Nadir Cardozo proudly displays her ID card. Nadir is a transgender woman, and since Argentina passed the Gender Identity Law in 2012, she and others have had the right to have their personal documents issued with the name and gender of their choice. This measure has enabled many women like Nadir, who once shied away from visiting a health center…
Port-au-Prince, 10 April 2018 (PAHO/WHO) - In the coming weeks, more than 2.3 million Haitian children between the ages of 1 and 14 are expected to be vaccinated against diphtheria, a bacterial infection that causes throat inflammation and difficulty breathing and that in severe cases can lead to death.
The diphtheria vaccination campaign was…
At a special World Health Day event, PAHO Director Carissa F. Etienne and former president of Chile Michelle Bachelet urged collective action to ensure that all people, everywhere, have access to health
Washington, D.C., April 4, 2018 (PAHO / WHO) - On the eve of World Health Day, the Director of the Pan American Health Organization (…
On World Tuberculosis Day, PAHO/WHO invites government, health sector, and civil society leaders and patients to take the necessary action to end this disease, which kills more than 20,000 people each year in the Region.Washington, D.C., March 23, 2018 (PAHO/WHO) -Although significant progress has been made in reducing tuberculosis cases in the…
Maintaining high and homogeneous immunization coverage, strengthening surveillance and quickly responding to suspected cases are some of the suggested measures to maintain measles elimination in the Americas
Washington, DC, 16 March 2018 (PAHO/WHO)- The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) warned that in the…
Brasilia, 23 February 2018 (PAHO/WHO) – Brazil recently received a shipment of 20 million syringes for use with fractional doses of the yellow fever vaccine. The syringes were provided by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) at the request of the country's Ministry of Health. The size of the syringes – 0.1 cm³, or the equivalent of 0.1 mL…
Washington, DC, 7 March 2018 (OPS/OMS) - Advancing universal health coverage and universal access to health in the Americas will be the top priority of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) during the next five years, PAHO Director Carissa F. Etienne told ambassadors and staff of the Organization of American States (OAS) during a Mar. 7…
PAHO Health Emergencies Department has developed an application with questions and answers that will allow you to verify your knowledge in the areas of emergencies and disasters such as the Ecuador Earthquake, Zika, Yellow Fever, LSS/SUMA, International Health Regulations (IHR), Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), Hurricane Matthew and Emergency…
Washington, DC, March 5, 2018 (PAHO / WHO) - Haiti has made progress in strengthening its health systems, in eliminating diseases such as malaria, and in decreasing maternal mortality, among other areas, explained the Minister of Health and Population of that country, Marie Gréta Roy Clément. Challenges remain, however, for which the support of…