Outgoing PAHO/WHO Representative Dr. Karen Lewis-Bell was presented with a certificate of appreciation by the Minister of Health Suriname Dr. Amar Ramadhin
Suriname, January 27, 2023 (PAHO) – The Minister of Health in Suriname, Dr Amar Ramadhin, met with outgoing PAHO/WHO Representative Suriname Dr. Karen Lewis-Bell to discuss the technical…
February 10, 2023 (PAHO) – During 2021, as part of the virtual sessions on Best Practices in the Editorial Processes of Scientific Journals for LILACS, a pilot study was developed with journal editors with the following objectives:
Talk to journal editors about the implementation of Good Practices in the Editorial Processes of Scientific…
Belize City, Belize, February 9, 2023 (PAHO) – Dr. Karen Lewis-Bell was appointed and officially took over as the new Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) Representative for Belize.
A national of Jamaica, Dr. Karen Lewis-Bell, is a champion for working in the international health sector. With a Master’s…
Bridgetown, Barbados, 7 February 2023 (PAHO/WHO) - In response to the fact that almost half of mental health issues in the Americas begin during childhood, PAHO/WHO has launched an innovative tool for primary school educators. The handbook is titled, “Promoting Wellbeing and Mental Health in Schools”.
The Handbook is a self-learning…
Bogotá, 8 February 2023. In response to a request from the President of the Republic, Gustavo Petro Urrego, a Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) mission provided technical support for discussions of the proposal to reform the health system in Colombia, as part of continued technical cooperation on this subject…
PAHO/WHO Nutrition & Social Marketing for the risk factors unit and NCDs Consultant Maria Bustamente, PAHO/WHO Country Consultant Suriname Joanna Baank, PAHO/WHO Suriname Technical Officer Dr. Wendy Emanuelson-Telgt, PAHO/WHO Regional Consultant Ana Larranãga, PAHO/WHO Regional Consultant Carolina Mejia Toro, PAHO/WHO SDH Health Promotion and…
Belmopan, Belize, February 07, 2023 (PAHO) – To strengthen Belize’s overall health sector, the United States Government (USG) funded $1,292,310.39USD implemented by the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) for numerous health initiatives, cold chain equipment and the COVID-19 response supporting the Ministry of…
Bogotá, Colombia, 28 January 2023 (OPS/OMS)- A course developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), in collaboration with the Universidad de Los Andes, in Bogota, Colombia, was held from 17-28 January to teach journalists and communicators about how to approach the issue of non-communicable…
The process of evaluating and selecting journals from Brazil for the Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences (LILACS) database is carried out annually, an activity in the context of Term of Cooperation 93 (TC93), between the Pan -American Health Organization and the Ministry of Health of Brazil for the development and…