Bridgetown, Barbados 16 December 2022 (PAHO/WHO) -The Human Resource for Health (HRH) Commission was recently launched as a collaborative effort between The Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO/WHO) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). This follows a decision made by the 43rd Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) meeting, which…
Belize City, Belize, December 12, 2022 (PAHO/WHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and its Collaborating Center at the University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Nursing recently collaborated with the Ministry of Health and Wellness and partners to strengthen nursing education in Belize.
PAHO’s Subregional Program identified Belize…
Montevideo, December 12, 2022. The Latin American Center for Perinatology - Women's and Reproductive Health (CLAP/WR) is working on a telemedicine pilot project applied to prenatal care in Honduras and Peru. The goal of this initiative is to improve access to and quality of care during pregnancy, detecting danger signs in a timely manner and…
In the context of the BIREME/PAHO/WHO technical cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean in the management of technical and scientific information in health and following the actions to move forward with the initiative of the Caribbean Virtual Health Library (VHL), there were, in early November, training on how to use the FI-Admin tool,…
St John’s, Antigua, 9 December 2022 (PAHO/WHO) - Immunization Mangers from across the Caribbean met in Antigua and Barbuda from December 5-8, under the theme, “Recovering Past Gains” to reflect on the challenges of 2021, to strategize and develop plans to regain their position as a global leader in immunization.
Professor Peter…
In 2022, the 13th Brazilian Congress of Collective Health (in Portuguese), organized by the Brazilian Association of Collective Health – ABRASCO, had the theme ‘Health is democracy: diversity, equity and social justice’ and was held in Salvador, Bahia, on November 19-24, 2022.
PAHO participated in the program of the 13th …
Official handover of the two pick-ups done by PAHO/WHO Health Systems and Services Advisor Dr. Rosmond Adams to the Minister of Health Dr. Amar Ramadhin.
Suriname, December 6, 2022 (PAHO) – Through funding support from the U.S Government, PAHO/WHO donated two Toyota Hilux pick-up trucks to the Ministry of Health (MoH) and the Regional Health…
Belize City, Belize, December 05, 2022 (PAHO) – With more than 200 health conditions linked to alcohol use, the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) joined forces with the Ministry of Health and Wellness (MoHW) to launch the first and free digital health specialist (artificial intelligence (AI)), Pahola, for…
Montevideo, December 5, 2022. In the framework of the celebrations for the 120th anniversary of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), part of the team of the Latin American Center for Perinatology - Women's and Reproductive Health (CLAP/WR) participated in the activity organized by the PAHO Office in Uruguay.
During the event, which…