San José, May 6, 2025 (PAHO) – Costa Rica reinforced its commitment to regional emergency preparedness by actively participating in two strategic exercises, highlighting the importance of inter-institutional collaboration and regional interoperability.The first was the Inter-Institutional Coordination Exercise conducted under the Global…
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago – May 6, 2025, (PAHO/WHO) – On Saturday, May 3, 2025, the C3 Centre in San Fernando came alive with energy and purpose as families and community members participated in a Vaccination and Health Fair. Hosted by the Ministry of Health (MOH), and the PAHO/WHO Trinidad and Tobago Country Office,…
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago – May 5, 2025, (PAHO/WHO) - Trinidad and Tobago has taken a significant step forward in embedding evidence into the policymaking process through the second mission of the WHO-UCL/EPPI-Centre project. This initiative, a collaborative effort between the Ministry of Health (MOH), the Caribbean Centre for Health…
Kingston, Jamaica, 05 May 2025 (PAHO): The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOHW), hosted a workshop on April 30 to educate healthcare workers on the dangers of mercury in skin lightening products (SLPs). The session formed part of the Global Environment Facility (GEF)-funded…
San Salvador, El Salvador. 2 April 2025, (PAHO/WHO) - El Salvador has made a significant stride in improving its emergency response capabilities with the implementation of the Joint Emergency Response Operations System (JEROS). This process included training on the use of JEROS, which saw participation from the Vice Minister of Management and…
San Salvador, El Salvador. From April 23 to 25, 2025, El Salvador hosted an assessment mission organized by the Global Platform for Access to Childhood Cancer Medicines. The objective of the mission was to evaluate the country’s readiness to implement the Platform, ensuring a sustainable and high-quality supply of pediatric oncology medicines.The…
Dr. Jarbas Barbosa Da Silva, Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO-WHO)Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 30 April 2025 (PAHO/WHO) - On April 25, 2025, the Pan American Health Organization/ World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago celebrated a significant achievement with the virtual…
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…