In another grave trend, COVID-19 disruption to health services threatens testing and treatment. PAHO and UNAIDS Launch Campaign to Promote HIV Self-Testing
Washington DC, November 30, 2020 (PAHO) - New yearly infections from the HIV virus rose 21% from 2010 through 2019 in Latin America, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said today.…
26 November 2020/ Geneva: Up to 5 million deaths a year could be averted if the global population was more active. At a time when many people are home bound due to COVID-19, new WHO Guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour, launched today, emphasize that everyone, of all ages and abilities, can be physically active and that every…
Advice offered on limiting indoor gatherings, travel, and public events
Washington, D.C., November 25, 2020 (PAHO) – Holiday season gatherings and travel involve risks and people should follow guidance of national and local health authorities to make the holidays as safe as possible during the COVID-19 pandemic, Pan American Health…
Recommendations on closures and restrictions are detailed in a new PAHO publication
Washington D.C., November 24, 2020 (PAHO) – Measures to control COVID-19 can be made more effective by targeting, embracing, and engaging informal workers, migrants and other populations in vulnerable situations, say experts at the Pan American Health…
PAHO calls on governments to sustain progress
Washington D.C., November 23, 2020 (PAHO)—A first-of-its kind analysis of country data on violence against children and adolescents in the Americas reports that while the region has taken important action, serious gaps in prevention and response leave many children behind.
The problem has gained new…
Study presents strategies to provide effective and accessible community-based care for people with mental health conditions.
Washington D.C. November 20, 2020 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) introduced a new publication on the deinstitutionalization of psychiatric care that presents strategies to transform…
Vaccinating 20% of the population in Latin America and the Caribbean is projected to cost over $2 billion
Washington, D.C., November 18, 2020 (PAHO) --Delivering vaccines for COVID-19 “will be challenging and costly “so it is vital that countries start preparing now,” said Jarbas Barbosa, Assistant Director of the Pan American Health Organization…
PAHO supports WHO’s new global strategy and will work with countries and partners in the Americas to eliminate cancer that kills 34,000 regional women each year
Geneva, 17 November 2020 – WHO’s Global Strategy to Accelerate the Elimination of Cervical Cancer, launched today, outlines three key steps: vaccination, screening and treatment…
Washington, D.C., November 16, 2020 (PAHO)-- The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is responding to the passage of Tropical Storm Eta and getting ready for Hurricane Iota in Central America, supporting the countries’ health response and operation of Mobile and Fixed Emergency Medical Teams, to ensure that people in affected areas…