São Paulo, April 30, 2025 (BIREME/PAHO/WHO) - The multilingual thesaurus Descriptors in Health Sciences/Medical Subject Headings (DeCS), maintained by the Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information of the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (BIREME/PAHO/WHO), has incorporated 206 new descriptors in…
City of Belmopan, Belize, April 30, 2025 (PAHO) - The Pan American Health Organization, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Wellness (MoHW) and the Centre for Mental Health Law and Policy of the Indian Law Society, hosted a two-day training workshop for media professionals on suicide reporting. “Suicide remains a significant…
Lethem, Guyana – 30 April 2025 – In a powerful demonstration of regional cooperation, the Governments of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana and Brazil, together with the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), officially launched the Cross-Border Vaccination Week in the Americas today. The event, hosted jointly by…
La Paz and Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, April 28, 2025 (PAHO)- The reference laboratories, Instituto Nacional de Laboratorios de Salud "Dr. Néstor Morales Villazón" INLASA, in La Paz, and the Centro Nacional de Enfermedades Tropicales CENETROP, in Santa Cruz, obtained recommendations from InDRE/WHO and PAHO to strengthen quality policy…
28 April 2025. Asunción, Paraguay. - From April 21 to 25, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) in coordination with the Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare (MSPBS), carried out a technical cooperation mission to strengthen the national response to HIV, tuberculosis (TB), and mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis, and…
St. Georges, Grenada, 26 April 2025 (PAHO) - The health of the most vulnerable in Grenada - including children - received a boost recently with the launch of Vaccination Week in the Americas (VWA).Minister of Health, Wellness and Religious Affairs, Hon. Philip A. Telesford, during his address to the nation on 26 April, the eve of VWA, stressed…
Tegucigalpa, 23 April 2025 (PAHO/WHO. - When a severe storm, flood, or health emergency strikes, it's crucial that medical care is delivered swiftly, effectively, and where it is most needed. Therefore, the Ministry of Health, with technical support from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), has initiated a process to strengthen…
Bridgetown, Barbados - April 22nd, 2025 (PAHO) - PAHO and the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) partnered to host the virtual webinar ‘PAHO Validation for the Elimination of Canine Mediated Rabies in Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean’.This webinar is one of the outcomes resulting from intense planning during the ‘Meeting on…
Bridgetown, Barbados, April 10th, 2025 (PAHO) - Rich dialogue and a commitment to achieving health goals were the highlights of the event commemorating World Health Day and Universal Health Coverage Day. Linking these two commemorative days provides us with an opportunity to reiterate that health is a fundamental human right, and collectively…