The distinction was given for the contributions the mechanism has made to the regional elimination of polio, by ensuring access to safe, quality, and affordable vaccines.
Cali, Colombia, 24 October 2022 (PAHO) – On World Polio Day, Rotary International through the Rotary Clubs of Colombia, awarded the PAHO Revolving Fund for Access to Vaccines…
El Alto, La Paz, Oct. 24th, 2022 (PAHO)- El Alto’s Health Secretariat is currently working with the local association of midwives to revalue their practices and knowledge. This is to improve sexual and reproductive health care in this municipality, which has one of the highest rates of population growth in Bolivia.
A workshop with traditional…
Achacachi, Bolivia, October 2022 (PAHO)- Workshops to address doubts on COVID-19 vaccination are being held in the Municipality of Achacachi, in the department of La Paz, Bolivia, with Aymara-speaking community leaders, young people, and mothers.
These sessions launched in August, applying PAHO’s knowledge dialogues methodology, provide a space…
Montevideo. October 21, 2022. On October 21, was held the webinar: SIP PLUS, the tool that provides instant perinatal information for timely and "tailored" decision making in Latin America and the Caribbean. SIP Plus is the web version of the Perinatal Information System (SIP) and is a tool to improve maternal, perinatal and sexual and…
Bridgetown, Barbados, 20 October 2022 (PAHO) - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is collaborating with the Ministry of Health and Wellness to help strengthen its Health Information System and to digitally transform the health sector.
This mission is supported by Prime Minister of Barbados, The Honourable Mia Amor Mottley, who is a very…
Montevideo. October 18, 2022. In the framework of the FIGO Cartagena 2022 Congress, CLAP/WR is organizing a series of actions and exhibitions aimed at improving the quality of health care for women, mothers and newborns.
In addition, on November 1, CLAP/WR Maternal Health Advisor Bremen De Mucio will participate in a meeting with the…
Montevideo, October 18, 2022. Edgar Iván Ortiz Lizcano, one of the co-chairs of the FIGO Cartagena 2022 Congress Organizing Committee and FIGO trustee for Latin America, said that this event reflects the organization's interest in having a global presence to work on women's health issues. In particular, he pointed out that the congress will be the…
Montevideo, October 18, 2022. The Latin American Center of Perinatology - Women's and Reproductive Health (CLAP/WR), will participate in the FIGO Regional Congress to be held November 3-5 in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia.
The objective of the congress is to bring together experts and specialists to discuss the latest scientific advances,…
Belize City, Belize, October 18, 2022 (PAHO) - Through the EU-Funded Health Sector Support Programme Belize Project, PAHO/WHO Belize and the Ministry of Health and Wellness conducted a two-day workshop with the various health sectors to review the Health Emergency and Disaster Management Program and to conduct a gap analysis and establish…