Treating hepatitis C could reduce the risk of developing liver cancer by 75%, yet only 14% of those with the virus in Latin America and the Caribbean are diagnosed and less than 1% receive treatment due to its high cost. PAHO has negotiated lower prices for the Region for hepatitis diagnostics and medicines but few countries make the most of this.…
Asuncion/Washington D.C 25 July 2018 (PAHO/WHO) - The Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) signed a technical cooperation agreement today with ITAIPU Binational, an energy company managed by the governments of Brazil and Paraguay. The agreement seeks to strengthen healthcare systems along the triple frontier.…
Washington, D.C., July 25, 2018 (PAHO/Yale/GW) - A new course developed by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the George Washington University's Milken Institute School of Public Health, and the Yale School of Public Health, with financing from the Government of Canada, aims to improve nutrition programs in Latin America and the…
Following its elimination in four of the six affected countries in Latin America, all that is left to be done is to eradicate the disease from the border of Brazil and Venezuela, a hard-to-reach area inhabited by the Yanomami community.
Washington, DC, 24 July 2018 (PAHO/WHO) - Onchocerciasis or "river blindness" is a parasitic disease that…
According to the latest epidemiological update from PAHO, there have been 2472 confirmed cases of measles in eleven countries in the region so far this year. PAHO continues to recommend…
Marcela Cuadrado began to work at the public polyclinic in the Uruguayan town of San Bautista in 2005, the year that discussion began on reforming the Integrated…This week, the Protocol, which has already been ratified by six Latin American countries, reached the 40 Parties required for its entry into force. A further tobacco control milestone was reached on 28 June, when the World Trade Organization (WTO) backed Australia's tobacco packaging law, a move which should encourage other countries to advance…
Experts and officials from eight Latin American countries have met in Buenos…Washington, DC, June 22, 2018 (PAHO / WHO) - The Executive Committee of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) concluded its 162nd session on 21 June, following discussions and deliberations on a variety of strategies, action plans and policies to address a number of key health challenges in the region.Issues that were advanced during the…