The Health Emergencies Department (PHE) is pleased to announce an opportunity for experts to serve as members and contribute to WHO’s Universal Health and Preparedness Review (UHPR) Technical Advisory Group (TAG).The UHPR TAG will play a pivotal role in providing technical guidance and advice to WHO on enhancing health emergency preparedness…
La Antigua, Guatemala, July 9, 2024 From July 9 to 12, 2024, two workshops organized by Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) are being held in La Antigua, Guatemala, focused on training experts from the National Regulatory Authorities (NRAs) of reference for medicines in Latin America, in the tools and…
Managua, July 8, 2024 (PAHO/WHO) - The Ministry of Health of Nicaragua, with the objective of improving the quality of access to vaccines, medicines and health technologies, has prepared an Institutional Development Plan (PDI), corresponding to the year 2024-2025. This plan will significantly strengthen the capacities of the National Health…
Tegucigalpa, July 8, 2024. Under the leadership of the Ministry of Health (SESAL), with technical support from the Latin American Center for Perinatology, Women and Reproductive Health (CLP/WR) through the Information Systems Technician, Luis Mainero and PAHO/WHO Honduras, meetings were held for the implementation of the Perinatal Information…
Georgetown, Guyana, 5 July 2024 – The Ministry of Health, Guyana, with the support of the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) launched the Mass Drug Administration (MDA) campaign 2024 today at the Carmel Secondary School, Georgetown. Present were, Dr. Frank Anthony, Minister of Health, Guyana, Dr. Annastacia…
Puerto Flores, Cochabamba – Bolivia, July 3, 2024 (PAHO) – A team conducting Rapid Trachoma Assessments (RTAs) ventured into the indigenous communities ofthe Cochabamba tropics, joined by Ministry of Health personnel, embarking on a challenging 12-day mission to identify cases of trachoma, the world’s leading cause of infectious blindness.The RTA…
Bridgetown, Barbados – 02 July 2024 (PAHO) - Ahead of Hurricane Beryl's impending impact on the Windward Islands, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) initiated comprehensive preparedness plans to safeguard the health and safety of its personnel and respond to the needs of countries in the region. Prior to the system reaching the islands,…
Georgetown, Guyana, 30 June 2024- As part of the ongoing efforts in the WHO Region of the Americas to strengthen epidemic intelligence, the Health Emergency Information and Risk Assessment Unit (HIM) of the PAHO Health Emergencies Department (PHE), in conjunction with the PAHO/WHO Guyana Country Office and the Guyana Ministry of Health, provided a…
Bridgetown, June 28, 2024, (PAHO/WHO) – Six students from across the Caribbean last week participated in an intensive practicum at the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) office in Barbados as the final element of the inaugural two-year University of the West Indies (UWI) Postgraduate Diploma in Health Policy and Health Systems.The program…