Bridgetown, Barbados, 7 June 2021 (PAHO / WHO) - The Caribbean subregional program coordination office of the Pan American health Organization recently welcomed Mr. Dean Chambliss to the post of Subregional Program Director (CRB).
He replaces the Subregional Program Coordinator, Mrs Jessie Schutt-Aine, who led the office from 2015. Mr Chambliss…
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 7 June, 2021 (PANAFTOSA/VPH-PAHO/WHO) – The theme of this year’s World Food Safety Day is: “Safe food today for a healthy tomorrow”. Its main objective is to promote actions to help prevent, detect and manage foodborne risks. This is a special day to acknowledge the work of different actors in the food chain who are devoted…
Georgetown, Guyana, 1 June 2021 (PAHO) -- The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) Guyana hosted a ceremony that celebrated the donation of COVID-19 medical and non-medical supplies and equipment procured with financial support from the Canadian government’s Caribbean Disaster Risk Management Programme-Health…
The idea of creating a referential database of health legislation dates back to 1987, when the Latin American and Caribbean Center for Health Sciences Information (BIREME/PAHO/WHO), in coordination with the Health Systems and Services Unit (HSS) of PAHO/WHO, published the regional thematic database – LEYES – operated in a network coordinated by…
Bridgetown, Barbados, May 28, 2021 (PAHO) – Saint Lucia’s Ministry of Health and Wellness has won a 2021 World No-Tobacco Day Award in the Americas from the World Health Organization (WHO). The Ministry of Health, one of six winners of the award in the Americas, received the recognition for achieving key advances in tobacco control efforts.
“The…
Montevideo, May 27, 2021 (CLAP/PAHO)- In order to support training in the area of maternal health, the Latin American Center for Perinatology (CLAP) of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the University of Chile offer the Competency-Based Education course through their Virtual Campus for Public Health.
The self-learning course, which…
Georgetown, 25 May 2021 (PAHO/WHO) - In wake of Mental Health Awareness Month, the Ministry of Health, Adolescent Health Unit in collaboration with PAHO/WHO, today hosted a session on the importance of Self Care with adolescents of the Amerindian Student Dormitory, Liliendaal.
In keeping with the mandate of the Adolescent School Health Club…
On 26 April a team from the Ministry of Health and PAHO/WHO CO visited Annai from the 27-29 April 2021, to conducted sensitization sessions with the adolescents in the community. Two sensitization sessions were conducted with adolescent residence of Annai. The total number of participants were 97, and the sessions were conducted separately…
PAHO/WHO launched the WHO pilot Initiative: “Strengthening Civil Society Engagements in the COVID-19 Response.” This is the first of its kind and Guyana was selected as one of the countries to implement this project.
PAHO/WHO Guyana Country Office is pleased to partner with two prominent Civil Society Organizations (CSOs); the Guyana Responsible…