Washington, DC, June 15, 2018 (PAHO/WHO) -Tests carried out by the specialized global laboratory for genetic sequencing have ruled out the presence of both wild poliovirus and vaccine-derived poliovirus (VDPV). The latter- VDPV- is a Sabin virus with genetic mutations that give it the ability to produce the disease. There is no risk of spread to…
Caracas, 15 de June de 2018 (OPS / OMS)- Halting the transmission of measles and diphtheria, reducing malaria outbreaks and ensuring access to priority medicines were just some of the central topics during the visit of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director, Carissa F. Etienne, to Venezuela from 12 to 15 June 2018. There, Etienne met…
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, June 13, 2018 - The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) have signed an agreement to enhance capacity for mental health and psychosocial support in disaster management in the Caribbean.
"Despite the high vulnerability of the Region to these types of events, too often we have…
The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Carissa F. Etienne, has arrived in Venezuela to meet with health authorities to discuss the country's plans to respond to the recent outbreaks of measles, diphtheria and malaria, as well as to evaluate the current state of the country's health system and access to medicines.
Caracas, 13…
Escuintla, Guatemala, 13 June 2018 (PAHO) - It's only 6 in the morning, but 25-year-old Maria is already up after another sleepless night in the Jose Martí shelter in Escuintla. While she wakes up her children; 4-year-old twins and a 1-year-old baby, she tidies their small space and worries about the future that awaits them now that her home…
Washington, D.C., June 12, 2018 (PAHO / WHO) - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) calls for intensified efforts to improve systems based on voluntary unpaid blood donation in order to prevent millions of deaths per year, including from postpartum hemorrhage, road traffic accidents and various forms of cancer.
The theme of this year's…
San José / Geneva, 11 June 2018 - The World Health Organization (WHO) today certified Paraguay as having eliminated malaria, the first country in the Americas to be granted this status since Cuba in 1973."It gives me great pleasure today to certify that Paraguay is officially free of malaria," said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director…
Guatemala City, 6 June 2018 (PAHO/WHO) - A technical team from the Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) joined the country Representative for Guatemala, Dr. Oscar Barreneche, on a visit to health facilities and an emergency shelter on 6 June, to carry out a needs assessment regarding access to clean water,…
Geneva/Washington D.C., 31 May, 2018 (PAHO / WHO) - Tobacco use has declined markedly since 2000, both globally and in the Region of the Americas, but the reduction is insufficient to meet global targets aimed at protecting people from death and suffering from cardiovascular and other non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Currently, over a third…