Health leaders from throughout the Caribbean are meeting this week with…
Health leaders from throughout the Caribbean are meeting this week with…The first WHO report on deaths and injuries due to drowning is presented in the Americas, highlighting the need for prevention.
Washington, D.C., June 3, 2015 (PAHO/WHO) - Drowning is among the five leading causes of death among people aged 14 years and under in the Americas, according to the first Global Report on Drowning: Preventing a Leading…
The Pan American Health Organization/World Health…
In the lead-up to World No Tobacco Day (May 31), the Pan American Health…
La Paz, Bolivia, 27 May 2015 (PAHO/WHO) — Miriam had not realized she was pregnant with her sixth child when she began to bleed. "I'm bleeding. Let's go to the hospital before it's too late," she told her husband. On the way, she went into shock and lost consciousness. But she remembers part of the trip, being on a stretcher, and "a thing they…
During the Vaccination Week in the Americas 2015, the Direction of the Expanded Program on Immunization in Haiti (DPEV) organized a conference on the 29th April 2015 with partners involved in this…
Geneva, 26 May 2015 (PAHO/WHO) -- The 68th World Health Assembly closed today after approving three new resolutions: one on air pollution, one on epilepsy and one laying out the next steps in finalizing a framework of engagement with non-State actors.
In closing the eight-day meeting, Director-General Margaret Chan said the Assembly had passed…
Geneva 25th May 2015 — The World Health Assembly today agreed resolutions to tackle antimicrobial resistance; improve access to affordable vaccines and address over- and under-nutrition.
Tackling antimicrobial drug resistance
Delegates at the World Health Assembly endorsed a global action plan to tackle antimicrobial resistance - including…
An expert panel discussed cancer prevention and control measures that have proved successful in different regions on May 22, during the 68th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland.
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