News Releases

HIV Experts Urge Better Management of HIV/AIDS Medicines Experts working to expand the availability of HIV/AIDS treatment in Latin…
Diabetes: Disease on the Rise in the Americas The number of people suffering from diabetes in the Americas is expected to grow from 55 million in…
Washington, D.C., 14 November 2011 (PAHO) - November 11 marks the 87th anniversary of the Pan American Sanitary Code. Signed in Havana, Cuba, at the 7th Pan American Sanitary Conference in 1924, the code defined the functions and duties of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau (secretariat of the Pan American Health Organization) and established…
Countries of the Americas Face Major Challenges in Mental Health Funding for and organization of mental health services are…
Experts Analyze Obstacles to Universal HIV Treatment in Latin America and the Caribbean Latin America and the Caribbean have higher levels of…
PAHO Honors Malaria Champions of the Americas 2011 Three organizations from Honduras, Brazil and Nicaragua were honored this week as Malaria…
Men's Health, HIV and Sexual Diversity The Pan American Health Organization Caribbean HIV Office has developed a training curriculum on Men's Health,…
PAHO and Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health Sign Framework Agreement The agreement was signed on 26 October 2011 by the Director of the Pan…
Washington, D.C., 3 November 2011 (PAHO/WHO) - For more than 100 years, the Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) has been the leading non-governmental "voice of public health" in a country known for its commitment to universal health coverage, said James Chauvin, director of policy for the CPHA, during a Nov. 3 presentation at the…