A photography contest highlighting efforts to eliminate rabies transmitted by dogs in the Americas was launched this week…
A photography contest highlighting efforts to eliminate rabies transmitted by dogs in the Americas was launched this week…
The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO…
Health advocates throughout the hemisphere are organizing wellness events ranging from health fairs to environmental clean-ups
Washington, D.C., 12 September 2015 (PAHO/WHO) - For the fifth consecutive year, member countries of the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) will celebrate Wellness Week in the Americas…
Washington, D.C., 10 September 2015 (PAHO/WHO) — Nearly 7 in 10 hospitals in Latin America and the Caribbean are located in disaster-prone areas, putting them at risk of becoming casualties themselves during hurricanes, earthquakes or flooding. To ensure that hospitals can continue functioning during disasters and to reduce their environmental…
With the aim of identifying common strategies…Industrially processed food products, sugary drinks and fast foods are displacing more nutritious traditional diets, with alarming health results. Experts say market regulation is needed to reverse the trend in Latin America and worldwide.
Washington, D.C., 1 September 2015 (PAHO/WHO) — Sales of industrially processed food products—including fast…
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the Organization of American States (OAS), and the U.N. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will issue a call to action directed at governments, other inter-American and U.N. agencies, and strategic partners to implement the Inter-American Convention on Protecting the Human…
Ahead of World Humanitarian Day, WHO is drawing attention to continued attacks on…