Paraguay strengthens community-based event surveillance with support from PAHO and the Pandemic Fund
Asunción, August 26, 2025 – Public health in Paraguay has advanced in strengthening community-based event surveillance with the technical support from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). The professionals were in the country during a technical mission carried out from August 18 to 22, 2025, working under the leadership of the Ministry of…
Roseau, Dominica, 6 August 2025 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) provided technical support to Dominica with assessing the readiness of the Dominica China Friendship Hospital (DCFH) to fully implement the DHIS2-based Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) sentinel surveillance system.The PAHO consultant met with key…
Belize City, Belize, August 22, 2025 (PAHO) – As part of the European Union (EU)-Health Sector Support Programme, the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Wellness (MoHW), conducted a series of training workshops aimed at strengthening palliative and end-of-…
Kingston, Jamaica, 22 August 2025 (PAHO/WHO) - The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), in partnership with Jamaica’s Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOHW), recently hosted a stakeholder consultation bringing together diverse voices to tackle gender-related barriers to vaccine access.Supported by Global Affairs…
Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, 18 August 2025 (PAHO) - The Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment, in collaboration with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), has commenced a comprehensive Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) training initiative aimed at strengthening the country’s healthcare safety systems and…
Castries, St. Lucia, and Bridgetown, Barbados, 17th June 2025 (PAHO) – Two PAHO Member States have a clearer path toward leprosy elimination following missions by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).A two-day mission from June 16th to 17th in St. Lucia, hosted in conjunction with Instituto Lauro de Souza Lima (the World Health…
São Paulo, Brazil, August 21, 2025 – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) convened in São Paulo regional experts in surveillance, virology, clinical practice, genetics, and congenital malformations from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, Cuba, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua, together with technical teams from BIREME, the PAHO Country Office in…
Kingstown, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, 18 August 2025 (PAHO) – A PAHO team embarked on a five-day mission to St. Vincent & the Grenadines to prepare the islands for the introduction of two new vaccines.The Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment will be introducing Pneumococcal Vaccines and Rotavirus Vaccines, with the…
Lima, August 20, 2025 – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) convened around 50 representatives from the health sector from 19 countries in the region to strengthen prevention and health care capacities for children and adolescents who have survived violence. The meeting took place in Lima Perú, on August 20 and 21 with the financial…