Georgetown, Guyana 27 May 2025– In a significant step toward strengthening the country’s response to climate change, the Ministry of Health, Guyana, in collaboration with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), launched the development of a Health National Adaptation Plan (HNAP). The Plan is being developed under the EU/CARIFORUM…
Jutiapa, Guatemala – May 22, 2025. From May 10 to 22, Guatemala hosted the annual CENTAM Guardianexercise, organized by the United States Army Southern Command in coordination with the National Coordinator for Disaster Reduction (CONRED) and the Ministry of National Defense of Guatemala, with the participation of the Ministry of Public Health and…
Bridgetown, Barbados, May 21st, 2025 (PAHO). Leprosy elimination is an achievable goal, and it is one which PAHO/WHO and the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) is committed to achieving.This was the assurance given during the webinar on ‘Leprosy Elimination’ hosted by PAHO/WHO and the OECS, for Ministry of Health staff across the…
Trelawny, Jamaica, 21 May 2025 (PAHO/WHO) – Health leaders, technical experts, and country representatives from 19 Caribbean countries have gathered in Trelawny, Jamaica, for the Caribbean Workshop on the Strengthening of EMTCT Plus within Maternal and Child Health (MCH). This timely workshop celebrates the region’s leadership in eliminating…
Nassau, The Bahamas, 20 May 2025 — This year the world observed World Health Day 2025 under the theme “Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures”, calling for investment in the early stages of life as a pathway to resilient health systems and stronger communities. In keeping with this theme, in May 2025, the Pan American Health Organization/World…
Today, on World Hypertension Day, the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) joins the Ministry of Health and partners across Guyana in raising awareness of the critical need to prevent, detect, and control hypertension—one of the most pervasive and deadly health conditions affecting our region.Hypertension, often…
Belize City, Belize, May 16, 2025 (PAHO) – Marking another major milestone in the Health Sector Support Programme Belize Project, the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and the European Union (EU) officially handed over the newly retrofitted Central Medical Laboratory (CML) to the Ministry of Health and…
Rio de Janeiro, May 15, 2025 (PANAFTOSA/VPH-PAHO/WHO) – Envenomations caused by bites and stings from venomous animals represent a serious public health problem in Latin America. Beyond the deaths and health impacts, the sequelae and disabilities experienced by survivors have profound social and economic consequences, particularly by limiting the…
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 14 May 2025 (PAHO/WHO) – Six more climate change and health leaders have graduated from the University of the West Indies (UWI)-led, European Union (EU)-funded, Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO)-coordinated fellowship. The latest leaders hail from Barbados, Belize, Dominican Republic and Guyana.The…