From September 2022, the University of the West Indies (UWI) will welcome the first cohort for the postgraduate diploma and certificate program in Health Policy and Health Systems, created through a strategic collaboration with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).
The objective of these new courses launched on Tuesday April 19, is to…
The donation to the Ministry of Defense will assist teams currently deployed to support COVID-19 vaccination efforts and strengthen their capacity to respond to future emergencies
Buenos Aires, 21 April 2022 (PAHO/WHO). – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has donated a temporary vaccination module and water supply and waste management…
Kingston, Jamaica, April 20, 2022 (PAHO/WHO) – Jamaica received critical medical equipment and laboratory test kits valued at JM$40 Million to support its COVID-19 response from the Pan America Health Organization. The donation includes high flow nasal oxygen devices, oxygen flow meters, pulse oximeters, medicine and emergency trolleys, nebulizers…
The PAHO/WHO Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands Country Office, the University of The Bahamas (UB), and the Beta Beta Lambda Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc. were awarded the Educational Programme of the Year Award by the National Pan Hellenic Council.
This honour was bestowed after the successful completion of the Life After COVID-19…
PAHO/WHO Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands Country Office hosted its 1st World Health Day Film Festival. Under the theme “Our planet. Our health.”, this year’s observation of World Health Day on 7 April 2022 challenged us to reimagine our world for a healthier tomorrow.
The Office of The Prime Minister (OPM), in conjunction with the Ministry…
Using the One Health Approach, the Office of The Prime Minister (OPM), in conjunction with the Ministry of Health and Wellness, the Department of Environmental Planning and Protection, the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), and the University of The Bahamas will facilitate a World Health Day Multigovernmental…
Guyana is moving forward towards the reduction of maternal deaths, through the initiative of Zero Maternal Death from Hemorrhage and Sexual and Reproductive Health Services, despite the challenges in the remote hinterland area
Family planning is one of the pillars of strategies to end preventable maternal mortality. Contraceptive methods reduce…
President Santokhi with PAHO/WHO representative Dr. Karen Lewis-Bell, and the Minister of Health Amar Ramadhin (Left to right) at the opening of the first Open-Air Gym in Commewijne opened on World Health Day 2022
The Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) provided funds to support the request by the Ministry of Health in Suriname to…
Bridgetown, Barbados, 7 April (PAHO/WHO) Staff of the Barbados office of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) today came together to start a kitchen garden and take part in a quiz to mark World Health Day under the theme, Our Planet, Our Health.
With many staff not working from the office for just over two years because of the pandemic,…