Brasília, 22 April 2019 (PAHO/WHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has launched in Brazil the 17th edition of Vaccination Week in the Americas, under the theme “Protect your community. Do your part”. The initiative is celebrated between April 20 and 27 with the participation of 45 countries and territories in the Region. This is the…
New WHO guidelines on physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep for children under 5 years of age
24 April 2019 | GENEVA: Children under five must spend less time sitting watching screens, or restrained in prams and seats, get better quality sleep and have more time for active play if they are to grow up healthy, according to new…
Washington, DC, 18 April 2019 (PAHO/WHO)- Vaccination Week in the Americas, which is celebrated from April 20-27, is a call to protect the community, with the goal of immunizing 70 million people against vaccine preventable diseases. The initiative, which has been promoted since 2003 by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), aims to…
In a new report, experts emphasize the need to guarantee the right to health and recommend transforming health systems based on primary care and ensuring effective funding.
Mexico City, 9 April 2019 (PAHO) – A report outlining ten recommendations on how countries can ensure that all people have access to health in the Region of the Americas was…
This year’s campaign calls for all people to receive integrated, quality health care at the heart of the community. On April 9, PAHO will present a report in Mexico with recommendations on achieving universal health.…
Washington D.C. / Seattle, WA, April 2, 2019 (PAHO/PATH)—A new report from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and PATH, Immunization Data: Evidence for Action (IDEA), has launched to provide the immunization community with clear, proven strategies for improving the quality and use of immunization data.
While advances in information…
3 APRIL 2019| Geneva | New York – One in four health care facilities around the world lacks basic water services, impacting over 2 billion people, according to a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (JMP).
The WHO/UNICEF JMP report, WASH in…
The Project, coordinated by PAHO, has been running since 2017 in Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay to strengthen health services for women and children and avoid maternal mortality
Nanawa, Paraguay, 25 March 2019 (PAHO/WHO) - Strengthening the care of mothers and children and improving response to obstetric emergencies in the South American Chaco,…
On World Tuberculosis Day, PAHO calls for universal access to treatment, early diagnosis, and sustainable funding for TB programs. Around 282 thousand people live with tuberculosis in the Americas.…