The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) is working with the countries of the Americas in response to the appearance of the chikungunya virus, which is transmitted by the bites of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes, causing high fever, joint pain, rash, headache, and muscle pain…
Nine-member governing body endorses a strategy to advance universal health coverage, which will be submitted for approval by PAHO's 53rd Directing Council in September
Washington, D.C., 20 June 2014 (PAHO/WHO) — The Executive Committee of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) concluded its 154th session on 20 June with the approval of a…
Washington, D.C., 12 June 2020 (PAHO/WHO) - Ambassadors and representatives to the Organization of American States (OAS) were briefed today by Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director Carissa F. Etienne on the upcoming meeting of PAHO's Executive Committee (16-20 June 2014).
The Executive Committee is one of PAHO's Governing Bodies and…
Monitoring helps health authorities respond effectively and promptly to potential health risks during mass-attendance eventsWashington, D.C., 11 June 2014 (PAHO/WHO) - The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) is conducting an enhanced surveillance and activating mechanisms of information exchange about public…
The 2014 Edmundo Granda
Ugarte Leaders in International Health Program got under way on 10 June,
with the Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO),
Carissa F. Etienne, urging participants from 20 countries to join
efforts to achieve universal health coverage in the Americas.
Participants from 20 countries are enrolled in the…
More than 15% of maternal deaths in Latin America and the Caribbean are the result of hemorrhage. Ensuring the availability of safe blood from voluntary unpaid donors could prevent some 670 deaths each year
Washington, DC, 11 June, 2014 (PAHO / WHO) — On World Blood Donor Day, June 14, the Pan American Health Organization/World Health…
In the Americas, endemic transmission of measles was interrupted in 2002 and rubella in 2009, but these diseases continue to circulate elsewhere in the world.Washington, D.C., 6 June 2014 (PAHO/WHO) — The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) is reminding people who plan to attend the 2014 FIFA World Cup, which…
World Environment Day (WED) is the United Nations' principal vehicle for encouraging worldwide awareness and action for the environment. In support of the UN designation of 2014 as the International Year of Small Island Developing States, World Environment Day this year focuses on small island developing states in the context of climate…
Despite progress by countries of the Americas in…