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Malaria Burden More than Halved in the AmericasEfforts of countries and key stakeholders in the battle against malaria have contributed to a 53 percent reduction in the disease burden…
New Efforts Needed to Reduce Job-Related Deaths and Illness In Latin America and the Caribbean, a worker is injured on the job every 36…
Washington, D.C., April 21, 2010 (PAHO) — Forty-four countries and territories of the Western Hemisphere will reach out to an estimated 42 million children and adults with vaccines during the Pan American Health Organization's 8th Annual Vaccination Week in the Americas (VWA) on April 24 to May 1. Tens of thousands of health workers and…
PAHO Supports Campaign to Make Schools and Hospitals Safer Washington, D.C., 9 April, 2010 (PAHO) — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is pledging its support to the One Million Safe Schools and Hospitals Campaign launched April 8 in Manila. The goal of the new United Nations global campaign is to protect health and educational…
Health in Cities will Define Future Population Health Urbanism and Healthy LivingFor the first time in world history, more…
PAHO Hosts Meeting on Women's Reproductive RightsTwo young womenThe Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) hosted on…