Georgetown, Guyana 9 November 2023- Within the next five years, the Ministry of Health, Government Analyst, Food and Drugs Department will be well equipped to identify antimicrobials in food-producing animals, which plays a crucial role in selecting and spreading resistant bacteria. It is estimated that one in five human infections with resistant…
Between November 13 and 16, in São Paulo, BIREME brings together the VHL Network in Latin America and the Caribbean to discuss the renewal of the VHL Model in line with the new "Information for Action in Health" Strategy.
São Paulo, November 8, 2023 (BIREME/PAHO/WHO) - Members of the Latin American and Caribbean Health Information Network,…
Belize City, Belize, November 06, 2023 (PAHO) – To strengthen Belize’s emergency and critical care system, the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Wellness (MoHW) hosted a two-day hands-on training for 27…
Cockburn Town, Turks and Caicos Islands - 31 Oct. 2023 - Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI/TCA) was awarded the Henry C Smith Immunization Award for improvements achieved in vaccination rates for children under the age of 5 years at the 37th Meeting of Caribbean Immunization Managers Meeting in Belize City, Belize on 31 October 2023
The Henry C Smith…
Belize City, Belize, 3 November 2023 (PAHO/WHO) – At the end of the 37th Meeting of Caribbean Immunization managers held from 30-31 October, Belize emerged as the winner of the surveillance award presented by the Pan American Health Organization. Taking second and third place respectively, was Guyana and Barbados and the Henry Smith Award…
Bridgetown, Barbados, 2 November 2023 (PAHO/WH0) - Over 60 delegates from 10 CARICOM Member States, as well as representatives from global and regional partner organisations, have convened in Barbados from 30 October - 3 November to highlight the potential of legal and taxation policies as effective tools in the prevention and control of NCDs.…
Bridgetown, Barbados, 2 November 2023 (PAHO/WHO) As the Latin America and Caribbean region grapples with the second-highest adolescent fertility rates worldwide, the Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Week, commemorated from October 16-20, 2023, emerged as a beacon of hope and action. This year, in association with key partners like the United…
PAHO/WHO, MOHW hosts Shave the Shame webinar with the Bahamas Cosmetologists and Barbers Association
Nassau, The Bahamas -1 November 2023 (PAHO)
The Shave the Shame Webinar was facilitated by the PAHO/WHO Country Office for The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands, the Ministry of Health and Wellness, the Bahamas Cosmetologists and Barber Association, the Bahamas Psychologists Association, and the Healthy Bahamas Coalition. The aim of the event…
Belize City, Belize, October 30, 2023 (PAHO) – Immunization managers from across the Caribbean region will gather to strengthen the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) as the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Belize hosts the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) 37th annual meeting of the Caribbean Immunization…