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15 Aug 2023
Nassau, 15 August 2023 (PAHO) - The Pan American Health Organization and World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) Country Office for The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands and the Ministry of Health and Wellness hosted a Mental Health Crisis Intervention Training and Protocol Development. From July 24- August 2, 2023, this collaborative effort…
15 Aug 2023
Montevideo, August 15,2023. Immediate Post Obstetric Event Contraception (AIPEO for its acronym in Spanish) continues to advance in the region as a strategy to guarantee the rights of women and adolescents and to reduce maternal morbidity and mortality. In the framework of the FLASOG 2023 Congress, facilitators from Bolivia, Honduras, Paraguay…
15 Aug 2023
Kingston, Jamaica, August 15, 2023 (PAHO) – After completing the Problem Management Plus (PM+) training, a cohort of 210 community members is better equipped to offer mental health support to persons in their communities. The programme is a collaborative effort between PAHO and the Ministry of Health and Wellness. It is designed as a wellness…
4 Aug 2023
Belize City, Belize, August 04, 2023 (PAHO) – Through the European Union-funded Health Sector Support Programme (EU-HSSP) Belize, the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and the Ministry of Health and Wellness (MoHW) facilitated a two-day stakeholder consultation workshop on Belize’s Essential Public Health…
3 Aug 2023
Suriname, August 2, 2023 (PAHO) – The official opening of World Breastfeeding Week, with theme “Let’s make breastfeeding and work, work!” was hosted by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and UNICEF at Diakonessenhuis Hospital in Suriname on August 2, 2023. This significant event aimed to raise awareness about the importance of…
28 Jul 2023
GEORGETOWN, GUYANA- JULY 28, 2023- The Ministry of Health (MOH) collaborated with the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) to conduct the final phase of Guyana’s Voluntary External Evaluation (VEE) of core IHR capacities from July 24 to 28, 2023 at the Marriott and Pegasus Hotels in Georgetown. The external team of…
26 Jul 2023
Belize City, Belize, July 26, 2023 (PAHO) – To strengthen Belize’s emergency and critical care system (ECCS) and enhance the resilience for post-crash response, the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) along with the Ministry of Health and Wellness (MoHW) and the Ministry of Finance, Economic Development, and…
26 Jul 2023
26 July 2023 – The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) is supporting The Bahamas health system's digital transformation and implementation of the Information Systems for Health (IS4H) framework. The country is progressing with the implementation of their medium term IS4H Strategic Plan, that includes the…
26 Jul 2023
Montevideo, July 26, 2023. Students of the Medical Records Degree, from the School of Medicine of the Universidad de la República of Uruguay, analyzed the SIP Violence Against Women (or SIP VAW) that was launched this year in Trinidad and Tobago and studied the feasibility of its implementation in Uruguay. The SIP VAW is a form based on the…