Port-au-Prince, 27 June 2024 (PAHO) - From June 3 to 7, 2024, the Direction de la Pharmacie, du Médicament et de la Médecine Traditionnelle (DPM/MT) of the Ministère de la Santé Publique et de la Population (MSPP), in collaboration with the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO), organized an orientation seminar for fourth-year students at the…
Kingston, Jamaica, June 26, 2024 (PAHO) – Amid rising concerns over the effects of climate change on Small Island Developing States (SIDS), key stakeholders convened to address the critical impact on Jamaica's public health system at the Health National Adaptation Plan (HNAP) Stakeholder Consultation, held on June 20-21 in Kingston. The two-day…
Guadalajara, Jalisco, June 26, 2024. The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital organized a regional meeting with health professionals, experts, and representatives from throughout Latin America and the Caribbean on June 19 and 20, 2024, in Mexico. The objective was to promote the implementation and…
Statement from PAHO/WHO Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain, 23 June 2024 (PAHO) — On 21 June 2024, the Pan American Health Organization, Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) officially submitted the Final Report of its Review Mission to support national health authorities in the investigation of newborn…
June 14, 2024 - Nassau, The BahamasThe PAHO/WHO Country Office for The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands partnered with the Public Hospital Authority to celebrate World Blood Donor Day on June 14, 2024. Under the theme, "20 years of celebrating giving: Thank you, blood donors," a recognition ceremony was held at the new Blood Bank…
GEORGETOWN, GUYANA, June 2024- As Guyana moves forward with its Disease Elimination Initiative (DEI), the Ministry of Health and PAHO, supported by the Global Affairs Canada Project, implemented two integrated missions for elimination of malaria and the mother to child transmission (EMTCT) of HIV, Congenital Syphilis, and Hepatitis B in Regions 1…
Port-of-Spain, June 18, 2024, (PAHO/WHO) – The Ministry of Health of Trinidad and Tobago, in collaboration with the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), last week hosted an in-person training on Health Labour Market Analysis (HLMA). The session, followed by the Human Resources for Resilient Health Systems (HRH)…
São Paulo, June 18 (BIREME/PAHO/WHO) - During the Annual Congress of the Association of Caribbean University, Research, and Institutional Libraries, ACURIL 2024, BIREME projected the future of digital and virtual health libraries, revealing innovative perspectives for the sector. The presentation took place as a pre-congress activity of ACURIL…
Brasília, 17 June 2024 – The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) has been working closely with the Brazil Ministry of Health of, the Rio Grande do Sul State Health Secretariat, the National Civil Defense and that of Rio Grande do Sul in actions to respond to the health needs of the populations affected by the…