Roseau, Dominica, 10 January 2024 (PAHO) – PAHO Director Emeritus, Dr. Carissa Faustina Etienne was laid to rest in her native country Dominica on Wednesday, 10 January 2024.
An official funeral was accorded by the Government of Dominica in honor of her outstanding contribution to public health in Dominica, the region and globally. The day…
Port of Spain, 22 December 2023 (PAHO/WHO) - Today, a ceremony led by PAHO/WHO commemorated the official handover of health sector initiatives supported by the Spotlight Initiative on Violence Against Women and Girls in Trinidad and Tobago to the management of the Ministry of Health. The highlight of the ceremony was the donation of computers…
L to R: Dr. Rosmond Adams, PAHO/WHO Representative a.i and Dr. Rakesh Sukul, Acting Director of Health, Ministry of Health, Suriname
Paramaribo, 22 December 2023 (PAHO) - On the 21st of December 2023, the PAHO/WHO Suriname Country Office donated 47 Samsung tablets to the Malaria Program of the Ministry of Health, Suriname.
This donation aims to…
19 December 2023 (PAHO) — The meeting to celebrate the institutional results achieved in 2023 was held on December 13, in the presence of all BIREME/PAHO/WHO staff. The aim of the meeting was to recognize individual and collective commitment and development and the promotion of effective exchanges with users and the national and international…
Port of Spain, 13 December 2023 (PAHO/WHO) – Dr. Gabriel Vivas Francesconi, the newly appointed PAHO/WHO Representative for Trinidad and Tobago, Aruba, Curacao, Saint Maarten, Bonnaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, made a visit to the Minister of Health of Trinidad and Tobago, the Honourable Terrence Deyalsingh.
Accompanying Dr. Vivas were Ms.…
Montevideo, December 13, 2023. The Vice Minister of Health of the Dominican Republic, Dr. Eladio Pérez, and the special advisor to the country's Ministry of Health, Dr. Eddy Pérez Then, visited the Latin American Center for Perinatalogy - Women's and Reproductive Health (CLP/WR) and held a meeting with the center's director and advisors.…
Montevideo, December 11, 2023. Within the framework of the Regional Forum: Alliance for Primary Health Care in the Americas, held in Montevideo, Uruguay, December 4-6, the Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, visited the Latin American Center for Perinatology - Women's and Reproductive Health (CLP/WR).…
Bridgetown, Barbados, 7 December 2023 (PAHO) - On 1 December, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) announced the passing of PAHO Director Emeritus Dr. Carissa F. Etienne.
Shortly thereafter, PAHO was made aware of misinformation circulating in the Caribbean, via WhatsApp voice message, attributing her cause of death to the COVID-19…
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) supports Haiti's Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP) in helping internally displaced persons in sitesPort-au-Prince, December 05, 2023 - In the face of increasing internal displacement and the threat of cholera, the impact on the mental health of displaced individuals has become a major issue in…