They affect primarily people living in extreme poverty and other situations of vulnerability, especially women and children
Washington, D.C., 6 October 2016 (PAHO/WHO) - The new publication Infectious Neglected Diseases: Success Stories and Innovation to Reach the Neediest presents best practices in the countries of the Americas aimed at…
The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) is mobilizing staff to…
Washington, D.C., 30 September 2016 (PAHO/WHO) - Ministers of health from throughout the Americas agreed on a series of actions to improve access to and use of high-cost medicines and health technologies, and to protect the health of migrants, during the 55th Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).
High-cost medicines…
Washington, D.C., 30 September 2016 (PAHO/WHO) - The Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) ended today with the approval of a series of new strategies and plans of action for eliminating HIV/AIDS, malaria and neglected infectious diseases and responding more effectively to Zika and other arboviruses. …
Washington, D.C., 30 September 2016 (PAHO/WHO) - Ministers of health from throughout the Americas agreed on a series of actions to improve access to and use of high-cost medicines and health technologies, to improve patient care and ensure the sustainability of health systems.
The actions, set out in a framework approved by the 55th Directing…
Washington, D.C., 30 September 2016 (PAHO/WHO) - The countries of the Americas met almost all the health targets of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), according to a report presented to the region's health ministers during the 55th Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).
"As the result of 15 years of efforts…
Washington, D.C., 29 September 2016 (PAHO/WHO)- Health authorities from the Americas endorsed a new strategy to control arboviruses, a group of mosquito-transmitted viruses that includes Zika virus as well as dengue, chikungunya, and yellow fever, at the 55th Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).
"Arboviral…
Washington, D.C., 29 September 2016 (PAHO/WHO) - Health leaders at the 55th Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) approved new strategies this week to tackle malaria, arboviruses such as Zika and dengue, and neglected infectious diseases including leprosy and Chagas disease.
Toward malaria elimination
The new Plan of…
Washington, D.C., 29 September 2016 (PAHO/WHO) - Ministers of health and other delegates to the 55th Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) agreed to take action and support investments to reduce disaster risks in the health sector and to make health systems more resilient in the face of disasters, epidemics and other…