Montevideo, 04/09/2020– On September 3, the World Health Organization (WHO) presented the goals of Every Newborn Action Plan 2025 of the "All Newborn" Action Plan at a webinar. The four goals to eliminate preventable newborn and stillbirth death’s by 2025 are that 90 % of mothers have four or more antenatal visits, 90 % of births are…
Since its launch in November 2019, almost 10,000 professionals from 74 countries around the world have enrolled in the maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response (MPDSR) course. Now, for easy access, PAHO also offers the possibility of attending the course offline, downloading the materials without having to see them with a permanent…
The Latin American and Caribbean Center for Health Sciences Information (BIREME) held an online Ad Hoc Session on August 28 to welcome new members of its Scientific Committee (SC), which together with the Advisory Committee (AC), conforms the Governance Committees of the Center, as established in the Statute of its institutional framework.
The…
Washington, D.C., August 28, 2020 (PAHO) — Artists from 10 Latin American countries gather this weekend to design creative pieces intended to support the Pan American Health Organization's public health campaigns against the COVID-19 pandemic.
The "Hackathon of images against Covid-19" consists of two virtual days of creative work by more…
Another successful event in the series of webinars to strengthen the Health Information Networks – BiblioSUS and VHL Brazil – took place on August 27 and was attended by 90 participants. There were three presentations that highlighted different points of view and experiences on the theme: “The Network’s role as a disseminator and intermediary of…
Citizens of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) are better equipped to manage the challenges presented by COVID-19 and the hurricane season.
Bridgetown, Barbados, 21 August 2020 (PAHO/WHO) - On August 20th, the BVI/PAHO Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) Project was officially launched, as well as the COVID-19 and Disaster Mental Health…
Washington, D.C., August 21, 2020 (PAHO)—The Pan American Health Organization is asking countries in the Americas to step up efforts to ensure access to prenatal care services for pregnant women due to recent studies that show an increased risk of severe forms of COVID-19.
In a new Epidemiological Alert, PAHO notes, “Recently published results…
“Through HEARTS we propose to improve the health of a cohort of patients with Cardiovascular and other Non-Communicable Disease in St Lucia”.
These were the sentiments echoed by the Chief Medical Officer, Dr Sharon Belmar-George at the Webinar hosted by the PAHO Barbados and Eastern Caribbean Offices on July 7, 2020.
The HEARTS…
Bridgetown, Barbados, 12 August 2020 (PAHO/WHO) — Since 1999, International Youth Day is celebrated on the 12th of August. It gives an opportunity to celebrate and mainstream young peoples’ voices, actions, and initiatives, as well as their meaningful engagement in enriching national institutions and processes.
This year the theme…