Kingston, Jamaica, 18 February 2025 (PAHO) – As global concerns about air quality and the impact of air pollution continue to grow, the PAHO Jamaica Country Office hosted a workshop under the theme "Integrated Air Quality, Short-Lived Climate Pollutants, and Health Roadmap in Jamaica" to address air quality and its impact on health and well-being.…
St. Georges, Grenada - February 11th, 2025 (PAHO) - Grenada has joined more than 15 other Caribbean nations to launch the HEARTS Initiative as a way of scaling-up Better Care for NCDs.Personnel from the PAHO/WHO Office for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean Countries, the Ministry of Health and St. George’s University, were joined by health care…
Bridgetown, Barbados, 18 February 2025 (PAHO/WHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has launched consultations with member states and partners across the Caribbean to evaluate the implementation of the 2019-2023 Caribbean Action Plan on Health and Climate Change, share lessons learnt, and begin the development of a new five-year…
Mexico City, February 18, 2025 - To strengthen the scaling and institutionalization of the HEARTS initiative in the Americas and in all healthcare delivery subsystems in the country, the workshop "Planning and methodological strengthening meeting. HEARTS in the Americas" began in Mexico, with the participation of the Federal Ministry of Health,…
Quito, February 17, 2025 - "These new medicines give us hope," said Sonia, mother of Saida, a little girl who inspires many with her strength and who, thanks to the Global Platform for Access to Medicines for Childhood Cancer, will have a new opportunity through the treatment she is receiving at the Baca Ortiz Pediatric Hospital (Quito).Like…
Quito, Ecuador, February 17, 2025 - Ecuador's Ministry of Health today announced the arrival of the first batch of essential childhood cancer medicines delivered through the international efforts of the Global Platform for Access to Medicines for Childhood Cancer, a partnership between St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (St Jude), the Pan…
São Paulo, February 19, 2025 (PAHO) – In an effort to address the spread of infectious diseases in prisons, Latin American countries have been exploring actions to eliminate HIV, tuberculosis, hepatitis B and C, measles, and diphtheria in correctional facilities. Overcrowding, violence, and limited access to healthcare exacerbate the situation.To…
Bridgetown, Barbados – February 14th, 2025 (PAHO). The PAHO/WHO Barbados country Office demonstrated its love for staff by hosting a cancer awareness virtual session on Valentine’s Day, in recognition of World Cancer Day which is recognized globally on February 4th.Dr. Taraleen Malcolm, Advisor, NCDs and Mental Health for PAHO/WHO Office for…
Quito, February 13, 2025 (PANAFTOSA/VPH-PAHO/WHO) – In an effort to improve the country’s capacity for surveillance and response concerning the avian influenza outbreaks, professionals from Ecuador’s official sectors of human health, animal health, and the environment participated from February 11 to 13 in the Intersectoral Risk Assessment for…