Two months after Maripaz Callejas' husband died of AIDS, she was diagnosed with HIV. One doctor told her that she would be dead within five years.
In Maripaz's home country, El Salvador, many new HIV infections occur as a result of unprotected sex between couples who are married or living together. WHO estimates that globally as many as half of…
Guatemala is hosting a regional meeting this week on…
In order to keep the Americas…The countries of the Americas have made significant progress in reducing the burden of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) through Pan American action that uses an integrated approach, a top Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization...
Washington, D.C., 21 November, 2012 (PAHO/WHO) — The countries of the Americas have made…
Washington, D.C., 20 November 2012 (PAHO/WHO) — Experts on HIV in Latin America and the Caribbean have made a series of recommendations for improving the region's response to the epidemic through enhanced surveillance and monitoring and better use of the information these generate.
The recommendations were issued following a regional consultation…
On World Diabetes Day, Nov. 14, experts call for stepped-up prevention, better patient care
Washington, D.C., November 14, 2012 (PAHO/WHO) — Diabetes has become a leading cause of death and disability in the Region of the Americas, and if current trends continue, the burden of the disease will increase substantially over the next two decades,…
Historical consensus - a milestone for global public health
SEOUL, Republic of Korea ¦ 12 November 2012 — The delegates of more than 140 Parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) adopted a new international treaty Monday, setting the rules for combating illegal trade through control of the supply chain and…
Washington, D.C., November 9, 2012 (PAHO/WHO)- Three government-supported anti-malaria programs from Paraguay, Brazil, and Ecuador were named Malaria Champions of the Americas this week for their success in reducing the burden of malaria through improved diagnosis, treatment, and surveillance.
The winners were honored during an event…
1 November 2012 | GENEVA - Four in five children (83%) worldwide received the recommended three doses of diphtheria—tetanus—pertussis (DTP) vaccine during infancy in 2011, according to new data released in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and in the WHO Weekly Epidemiological Record (WER).
Sustained progress
The new data show sustained…