinidad and Tobago Country Office, the United Nations, The World Food Programme and the Canadian High Commission joined the Ministry of Health (MoH) to receive their shipment of…
Bridgetown, Barbados, 27 July 2020 (PAHO/WHO) - Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley today accepted a donation of COVID-19 essential medical supplies for CARICOM countries, from the World Health Organization WHO/Jack Ma Foundation.
And, she said the surgical and N95 masks would greatly assist the governments in protecting their frontline workers.
Ms…
The Department of Evidence and Intelligence for Action in Health (EIH) of the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) is oriented at expanding the use of health information through data management, forecasting and definition of scenarios, using for this purpose the state of the art of information technologies. As part…
Bridgetown, Barbados, 20 July 2020 (PAHO/WHO) — This webinar, hosted by the PAHO/WHO Office for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean Countries was for the health, tourism, immigration, and other relevant sectors to share experiences and provide technical guidance. The expected outcome was to build a common understanding on…
As the pandemic deepens economic and social stress, violence against women intensifies, with serious consequences for their mental health.
San José, Costa Rica, 17 July 2020 (PAHO) — Women leaders in Latin America today advocated integrating mental health into the COVID-19 pandemic response and called for a significant increase in investment in…
São Paulo, Brazil, 17 July 2020 (PAHO/WHO) — The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), through its Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information (BIREME) and the then Office of Knowledge Management, Publications and Translations (KMP) launched a Self-Learning Course on Scholarly…
Bridgetown, Barbados, 15 July 2020 (PAHO/WHO) — The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) in collaboration with the government of Canada, recently made a significant contribution of essential COVID-19 supplies to Barbados.
The government of Canada made available to PAHO the sum of CAD 7.5 million in…