Port Antonio, Portland, Jamaica, 17 February 2023 (PAHO) – As part of the ‘Smart’ or Strengthening Health Care Facilities in the Caribbean Project, the upgraded Port Antonio Health Centre was officially handed over to the Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOHW) after the retrofitting of the health facility was completed in 2022 by the contractor…
Buenos Aires, 15 February 2023 (PAHO) — A mission of delegates from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the World Health Organization (WHO), and the Medicines Patent Pool visited Argentina and met with national health authorities and the biopharmaceutical company Sinergium Biotech to continue advancing the transfer of technology to…
Castries, St. Lucia, 13 February 2023 (PAHO) - Citizens of St. Lucia will benefit from improved health administration thanks to a mission hosted on-island last week.
Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) officials led the one-week health mission which focused on data management as it relates to viruses carried by insects (Arthropod-Borne…
Basseterre, St Kitts and Nevis, 10 February 2023 (PAHO) - Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) represent the major health burden in St. Kitts and Nevis. Mortality resulting from heart disease, stroke, cancer, and complications of diabetes accounts for almost 60% of the total deaths occurring in the Federation.
The achievement of sustainable…
Montevideo, February 10, 2023. Recently, the article "The role of gender inequality and health expenditure on the coverage of demand for family planning satisfied by modern contraceptives: a multilevel analysis of cross-sectional studies in 14 LAC countries" was published in Lancet for the Americas with technical contributions from the Latin…
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…