Buenos Aires, November 12, 2024 (PAHO/WHO). Authorities from the National Ministry of Health and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) met today at the Health Ministry's headquarters to advance joint actions seeking to ensure access to safe, effective, and low-cost medicines and health technologies.In this regard, during the meeting chaired…
Port-of-Spain, 6 November, 2024 (PAHO) - The PAHO/WHO Trinidad and Tobago Country Office has successfully concluded a dynamic two-day national stakeholder consultation in Trinidad and Tobago for the Country Cooperation Strategy 2025-2030 (CCS), bringing together key voices to collaboratively shape the nation's health priorities for the coming…
GEORGETOWN, GUYANA, 7 NOVEMBER 2024- The Ministry of Health, with technical support from PAHO/WHO, conducted training sessions in Pharmacovigilance aimed at health professionals from health facilities across Guyana in Region 5 in October 2024. Twenty-eight participants attended the training, including physicians, nurses, medexes, pharmacists, and…
Basseterre, St Kitts and Nevis, 6 November 2024 (PAHO/WHO) – During the 38th Caribbean Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) Managers' meeting held in St Kitts and Nevis from October 28-30, Jamaica won the Henry C Smith award for most improved immunization coverage in 2023, while the inaugural Beryl Irons award went to Grenada for…
Montevideo, 6 November 2024. Self-care interventions are among the most promising approaches to address the challenges of accessing affordable, acceptable and quality health services today. By recognizing individuals as active agents in managing their health, self-care interventions in sexual and reproductive health offer opportunities to…
Montevideo, 6 November 2024. In response to the need to accelerate the reduction of maternal mortality in the Americas, especially after the setbacks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) convened a regional workshop in Bogota, Colombia, on 21-22 October. This event focused on the need to improve the…
Caracas, 30 October 2024 (PAHO/WHO) - Venezuela is making steady progress in its efforts to eliminate trachoma, a disease that stands as the leading cause of infectious blindness worldwide and disproportionately impacts Indigenous communities in the Amazon basin. As part of the Initiative for the Elimination of Trachoma in the Americas, a…
Belize City, November 5, 2024 (PAHO) – In observance of Malaria Day in the Americas on November 6, Belize reaffirms its dedication to a malaria-free future through rigorous training and capacity-building initiatives. This day underscores the region’s collective commitment to eliminating malaria, highlighting the ongoing work and collaboration…
Basseterre, St Kitts and Nevis, 5 November 2024 (PAHO/WHO) - During the 38th Caribbean Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) Managers meeting held in St Kitts and Nevis, from October 28-30, PAHO Assistant Director, Dr Rhonda Sealy, commended the Caribbean Immunization managers for beginning to turn around vaccination coverage across CARICOM…