Geneva, 25 May 2016 (PAHO/WHO) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Member States approved a plan for emergency response reform that establishes a new Health Emergencies Program. This program adds operational capabilities for outbreaks and humanitarian emergencies that are complemented by the traditional technical and normative roles of the…
Geneva, 25 May 2016 (PAHO/WHO) - At a plenary session of the 69th World Health Assembly, ministers and delegates from the countries of the Americas addressed the health-related aspects of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In their presentations, the speakers covered subjects ranging from the management of outbreaks of the Zika virus and…
In recognition of the International Day of Action for Women´s…
Placing women, children, and adolescents at the center of actions is essential to achieving the SDGs
Geneva, 25 May 2016 (OPS-WHO) - Experts from United Nations agencies and representatives from Uruguay, Canada, and other countries met at a technical briefing on the implementation of the Global Strategy for Women's, Children's, and Adolescent Health (2016-2030), held within the framework of the 69th World Health Assembly. British physician David…
Geneva, 24 May 2016 (PAHO/WHO) - On its second day of sessions, the 69th World Health Assembly focused on climate change and health, as well as on the road to achieving the health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the need for multisectoral action to achieve them.
The invited speaker at the World Health Assembly, Christiana…
Geneva, 24 May 2016 (PAHO/WHO)- Grenada was appointed to the vice-presidency of Committee A, which debates technical and health matters at the 69th World Health Assembly, this week in Geneva, Switzerland. The Minister of Health and Social Security of Grenada, Nickolas Steele, will hold the position.
At Committee A meetings, resolutions are…
Geneva, 24 May 2016 (PAHO/WHO).- Brazil, Canada, Chile, Mexico, the United States, and countries of other world regions, together with the British chef Jamie Oliver, shared their successful experiences in combating childhood obesity and malnutrition.
Nearly 800 million people worldwide are chronically undernourished and more than two billion have…
Geneva, 23 May 2016 (PAHO/WHO) - With words of celebration, warning and hope, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Margaret Chan, opened the 69th World Health Assembly yesterday.Dr. Chan celebrated recent progress in global public health, particularly in the fight against HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and polio, as…
Geneva, 23 May 2016 (PAHO/WHO)— In his address to the 69th World Health Assembly, the Minister of Health of Brazil, Ricardo Barros, announced that potential developmental consequences in children whose mothers have been infected by the Zika virus will be investigated.
"We offer comprehensive care to children born with microcephaly and will follow…