Valledupar, July 26th,2024 - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and its Latin American Center for Perinatology - Women's Health and Reproductive Health (CLP/WR) successfully concluded the "National Workshop to Train Facilitators in the Use of Community Perinatal Technologies." This two-day event, attended by 30 traditional midwives from…
Bridgetown, Barbados, 31 July 2024 (PAHO/WHO) - To further enhance the climate resilience of health systems in the Caribbean, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), supported by the Green Climate Fund (GCF), is fostering access to resources needed to respond to climatic threats in seven Caribbean countries. They are Guyana, Jamaica,…
Kingston, Jamaica, 30 July 2024 (PAHO) - The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), in partnership with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), hosted an international meeting in Kingston from July 23-25 titled "Caribbean Connect: Building the Pan-American Highway for Digital Health." The event aimed to engage Caribbean leaders and technical…
On 27 July 2024, a bright and early Saturday morning, participants gathered to celebrate the start of World Breastfeeding Week 2024 activities with the Annual Walk and Breakfast hosted by The Breastfeeding Association of Trinidad and Tobago (TBATT). This year’s theme, ‘Closing the Gap: Breastfeeding Support for All,’ resonated deeply with…
Montevideo, July 26, 2024. Health is the result of a complex interaction between genetic and socio-environmental factors. “Characterizing these genetic variations in our populations makes it possible to personalize care for people who have certain predispositions and to manage the environmental factors that can 'trigger' them,” said the director…
São Paulo, July 23, 2024 (BIREME/PAHO/WHO) - The Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information (BIREME/PAHO/WHO) and the Department of Monitoring, Evaluation and Dissemination of Strategic Health Information (DEMAS) of the Secretariat of Information and Digital Health (SEIDIGI) of the Brazilian Ministry of Health began an…
Port-au-Prince, Haiti, July 19, 2024 (PAHO) – Haiti’s Ministry of Public Health and Population recently vaccinated more than 230,000 children in a campaign launched to contribute to reducing infant mortality related to diphtheria. With funding from the Government of Canada, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) provided key technical and…
São Paulo, July 16 (BIREME/PAHO/WHO) - The Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information (BIREME/PAHO/WHO), in partnership with the Department of Digital Health and Innovation of the Secretariat of Information and Digital Health of the Brazilian Ministry of Health (DESDI/SEIDIGI/MoH), has begun a new technical cooperation…
Port-au-Prince, July 12, 2024 (PAHO) - Since August 2023, armed violence in the Port-au-Prince Metropolitan Area has forced many families to leave their homes, leading to a massive displacement of the population to makeshift sites such as schools and public establishments. Faced with this critical situation, the Ministry of Public Health and…