Madrid, Spain, 27 May 2026 (PAHO) — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and Mundo Sano Foundation today signed a technical cooperation agreement to strengthen efforts to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of diseases and advance cervical cancer prevention in the Americas.The agreement was signed by Jarbas Barbosa, Director of PAHO…
Quito, 21 May 2026 (PAHO) – Ecuador has become the first country in Latin America and the Caribbean to acquire a fleet of specially designed vaccine transport vehicles with active cold-chain technology through the Regional Revolving Funds of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).The acquisition consists of 40 four-wheel-drive vehicles…
Geneva, Switzerland, 21 May 2026 (PAHO) — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and The Carter Center signed a Technical Cooperation Agreement today to strengthen collaboration on the elimination of onchocerciasis — also known as river blindness — and other communicable diseases in the Americas.The agreement was signed during the Seventy-…
More than 18,000 young people aged 10 to 24 died by suicide in the region in 2021; the rate increased by 38% over 21 years, with faster rises among girls and children aged 10 to 14.Washington, D.C., May 20, 2026 (PAHO) – Suicide among adolescents and young adults in the Americas has increased over the past two decades and remains the third cause…
Geneva, Switzerland, 19 May 2026 (PAHO) — Peru formally joined the Alliance for Primary Health Care (PHC) in the Americas, an initiative led by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and the World Bank (WB) to strengthen health systems through investment, innovation, and technical cooperation.The…
Geneva, Switzerland, May 19, 2026 (PAHO) – A government agency from Brazil, a Minister of Health from Uruguay, academics, and civil society leaders from Brazil, Colombia and Mexico are among those honored with World Health Organization's 2026 World No Tobacco Day Award.Every year, WHO presents these awards to individuals or institutions that…
New agreement prioritizes accurate, evidence-based information, with a focus on public health messaging and mental health promotion. Washington, D.C., 19 May 2026 — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and Google LLC signed a five-year framework agreement to collaborate on strategic health communication and mental health promotion…
Washington, D.C., 18 May 2026 (PAHO) — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has issued advice to Member States following the World Health Organization’s (WHO) declaration of a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) related to the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Africa Region.While risk to the general population remains low,…
Geneva, May 18, 2026 (PAHO) – Dr. Víctor Atallah, Minister of Health of the Dominican Republic, assumed the presidency of the 79th World Health Assembly (WHA79) this Monday, as the World Health Organization’s (WHO) highest decision-making body opened in Geneva.According to WHO rules of procedure, the presidency rotates among the Organization’s six…