19 February (PAHO/WHO) — The World Health Organization (WHO) is urging affected countries to scale up their investments in the fight against neglected tropical diseases, to improve the health and well-being of more than 1.5 billion people. This investment would represent as little as 0.1% of current domestic expenditure on health in affected low-…
Under a new agreement with the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), the Coimbra Group of Brazilian Universities (GCUB) will promote PAHO/WHO's Policy on Research for Health through a series of activities designed to strengthen cooperation and exchange of knowledge related to research on human development, health,…
A new manual for healthcare providers, Early Diagnosis of Childhood Cancer, has been…
PAHO/WHO urges stepped-up surveillance and other measures to prevent the spread of measles cases imported from other regions
Washington, D.C., 10 February 2015 (PAHO/WHO) — Recent measles outbreaks in the United States and Brazil suggest that immunization rates in some areas have dropped below levels needed to prevent the spread of cases imported…
The Government of Canada has confirmed a second human case of avian influenza A(H7N9). The individual had traveled to China with the index case confirmed on 27 January.
Patient traveled to China with first case; both have recovered without hospitalization
Washington, D.C., 2 February 2015 (PAHO/WHO) — The Government of Canada has confirmed…
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Washington, D.C., 28 January 2015 (PAHO/WHO) — The influenza season is well under way in the Northern Hemisphere, sickening thousands of people, in some cases severely enough to result in hospitalization or even death. Below are…
Patient had history of travel to China and is recovering without hospitalization
Washington, D.C., 28 January 2015 (PAHO/WHO) — The Government of Canada has confirmed the first human case of avian influenza A(H7N9) in the Americas, a resident of British Columbia who had recently traveled to China and fell ill after returning. The patient is…
Geneva, Switzerland, 25 January 2015 (PAHO/WHO) — The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is an opportunity to strengthen outbreak alert and response within countries and to improve international coordination and preparedness for future outbreaks, said a group of countries from the Americas yesterday at a special briefing on Ebola during the 136th…