Geneva, 24 May 2018 (PAHO/WHO)- Delegates from the countries that are participating in the 71st World Health Assembly reached agreements on issues such as noncommunicable diseases and tuberculosis, two diseases that will be addressed at the United Nations High-Level Meeting in September of this year.
Representatives of the Member…
Washington, D.C., 25 May, 2018 (PAHO / WHO) - The President of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, Dr. Tabaré Vázquez, is to be honored with the WHO Director-General's Special Recognition Award for World No Tobacco Day, the only Special Recognition to be given this year.Dr. Vázquez was selected for the award in acknowledgement of his achievements…
Geneva, 23 May 2018 (PAHO/WHO) - With the mission of discussing how to achieve health for all with a commitment to universal coverage, ministers and delegates from the countries of the Americas continued to share their experiences at the plenary meeting of the 71st World Health Assembly.
Health authorities from the Region shared their experiences…
Geneva, 23 May 2018 (PAHO/WHO)- The plenary meeting of the 71st World Health Assembly was the setting where health authorities from the Region of the Americas used words and concrete examples to define what "Health for all: Commit to universal health coverage" means.
Nearly 30 delegations from the Americas took the floor at the plenary meeting…
Geneva, 23 May 2018 (PAHO/WHO) - Delivering on an intense agenda, the representatives of the countries participating in the 71st World Health Assembly received a report on the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and an independent report on the WHO health emergencies programme, and discussed health conditions in the occupied…
Geneva, 21 May 2018 (PAHO/WHO) - The 71st World Health Assembly opened today in Switzerland, with a full agenda and a commemoration of the 70 years the World Health Organization (WHO) has been in existence.
In his plenary opening speech, the Director-General of WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, highlighted WHO's new General Programme of Work for…
Geneva, 21 May 2018 (PAHO/WHO) -Carissa F. Etienne, Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), presented the main issues for discussion at the World Health Assembly to delegations from the countries of the Americas. She stressed the active role the Region plays and called on Member States to continue their work.
In her meeting with…
Geneva, 21 May 2018 (PAHO/WHO) - Ministers and delegates from the Region of the Americas began sharing their views on how to achieve "Health for all: commit to universal health coverage," the theme of general debate at the plenary meeting of the 71st World Health Assembly.
The region's health ministers explained the measures they have taken to…
Geneva 20 May 2018 (PAHO/WHO) - The former president of Chile, Michelle Bachelet has become the new Chair of the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health of the World Health Organization (WHO), the day prior to the opening of the 71st World Health Assembly in Switzerland.
Bachelet replaced Graça Machel, widow of South African leader…