Delegates to the…
Delegates to the…
Washington, D.C., 1 October 2014(PAHO/WHO) - Ministers of health from throughout the Americas agreed today to promote a set of measures designed to improve mental health care in their countries. These include the preparation of plans to ensure effective services and prevention programs for people with mental disorders and psychoactive substance-…
Although the number of blood units collected in the Region has increased, most has come from family or replacement donors
Washington, D.C., 1 October 2014 (PAHO/WHO)— Ministers of Health from throughout the Americas today agreed on a series of actions to ensure safe and sufficient supplies of blood and blood products through voluntary…
Today the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)…
Washington, D.C., 30 September (PAHO/WHO) — Health officials from the Americas today approved a plan of action to include health in all public policies that can impact the well-being of the population.
The Plan of Action on Health in All Policies was discussed during the 53rd Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). The…
Washington, D.C., 29 September 2014 (PAHO/WHO) — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and The Carter Center congratulated Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa and the people of Ecuador for their country becoming the second in the world to achieve elimination of onchocerciasis (river blindness), as verified by the World Health Organization (…
PAHO seeks to clarify its relationship with an entity calling itself the PAHO Foundation (the "Foundation"). The Foundation was formerly affiliated with PAHO, but we have severed our ties, and PAHO no…
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