Belize City, Belize, February 9, 2023 (PAHO) – Dr. Karen Lewis-Bell was appointed and officially took over as the new Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) Representative for Belize.
A national of Jamaica, Dr. Karen Lewis-Bell, is a champion for working in the international health sector. With a Master’s…
Bridgetown, Barbados, 7 February 2023 (PAHO/WHO) - In response to the fact that almost half of mental health issues in the Americas begin during childhood, PAHO/WHO has launched an innovative tool for primary school educators. The handbook is titled, “Promoting Wellbeing and Mental Health in Schools”.
The Handbook is a self-learning…
Bogotá, 8 February 2023. In response to a request from the President of the Republic, Gustavo Petro Urrego, a Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) mission provided technical support for discussions of the proposal to reform the health system in Colombia, as part of continued technical cooperation on this subject…
PAHO/WHO Nutrition & Social Marketing for the risk factors unit and NCDs Consultant Maria Bustamente, PAHO/WHO Country Consultant Suriname Joanna Baank, PAHO/WHO Suriname Technical Officer Dr. Wendy Emanuelson-Telgt, PAHO/WHO Regional Consultant Ana Larranãga, PAHO/WHO Regional Consultant Carolina Mejia Toro, PAHO/WHO SDH Health Promotion and…
Belmopan, Belize, February 07, 2023 (PAHO) – To strengthen Belize’s overall health sector, the United States Government (USG) funded $1,292,310.39USD implemented by the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) for numerous health initiatives, cold chain equipment and the COVID-19 response supporting the Ministry of…
Bogotá, Colombia, 28 January 2023 (OPS/OMS)- A course developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), in collaboration with the Universidad de Los Andes, in Bogota, Colombia, was held from 17-28 January to teach journalists and communicators about how to approach the issue of non-communicable…
The process of evaluating and selecting journals from Brazil for the Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences (LILACS) database is carried out annually, an activity in the context of Term of Cooperation 93 (TC93), between the Pan -American Health Organization and the Ministry of Health of Brazil for the development and…
Montevideo, February 3, 2023. “From global recommendations to (in)action: A scoping review of the coverage of companionship of choice for women during labor and birth", a World Health Organization (WHO) research paper with technical support from the Latin American Center for Perinatology - Women's and Reproductive Health (CLAP/WR), was…
The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC), and Task Force for Global Health (TFGH), in collaboration with the Ministry of Health (MOH), conducted a week-long in-person training at the Guyana Marriott Hotel, in preparation for the scheduled implementation of 2023…