Bridgetown, Barbados, 05 July 2023 (PAHO/WHO) - Biosafety Officers from Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean Countries (ECC) convened at the Best Dos Santos Public Health Laboratory in Barbados on 20 June 2023, for a 4-day training on laboratory biosafety and biosecurity programme management.
The need for this training and mentorship of…
Brasilia, July 3, 2023 - The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, took part in the 17th National Health Conference, which takes in Brasilia from 2-5 July. The event is one of the country’s most important on public health.
During the Conference, the PAHO director highlighted that now that COVID-19 has left…
Nassau, The Bahamas - June 2023
What would you do if someone collapsed in front of you? What if a colleague got a poisonous bite?
The Country Office for PAHO/WHO The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands participated in a First Aid course to ensure that the workplace was prepared in the event of a safety emergency or cardiac arrest. From Hands-…
Nassau, Bahamas - June 2023
Ms. Alexandra McDowell, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees' (UNHCR's) Senior Operations Coordinator based in the Caribbean Unit of UNHCR in Washington DC, that covers 17 countries and 11 overseas territories, conducted a Mission to The Bahamas on 12 - 15 June 2023. On the first day of her visit…
Nassau, The Bahamas, June 30th, 2023 – The Pan American Health Organization and World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) Country Office for The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands hosted a Vaccine Promotion and Nurses’ Thank-You luncheon. This event recognized the hard-working efforts of nurses in The Bahamas’ Expanded Immunization Programme (EPI)…
Bridgetown, Barbados, 29 June 2023 (PAHO/WHO) - PAHO/WHO Office for Barbados and the ECC recently provided support for training workshops coordinated by the Ministry of Health and Wellness in Barbados.
On June 26th and 27th, 2023, the Ministry of Health and Wellness hosted two half-day training workshops entitled ‘Expanded Programme on…
Bridgetown, Barbados, 29 June 2023 (PAHO/WHO) - A national strategic plan for Health Promotion is being developed by St. Vincent and the Grenadines following a PAHO/WHO supported assessment.
During June 20-23, the Ministry of Health, Wellness, and the Environment in collaboration with PAHO/WHO assessed the Ministry’s Health Promotion Unit (HPU)…
Lima, Peru, June 22, 2023. More than 90 surveillance, laboratory, immunization, and communication professionals from different health regions of the country participated in the workshop "Standard Operating Procedures of the World Health Organization (WHO) in response to a poliovirus event or outbreak, and implementation of the recommendations for…
Tegucigalpa, June 22, 2023 (PAHO/WHO) - The Honduran Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the Latin American Centre for Perinatology/Women's and Reproductive Health (CLP/WR) and the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and the generous financial support of the Government of Canada, is progressing in the…