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…
Fear and shame were the overriding emotions experienced by Jesus Gomez and Zeneida Rojas every time they left their homes. "When I experienced an episode, I was…
Washington, DC, 29 May 2018 (PAHO/WHO) - The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) has recommended that all those travelling to the 2018 FIFA World Cup ensure that they´re up-to-date with all their vaccinations, including the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine (also known as MMR). The 2018 World Cup will be…
The 71st World Health Assembly wrapped up its sessions today by adopting a number of resolutions on the most relevant public health issues.
Geneva, 26 May 2018 (PAHO/WHO)- The 71st World Health Assembly wrapped up its sessions today by adopting a number of resolutions on the most relevant public health issues.
Delegates from across the globe…
Geneva, 25 May 2018 (PAHO/WHO) - The Pro Palliative Care Unit Foundation of Costa Rica was awarded the World Health Organization's Sasakawa Health Prize at a ceremony held today during the 71st World Health Assembly.
The Foundation's president Lisbeth Quesada Tristán received the award, which consists of US$40,000 and a statuette. The Sasakawa…