Port-au-Prince, 5 August 2024 (PAHO) - The security situation in Haiti has led hundreds of thousands of inhabitants of the Port-au-Prince Metropolitan Area (ZMPAP) to flee the violence and take refuge in sites that are, for the most part, unsuitable for housing these displaced populations. Overcrowding and inadequate sanitary infrastructures in…
Turks and Caicos Islands, July 29 – August 3 - The Ministry of Health and Human Services, through its Aged Care and Rehabilitation Services, conducted a series of events aimed at promoting healthy aging in the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI). These activities, held from July 29 to August 3, marked significant steps towards the development of a…
Asunción, August 1, 2024. The Ministry of Public Health and Well-being of Paraguay (MSPyBS by its Spanish acronym), with the support of PAHO/WHO Paraguay, launched the National Research Ethics Policy for Health – Paraguay 2023 (PNEIS, by its Spanish acronym) on Thursday, August 1 in Asunción.…
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…