Suriname, June 19, 2023 (PAHO/WHO) – The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) Representative in Suriname, Dr. Lilian Reneau-Vernon recently engaged in a productive meeting with Marciano Dasai, the newly appointed Minister of Spatial Planning and the Environment. The meeting was also attended by representatives from…
São Paulo, June 18, 2023. The 9th Session of the Scientific Committee (SC) of the Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information (BIREME/PAHO/WHO) was held virtually on May 24, 2023, with the aim of presenting the 2023-2025 BIREME Strategy to the committee “Towards Information Industry 4.0”; and thus, obtaining the…
Montevideo, June 16, 2023. The difficulty in measuring maternal mortality is internationally recognised and is due to both under-reporting of deaths in national death information systems and misreporting (misclassification) of causes of death.
Most maternal deaths are preventable. Having reliable information on the number and causes of…
Montevideo, June 15, 2023. Of every 10 babies born, 1 is preterm – and every 40 seconds, 1 of those babies dies. Preterm birth rates have not changed in the past decade in any region of the world. The impacts of conflict, climate change, COVID-19 are increasing risks for women and babies everywhere.
These are some of the data…
Bridgetown, Barbados, 14 June 2023 (PAHO/WHO) - Director of the Pan American Health Organization, Dr Jarbas Barbosa, today met with the Principal of the University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus, Professor Clive Landis, as well as several members of staff of the Faculty of Medical Sciences, the George Alleyne Chronic Disease Research…
The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) Country Office of The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands welcomed international PAHO/WHO Consultants, Mrs. Kathryn Johnston, and Mr. German Esparza to assist The Bahamas Ministry of Health and Wellness in developing its National Infection Prevention and Control Programme…
Bridgetown, Barbados, 14 June 2023 (PAHO/WHO) - While in Barbados to attend the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Ministerial Conference on Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) and Mental Health, Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr Jarbas Barbosa, today met with the President of the Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC),…
Suriname, June 13, 2023 (PAHO/WHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is pleased to announce the successful handover of a generous donation to the Medical Mission in Suriname. This donation, made possible through funds provided by the Canadian Government, aimed to bolster the access and provision of COVID-19 vaccines to communities in…
São Paulo, June 13, 2023. Organizations generally employ large amounts of financial and human resources to inform the target audience, whether consumers of products and/or services, about what they produce and to whom their tangible or intangible goods are aimed. The motto “it pays to advertise” expresses in a brief and precise way the concept…