Saying hospitals must radically rework themselves to guarantee access for all to quality health care, the director of the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) pressed for the institutions to transition from being "the last link in a chain" of health service providers to being actively and continually engaged with…
Experts in disaster response, water, sanitation, health and infrastructure are supporting assessment and relief efforts in central and southern Bahamas
Nassau, 6 October 2015 (PAHO/WHO) — The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) has been coordinating with health officials in The Bahamas to assess the impact of…

Early detection and treatment of breast cancer can save…
Ministers of health from throughout the Americas pledged a series of actions this week to…
Health leaders attending the 54th Directing…
With advances in medicine helping more people to live longer lives, the number of people over the…A coalition of organizations that are helping countries in the Americas fight river blindness (onchocerciasis) are calling for a final push to eliminate transmission of this disabling disease from the Western Hemisphere.
Country efforts supported by a major public-private partnership—including The Carter Center/OEPA, PAHO/WHO, and Merck…

Pan American cooperation has been critical to major public…
