Geneva, 23 May 2016 (PAHO/WHO) - Panama has been designated as Vice-President of the 69th World Health Assembly, representing the Region of the Americas at the Assembly, which is taking place from 23 to 28 May in Geneva, Switzerland.
The Minister of Health of Panama, Francisco Javier Terrientes, will be one of the five vice-presidents appointed…
Washington, DC, Atlanta, Panama City, May 19, 2016 (PAHO/WHO/CNLA/UNICEF) — "Calling all superheroes. This is not a drill. Our communities have been invaded by dangerous mosquitoes and we need help." With those words, Cartoon Network Latin America is launching "Mission Zika," an educational campaign to raise awareness about Zika in Latin America,…
Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, 11 May 2016. Doctors at the Port of Spain General Hospital announced that they have saved the life of a mother in her thirties who started bleeding after delivery using their newly acquired skills gained at a recent PAHO training on Post-Partum Haemorrhage (PPH). This training was held only one month ago (…
The "world's fastest man" lends his image and voice to support this year's Vaccination Week in the Americas
Washington, DC, 20 April 2016 (PAHO/WHO) — Jamaican track superstar Usain Bolt has joined the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) in a campaign to raise awareness of the importance of vaccination in protecting health and preventing…
Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, 19 April 2016. Thirty Obstetricians and Midwives were trained to use live-saving procedures and devices to manage Post-Partum Haemorrahage (PPH) i.e. bleeding after delivering a baby, a leading cause of maternal deaths world-wide and in Trinidad and Tobago. Participants were also trained in the early…
Washington, DC, February 23, 2016 (PAHO / WHO) - The Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Margaret Chan, and the Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Carissa F. Etienne , met yesterday with the president of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff and Brazilian authorities to learn about the actions taken by Brazil in…
Decades-long mass treatment by ivermectin of affected populations accelerated interruption of transmission.
14 October 2015 | Geneva – Mexico has become the third country in the world to be declared free of onchocerciasis, a parasitic disease that mainly affects poor people in rural areas. The announcement came days before the 2015 Nobel Prize…
Port-au-Prince, August 10, 2015 (PAHO/WHO) - A training workshop on Malaria Elimination was held from 20 to 24 July 2015 in Port-au-Prince for central and departmental level technical staff of the Ministry of Health (MSPP) notably the National Malaria Program (PNCM) and directorates of epidemiology, research and laboratory (DELR and LNSP).…
World Breastfeeding Week 2015, 1-7 August: PAHO/WHO recommends measures including paid maternity leave, flexible and reduced work hours, and accommodations to make breastfeeding easy at work
Washington, D.C., 31 July 2015 (PAHO/WHO) - Employers who support breastfeeding by their female employees are not only taking the ethical high road,…