Washington, D.C., September 27, 2017 (PAHO/WHO) -- Dr. Carissa F. Etienne was re-elected today for a second five-year term as Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) by the Member States of the organization.
Ministers of health meeting at the 29th Pan American Sanitary Conference voted unanimously to re-elect…
Washington, DC, September 27, 2017 (PAHO / WHO) - Ministers of Health at the 29th Pan American Sanitary Conference of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) agreed on a new health agenda to combat diseases and attain universal health by 2030, as well as actions to strengthen tobacco control, maintain the elimination of measles and rubella,…
Washington, D.C., 27 September 2017 (PAHO/WHO) -Health leaders from throughout the Americas have endorsed an ambitious and wide-ranging agenda for fighting diseases and making their countries' health systems universal and sustainable by the year 2030.
The Sustainable Health Agenda for the Americas 2030 (SHAA2030)-which takes inspiration from the…
The group will become part of the international list of emergency medical teams that can be deployed quickly when requested by countries affected by disasters or emergencies.Washington, DC, September 26, 2017 (PAHO/WHO) - The emergency medical team of the Ministry of Public Health of Ecuador is the second in the Americas region to receive…
Indigenous, Roma, Afro-descendant and members of other ethnic groups face greater challenges to their health, resulting in higher rates of mortality and morbidity than the general population.
Washington, DC, September 26, 2017 (PAHO/WHO)—Ministers of health from the countries of the Americas committed to combat the barriers to health faced by…
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…