Brasilia, Brazil, 17 June 2025 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director, Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, has called for joint efforts and new partnerships to address the priorities outlined in the BRICS health agenda, including innovation, equity, food systems for healthy diets, and pandemic preparedness.“The BRICS countries are not only…
With support from the Pandemic Fund and in collaboration with PAHO/WHO, FAO, and the World Bank, six countries unite to build more resilient health systemsWashington, DC, 13 June 2025 (PAHO/WHO)- A landmark initiative to boost pandemic preparedness and response in the Eastern Caribbean was officially launched this week in Castries, Saint Lucia,…
Washington, D.C., June 12, 2025 (PAHO) – Ahead of World Blood Donor Day, observed on June 14, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) has released new data showing progress in voluntary blood donation across the Americas. However, key challenges remain to achieving 100% voluntary donations.The preliminary report, Access to Blood for…
June 6, 2025 (PANAFTOSA/VPH-PAHO/WHO) – Bolivia and Brazil have been officially recognized as countries free of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) without the use of vaccination. The announcement was made during the 92nd General Session of the World Assembly of Delegates of the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), held in Paris during the last…
Washington, D.C., 27 May 2025 (PAHO) - Nine countries in the Region of the Americas recently reported on what they achieved during the second year of the Initiative for Trachoma Elimination in the Americas, a partnership between the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Government of Canada. The Second Annual Meeting of the Initiative,…
Washington, D.C., June 4, 2025 (PAHO) — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) recently issued an alert in response to rising pertussis (whooping cough) cases in the Region of the Americas. PAHO calls on countries to strengthen epidemiological surveillance, monitor childhood vaccination coverage closely, and take immediate steps to close…
Washington, D.C., 2 June 2025 (PAHO) – With the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season underway, running from June 1 to November 30, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is urging countries to review contingency plans and activate preventive measures to prepare health systems for potential hurricanes, storms, floods, and other extreme weather…
Geneva, 30 May 2025 – On World No Tobacco Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) today launches a new publication and calls on governments to urgently ban all flavours in tobacco and nicotine products, including cigarettes, pouches, hookahs and e-cigarettes to protect youth from addiction and disease.Flavours like menthol, bubble gum…
Geneva, 28 May 2025 – The Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly (WHA78), the annual meeting of World Health Organization’s (WHO) Member States, came to a close Tuesday, as health leaders lauded vast accomplishments and global solidarity.The Assembly, WHO’s highest decision-making body, convened from 19 May to 27 May, under the theme “One…