PAHO teams in support of health authorities and other agencies are working in the British Virgin Islands to reestablish the logistics chain that allows them to receive medical supplies and medicines, as well as store them safely and distribute them between health centers and patients.
Washington, DC, September 14, 2017 (PAHO / WHO) - Pan American…
Washington, D.C., September 13, 2017 (PAHO/WHO) - Countries in the Americas are working to control mosquitos and raise awareness of the diseases they transmit as part of the Pan American Health Organization's (PAHO) Mosquito Awareness Week efforts.
The focus is to provide information and promote community participation in eliminating breeding…
Washington, D.C., 11 September 2017 (PAHO/WHO)-Wellness Week in the Americas was launched today at the headquarters of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) in Washington, D.C., with several activities scheduled across the region. Activities such as a seminar on how to improve well-being by reducing stress and achieving more, as well as…
Washington, D.C,. September 7, 2017 (PAHO/WHO)- Countries in the Caribbean are assessing hurricane damage from Hurricane Irma and deploying sanitary engineers and other experts, with help from the Pan American Health Organization, to support recovery efforts in the most affected islands, even as the hurricane moves to other islands and…
Washington, DC, September 7, 2017 (PAHO/WHO)- The Pan American Health Organization, Regional Office of the World Health Organization for the Americas, (PAHO/WHO) was presented with the Measles and Rubella Initiative Champion Award today for its work on eliminating measles and rubella from the Americas. …
Washington, D.C., Sept. 6, 2017 (PAHO/WHO) - Countries in the Caribbean are deploying staff, activating emergency plans, and warning their citizens to prepare for Hurricane Irma, with assistance from the Pan American Health Organization, which has activated its Disaster Task Force and regional response teams throughout the Caribbean.…
FAO and PAHO have invited countries from across the region to present exemplary experiences that allowed a change in the way that food is…
Washington, D.C, August 24, 2017 (PAHO/WHO) - Increasing numbers of young people in vulnerable farming communities in Central America have developed a severe form of kidney failure of uncertain origin. Now the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has issued detailed recommendations to help countries strengthen or create surveillance…
The series of interventions seek to reduce the number of children born with HIV, syphilis, Chagas disease, or hepatitis B in Latin America and the Caribbean
Washington, D.C., 10 August 2017 (PAHO/WHO) - Every year, an estimated 2,100 children in Latin America and the Caribbean are born with HIV or contract it from their mothers; 22,400 are…