On April 21st, El Salvador formally joined the e-BlueInfo mobile application, becoming the fourth country in the Americas to do so, 16 months after its launch, alongside Peru, Guatemala and Brazil.
An online session attended by the Ministry of Health, leaders of the National Health Institute, the PAHO/WHO Representative in the country and the…
Washington, D.C., 1 April 2020 (PAHO/WHO) — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has launched a new searchable database that contains the latest guidance and research on the COVID-19 pandemic from the Americas and affected countries worldwide.
The database includes recommendations and guidance from PAHO and the World Health Organization as…
"We (PAHO/WHO Belize Country Office) are teleworking,” said Dr. Jack. “We continue to support Belize, as the PAHO country office, providing technical cooperation. The work has not stopped; it has intensified."
PAHO/WHO Representative Dr. Noreen Jack appeared on the Love FM’s “COVID-19 Update Belize Show” on Monday, April 20, 2020. As a…
On Tuesday, 21 April 2020, the PAHO/WHO Office in Barbados presented Barbados with equipment to support its response to the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
The donation, presented by Dr Yitades Gebre, PAHO/WHO Representative to Barbados and Eastern Caribbean Countries to Lt Col Honourable Jeffery Bostic, Minister of Health and…
The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) joined the Ministry of Health in providing community volunteers with key information and skills to enhance their contribution as part of the local community network in the prevention and control of COVID-19. Most of the volunteers were from the Red Cross Association of…
PAHO/WHO Belize continues to support the country in procuring the necessary equipment and materials to assist in the public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
On Thursday, April 16, 2020, PAHO/WHO Belize donated an additional three (3) testing kits of 96 reactions used to detect the virus to the Central Medical Laboratory of the Ministry…
Montevideo 16/04/2020 (CLAP)— Should positive COVID 19 pregnant women be attended at home if they are in home quarantine? Should we set up a delivery room in the isolation rooms? Is it recommended for COVID 19 suspected or confirmed mothers to continue breastfeeding? Can the infection be transmitted to the baby? These questions set the stage for…
PAHO/WHO for Suriname, 12 April 2020 - To facilitate the diagnosis of the COVID-19 virus Dr. Karen Lewis-Bell Representative of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) officially handed over to Dr. Cleopatra Jessurun Director of the Ministry of Health, reagents for the diagnosis of COVID-19 at the Central Laboratory on 9 April 2020…
PAHO Jamaica donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to assist frontline workers in the COVID-19 response.
PAHO/WHO Representative for Jamaica, Cayman Islands and Bermuda, Dr Bernadette Theodore-Gandi, was pleased to donate vital protective equipment to provide a safe working environment for doctors and nurses working on the frontline…