São Paulo, September 2, 2025 (BIREME/PAHO/WHO) - The first half of 2025 marked a period of progress for three strategic initiatives developed under the TC157 technical cooperation agreement, led by BIREME/PAHO/WHO in partnership with the Secretariat of Information and Digital Health (SEIDIGI/MS): Brazil’s Unified Health System – SUS Digital…
Kingston, Jamaica, 01 September 2025 (PAHO/WHO) - The Government of Bermuda’s work to advance Universal Health Coverage (UHC) has been formally recognized as a PAHO/WHO Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) Good Practice. Bermuda was invited to present this initiative alongside Bolivia, Brazil, and Costa Rica for innovative approaches to strengthen…
Kingston, Jamaica, 26 August 2025 (PAHO/WHO) – Jamaica has made another crucial step towards strengthening its immunization program with a recently held national stakeholder consultation to design a vaccination coverage survey. The workshop, which was organized by the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) in…
Paraguay strengthens community-based event surveillance with support from PAHO and the Pandemic Fund
Asunción, August 26, 2025 – Public health in Paraguay has advanced in strengthening community-based event surveillance with the technical support from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). The professionals were in the country during a technical mission carried out from August 18 to 22, 2025, working under the leadership of the Ministry of…
Roseau, Dominica, 6 August 2025 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) provided technical support to Dominica with assessing the readiness of the Dominica China Friendship Hospital (DCFH) to fully implement the DHIS2-based Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) sentinel surveillance system.The PAHO consultant met with key…
Belize City, Belize, August 22, 2025 (PAHO) – As part of the European Union (EU)-Health Sector Support Programme, the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Wellness (MoHW), conducted a series of training workshops aimed at strengthening palliative and end-of-…
Kingston, Jamaica, 22 August 2025 (PAHO/WHO) - The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), in partnership with Jamaica’s Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOHW), recently hosted a stakeholder consultation bringing together diverse voices to tackle gender-related barriers to vaccine access.Supported by Global Affairs…
Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, 18 August 2025 (PAHO) - The Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment, in collaboration with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), has commenced a comprehensive Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) training initiative aimed at strengthening the country’s healthcare safety systems and…
Castries, St. Lucia, and Bridgetown, Barbados, 17th June 2025 (PAHO) – Two PAHO Member States have a clearer path toward leprosy elimination following missions by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).A two-day mission from June 16th to 17th in St. Lucia, hosted in conjunction with Instituto Lauro de Souza Lima (the World Health…