Belize City, Belize, October 30, 2023 (PAHO) – Immunization managers from across the Caribbean region will gather to strengthen the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) as the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Belize hosts the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) 37th annual meeting of the Caribbean Immunization…
Georgetown, Guyana – 20 October 2023- The Ministry of Health in collaboration with PAHO ended a four-day workshop for the strengthening of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) and Risk Factors surveillance (RFs).
The workshop aimed to assess the national capacity on NCDs and RFs surveillance by identifying processes and strategies for improvement, in…
Georgetown, Guyana- 23 October 2023- PAHO trained over thirty participants on the Research4Life tool, the VHL and the Med Carib databases. The participants who attended the face-to-face training were health professionals, researchers and Librarians.…
Trelawny, Jamaica, 27 October 2023 (PAHO/WHO) – Healthcare workers and community influencers from different regions of Jamaica gathered in Trelawny from October 23-27 for workshops to support increasing capacity pertaining to health risk communication and community engagement. These sessions, organized by the Pan American Health Organization/World…
Montevideo, 27 October 2023. Maria Fernanda Escobar has led the Hospital Padrino model of the Valle del Lili Foundation in Colombia, a social innovation strategy in health that promotes networking and is committed to strengthening the capacities of low and medium complexity hospitals to provide higher quality health services. This, coupled with…
Paramaribo, Suriname, 25 October 2023 (PAHO/WHO) — Answering a call from the Health Disasters Coordination Unit of the Ministry of Health, the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) led an instrumental two-day workshop from October 18 to 19, 2023. Dubbed "Strengthening of Health Emergency Operations Centers and…
Suriname, October 24, 2023 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Suriname office recently hosted a meeting to deliberate the Biennial Work Plan (BWP) for 2024-2025, bringing together key stakeholders from the health sector. The event saw representatives from various government bodies, health organizations and hospitals in attendance…
Bridgetown, Barbados, 18 October 2023 (PAHO) - The Ministry of Health and Wellness, in association with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), hosted training for hotline operators who have been equipped with the skills required to provide mental health support via telephone or text messaging.
During Training of Operators for National…
Castries, Saint Lucia, 16 October 2023 (PAHO) - The Ministry of Health, Wellness, and Elderly Affairs (MOHWEA) of Saint Lucia, in collaboration with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), convened an Inter-ministerial Climate Change and Health Workshop.
The participants represented a diverse array of stakeholders, including various…