New PAHO report ‘Health in the Americas+ 2017' shows improvements in health but highlights new challenges related to emerging and noncommunicable diseases.
Washington, D.C., 26 September 2017 (PAHO/WHO)-The population of the Americas has gained 16 years in life expectancy on average in the last 45 years, and a person who is born in the hemisphere…
The initiative seeks to mobilize cities and populations to protect health and the planet from the effects of air pollution, responsible for 1 in 9 deaths worldwide.
Washington, DC, September 25, 2017 (PAHO / WHO) - The exhibit BreatheLife: Clean air, healthy future, which seeks to mobilize cities and individuals to protect health and the planet…
Washington, D.C., 25 September 2017 (PAHO/WHO) - In a key accountability report presented today, the Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, highlighted major health progress and challenges in the Americas during 2013-2017 and the role of PAHO's technical cooperation in those developments.
"There have been…
Washington, Sept. 21, 2017 (PAHO/WHO) - The Pan American Health Organization's Disaster Task Force is now dealing with the aftermath of two high magnitude earthquakes in Mexico and two category 5 hurricanes in the Caribbean, working to support health authorities in affected countries in dealing with the health aspects of the emergencies.
An…
Ministers of Health from throughout the Americas will meet next week…
Washington, D.C., September 21, 2017 (PAHO/UNICEF) — The Region of the Americas has eliminated maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT), a disease that used to be responsible for the deaths of more than 10,000 newborns every year in the Americas.
The elimination of the disease was declared this year in Haiti, which made it possible to reach the…
Washington, Sept. 19, 2017 (PAHO/WHO)- Countries in the Caribbean continue implementing critical health response actions with support from the Pan American Health Organization, which is deploying Regional Response Teams and shipping medical and humanitarian supplies to islands affected by Hurricanes Maria and Irma. Heavy rain and wind continue to…
Governments are making limited progress, so more action is needed to address NCDs and main risk factors to meet global targets to reduce premature deaths
18 September, 2017 - Geneva/New York: Governments must step up efforts to control noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) to meet globally agreed targets, including preventing the premature deaths…
Washington, DC, September 14, 2017 (PAHO / WHO) - The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO),…