Montevideo, February 10, 2023. Recently, the article "The role of gender inequality and health expenditure on the coverage of demand for family planning satisfied by modern contraceptives: a multilevel analysis of cross-sectional studies in 14 LAC countries" was published in Lancet for the Americas with technical contributions from the Latin…
Outgoing PAHO/WHO Representative Dr. Karen Lewis-Bell was presented with a certificate of appreciation by the Minister of Health Suriname Dr. Amar Ramadhin
Suriname, January 27, 2023 (PAHO) – The Minister of Health in Suriname, Dr Amar Ramadhin, met with outgoing PAHO/WHO Representative Suriname Dr. Karen Lewis-Bell to discuss the technical…
February 10, 2023 (PAHO) – During 2021, as part of the virtual sessions on Best Practices in the Editorial Processes of Scientific Journals for LILACS, a pilot study was developed with journal editors with the following objectives:
Talk to journal editors about the implementation of Good Practices in the Editorial Processes of Scientific…
Belize City, Belize, February 9, 2023 (PAHO) – Dr. Karen Lewis-Bell was appointed and officially took over as the new Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) Representative for Belize.
A national of Jamaica, Dr. Karen Lewis-Bell, is a champion for working in the international health sector. With a Master’s…
Bridgetown, Barbados, 7 February 2023 (PAHO/WHO) - In response to the fact that almost half of mental health issues in the Americas begin during childhood, PAHO/WHO has launched an innovative tool for primary school educators. The handbook is titled, “Promoting Wellbeing and Mental Health in Schools”.
The Handbook is a self-learning…
Bogotá, 8 February 2023. In response to a request from the President of the Republic, Gustavo Petro Urrego, a Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) mission provided technical support for discussions of the proposal to reform the health system in Colombia, as part of continued technical cooperation on this subject…
PAHO/WHO Nutrition & Social Marketing for the risk factors unit and NCDs Consultant Maria Bustamente, PAHO/WHO Country Consultant Suriname Joanna Baank, PAHO/WHO Suriname Technical Officer Dr. Wendy Emanuelson-Telgt, PAHO/WHO Regional Consultant Ana Larranãga, PAHO/WHO Regional Consultant Carolina Mejia Toro, PAHO/WHO SDH Health Promotion and…
Belmopan, Belize, February 07, 2023 (PAHO) – To strengthen Belize’s overall health sector, the United States Government (USG) funded $1,292,310.39USD implemented by the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) for numerous health initiatives, cold chain equipment and the COVID-19 response supporting the Ministry of…
Bogotá, Colombia, 28 January 2023 (OPS/OMS)- A course developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), in collaboration with the Universidad de Los Andes, in Bogota, Colombia, was held from 17-28 January to teach journalists and communicators about how to approach the issue of non-communicable…