Washington, D.C., November 11, 2015 (PAHO/WHO) — Persistent inequities across gender, race and socioeconomic groups in the Americas compound every major health challenge facing the region, according to evidence and analysis presented in a new series of articles in the Pan American Journal of Public Health, the peer-reviewed scientific journal of…
Roseau, Dominica, 3 November 2015 (PAHO/WHO) — Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), was presented with her native country's highest award, the Dominica Award of Honour, during a Nov. 3 celebration of Dominica's independence day. The award was presented by President Charles Savarin in recognition of Dr.…
Countries in the Americas have made dramatic progress in reducing…
More than 3.7 billion people under the age of 50 — or 67% of the population…
More than one hundred public health experts and stakeholders gathered today in Rio…
WHO provides technical advice to national authorities in Brazil on matters of public health, and to the…
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the cancer agency of the World Health Organization,…
22 October 2015 | GENEVA - A new WHO report highlights the urgent need to reduce emissions of black carbon, ozone and methane - as well as carbon dioxide — which all contribute to climate change. Black carbon, ozone and methane — frequently described as short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) - not only produce a strong global warming effect, they…
Some 1.25 million people die each year as a result of road traffic crashes,…