La Habana, 20 October 2016 (PAHO/WHO) - The Director of PAHO/WHO, Carissa F. Etienne, met today with the Minister of Health of Cuba, Roberto Morales Ojeda, and the Secretary of Health of Human Services of the US, Sylvia Mathews Burwell, in a historic moment for both countries.
All three are attending a regional meeting in Havana, Cuba to…
Partnership will support technical cooperation addressing health priorities including tuberculosis, malaria, neglected infectious diseases, maternal and neonatal health, and strengthening of health systems over the next five years.
Washington, D.C., 17 October 2016 (PAHO/WHO) - The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has…
The Pan American Health…12 October 2016, Port au Prince, Haiti (PAHO/WHO)—With more than 1.3 million Haitians affected by Hurricane Matthew, acute diarrheal diseases including cholera threaten parts of the population, and the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) has set up field operations with Haiti's Ministry of Health in Jeremie and…
On World Mental Health Day, October 10, WHO/PAHO launched a year-long campaign with the slogan "Depression: Let's talk"
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New recommendations are aligned with PAHO action plan that…
Washington, October 7, 2016 (PAHO/WHO)-The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) expects an important upsurge in cholera cases in Haiti after Hurricane Matthew, given the context of flooding and the storm's impact on water and sanitation infrastructure, which is still being assessed after Hurricane Matthew struck Haiti.
More than 300 people,…
Commission chaired by Sir Michael Marmot is researching the root…
Washington, D.C., 6 October 2016 (PAHO/WHO) - With damage assessments from Hurricane Matthew still underway in the Caribbean, the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) deployed field teams even before the storm affected areas in Haiti, the Bahamas, Cuba, and Jamaica, and is preparing for a possible cholera upsurge…