Virtual Campus of Public Health has nine courses and more than 60 open and free webinars to strengthen capacities of health workers on the novel coronavirus
Washington, DC, September 1, 2020 (PAHO) - Nine virtual courses and more than 60 webinars in Spanish and English on different aspects of COVID-19 are being offered free of charge through the…
Washington, D.C., August 28, 2020 (PAHO)—The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Carissa F. Etienne, yesterday invited the PROSUR block of South American presidents to work together on access to vaccines for COVID-19.
“We believe that your support and participation in the COVAX Initiative will provide the best opportunity to…
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…
As Covid-19 infections double, smart local measures needed to slow its spread
Washington D.C., August 25, 2020 (PAHO) – As cases of COVID-19 have more than doubled in the region of the Americas in the past weeks, reinforcing contact tracing and data management are key when many countries are reopening their activities.
The number of…
The Americas´ last reported case of polio from wild poliovirus was in 1991
Washington, DC, 25 August 2020 (PAHO/WHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) celebrates the certification today that 47 countries of the WHO African region are now free of polio, following four years without a case. With this achievement, five out of six…
A cadre of nursing students and teachers are better equipped to face the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bridgetown, 25 August 2020 (PAHO/WHO) - The nursing students and teachers of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Community College – Division of Nursing Education, who were joined by representatives from the Ministry of Health, learned how to effectively…
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…
Washington, D.C., August 19, 2020 (PAHO) -- World Humanitarian Day is being observed today to honor humanitarian workers, who help millions of people affected by natural disasters or armed conflicts around the world, particularly the most vulnerable populations, even in the midst of the global pandemic of COVID-19.
The Pan American Health…
Washington, D.C. August 18, 2020 (PAHO) – Countries in the Americas should expand and invest in mental health services to cope with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Pan American Health Organization Director Carissa F. Etienne said today.
“The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a mental health crisis in our region at a scale we’ve never seen before…