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PAHO Unveils Two Communities of Practice on Pandemic (H1N1) 2009The Assistant Director of the Pan American Health Organization, Dr. Socorro…
Ministers Set Priorities for Health in the AmericasThe 49th meeting of the Directing Council of the Pan American Health…
Washington, D.C., 18 September 2009 (PAHO)—The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Mirta Roses, pointed out the success of health programs in Haiti this week, during the presentation of a report on the Inter-American Mission to Haiti in the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS).  The report…
Foz do Iguazú, Brasil, 24 de septiembre de 2009 (OPS)—Expertos y representantes de Argentina, Brasil y Paraguay acordaron hoy pautas para la vigilancia, el control y la prevención de la Leishmaniasis Visceral, (LV) que puede ser fatal y se ha extendido a las áreas urbanas.  Para los expertos, el inicio de la primavera y la inminencia de la…
PAHO Experts Recommend Lowering Salt Consumption to Save LivesSalt ShakerThe Pan American Health Organization (…
Hemisphere's Health Authorities to Gather at PAHOThe ministers of health of all the countries of the Americas will gather for the annual…
Washington D.C., September 9, 2009 (PAHO) - Dr. Jarbas Barbosa da Silva Jr., Area Manager of Health Surveillance and Disease Prevention and Control at the Pan American Health Organization, today conducted a virtual presentation on the current situation of the Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Influenza in the Americas. The presentation at PAHO headquarters in…