Belize City, Belize, March 29, 2021 (PAHO) – Although Belize’s land borders remain closed, it is key for the country’s points of entry to be prepared to prevent, control and provide proper public health response for when the land borders reopen. Through funding from the Government of Canada, the Pan American Health Organization/World Health…
Bridgetown, Barbados, 25 March 2021 (PAHO / WHO) - The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) and the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) have joined the University of the West Indies (UWI ) and the Caribbean Community Climate Change Center (CCCCC), as the latest agencies…
São Paulo, 24 March 2021 (PAHO/WHO) - PAHO/WHO, through the Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information, which is part of the Department of Evidence and Intelligence for Action in Health (BIREME/EIH) and the PAHO offices in Brazil, El Salvador, Guatemala and Peru, invites to participate virtually at the launch of the e-…
Bridgetown, Barbados, 23 March 2021 (PAHO) - The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered social stigma and discriminatory behavior against persons who have contracted the COVID-19 virus, those who have been in contact with such persons, as well as any person who has been perceived to have come in contact with the virus.
This negative association…
Bridgetown, Barbados, March 23, 2021 (PAHO / WHO) - To assist country officials to better understand the concerns, attitudes and intended practices of Caribbean health care workers regarding COVID-19 vaccines, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) subregional Caribbean office has launched a survey which will inform a targeted regional…
Bridgetown, Barbados, 23 March, 2021 – A Cayman Islands-based journalist who wrote an article examining the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of teenagers, has won the PAHO/CDB/CBU Award “Celebrating Responsible Coverage of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support During COVID-19”.
Daphne Ewing-Chow was adjudged winner in…
During a Handover Ceremony at the Ministry of Health, officials of the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), Ministry of Health and Public Hospital Authority received a donation of 1,020 COVID-19 tests in a continued response to the pandemic. The test kits were secured via a Grant from the Canadian Government.
In…
On Friday 19 March 2021, approximately one hundred and ninety (190) persons tuned in to the webinar on the clinical management of COVID-19 in health facilities and the community.
Hosted by the PAHO/WHO Office for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean Countries, it was conducted on the backdrop of an increasing number of severe COVID-19 cases…
El Alto, Bolivia, 21 March 2021 (PAHO/WHO/UNICEF) - Bolivia today received 228,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines through the COVAX Facility, a global effort involving the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (Gavi), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the Pan American…