Regional initiative led by PAHO/WHO promotes opportunities for healthy living to prevent noncommunicable diseases such as cancer, heart disease and diabetes
Washington, D.C., 11 September 2014 (PAHO/WHO) — The 4th annual Wellness Week in the Americas will kick off this Saturday, Sept. 13, with activities throughout the hemisphere that promote…
Geneva, 10 September 2014 (WHO)- WHO welcomes the commitment from the Government of Cuba to provide 165 health professionals to support Ebola care in West Africa. The newly announced support includes physicians, nurses, epidemiologists, specialists in infection control, intensive care specialists and social mobilization officers, and will be…
New eHealth initiatives are springing up in countries throughout Latin…
In the…Effort targets 200,000 people in three departments considered at high risk
Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 2 September 2014 (PAHO/WHO) — Haiti launched a cholera vaccination campaign last week that seeks to reach 200,000 people in three departments. The campaign is being led by the Ministry of Health and Population (MSPP) with support from the United…
5 September 2014 - This briefing note is based on the existing WHO and ILO guides and recommendations for Ebola Virus Disease at the time of the publication. It will be updated as new information and recommendations become available.Ebola Virus DiseaseEbola Virus Disease (EVD), formerly known as Ebola Haemorrhagic Fever, is a severe illness in…
The
report on "Electronic nicotine delivery systems" (ENDS), of which electronic
cigarettes are the most common prototype, is on the agenda of the 6th
Conference of the Parties (COP) to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco
Control (WHO FCTC), being held 13-18 October 2014, in Moscow.
The
report recommends that appropriate government bodies…
Geneva ¦ 28 August 2014 (WHO)- The World Health Organization is issuing a "roadmap" to guide and coordinate the international response to the outbreak of Ebola virus disease in West Africa.The aim is to stop ongoing Ebola transmission worldwide within 6—9 months, while rapidly managing the consequences of any further international spread. It also…
Washington, D.C., August 28, 2014 (OPS).- Since the current Ebola outbreak began, a total of 2,615 cases and 1,427 deaths have been reported in West Africa. This outbreak is the largest in history in terms of the number of cases, deaths, and geographical extension, including periurban areas and various locations with large cross-border…