Asunción, February 2025 (PAHO) - Thanks to the technical cooperation provided by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), National Health Surveillance Directorate (DINAVISA, by Spanish acronym) updated the methodology for price regulation for over-the-counter medications by issuing 'DINAVISA Resolution 174/2004,' which came into effect in…
NASSAU, The Bahamas -- It was a call to action by the Ministry of Health and Wellness to remove the stigma of mental illness throughout the country.Towards this end, the ministry held a 'Mental Health Act In Action' symposium where its partners and other stakeholders assembled at the Atlantis Ballroom on Paradise Island on Thursday, January 23,…
NASSAU, The Bahamas -- The Ministry of Health and Wellness embarked on a public health approach to devise strategies for the prevention of violent crime across the country.On Thursday, January 16, 2025 the ministry staged the First National Forum on the Primary Prevention of Violence at Baha Mar Convention Centre, attracting a wide-cross section…
Port-of-Spain, 24 February 2025 (PAHO): The Trinidad and Tobago country office hosted the WHO QualityRights Train the Trainer Workshop from February 17 to 21 for over 30 persons working in the field of mental health from the Ministry of Health, the five Regional Health Authorities and NGOs.All workshop participants were required to…
Mexico City, 24 February 2025 - The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) office in Mexico held a meeting on ethnic-racial and gender equity in eye health in the Americas on February 19 and 20, with the participation of 20 people from seven countries in the Region of the Americas.At the opening session of the…
Castries, Saint Lucia, 21 February 2025 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) recently supported the Ministry of Health, Wellness, and Elderly Affairs in conducting a comprehensive costing exercise for Saint Lucia’s Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI).An EPI costing exercise is a financial analysis designed to assess the costs…
Bridgetown, Barbados, 21 February 2025 (PAHO) – Barbados now has a Living Laboratory, marking a significant milestone in public health innovation and research.The state-of-the-art facility, located on the grounds of the Best dos Santos Public Health Laboratory at Enmore Complex, Martindales Road, St. Michael, was officially opened by Prime…
Buenos Aires, February 20, 2025 (PAHO). The representative of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Eva Jané Llopis, and the Minister of Health of Argentina, Mario Lugones, concluded today the working sessions of national regulatory agencies from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, and Mexico. These agencies gathered in Buenos Aires…
Mexico City, February 18, 2025 - More than a hundred workers from the federal Ministry of Health, state ministries, the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS), and IMSS-Bienestar are participating in the HEARTS National Workshop on Quality Improvement, organized by the Ministry of Health, through the National Center for Preventive Programs and…