Washington, D.C., 21 September 2010 (PAHO/WHO) - An event on Monday 20 September, coordinated by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Sabin Vaccine Institute, marked the 10th anniversary of the U.N.'s Millennium Development Goals. TEDxFoggyBottom was held at PAHO headquarters in Washington, D.C., simultaneously with TEDxChange…
Washington, September 15, 2010 — The Pan American Health Organization presented a proposal for a clearinghouse for health and disaster information in Haiti, at the National Library of Medicine. This is a joint project of PAHO and the National Library of Medicine in collaboration with the Regional Disaster Information Center (CRID for…
Washington, September 15, 2010 — Pan American Health Organization Director Dr. Mirta Roses today briefed ambassadors to the Organization of American States on details of the upcoming PAHO Directing Council meeting, where health ministers will discuss a variety of important public health issues. Dr. Mirta Roses, Director of the Pan…
Washington, DC, September 10, 2010 (PAHO) — A community development program in rural Andean communities in Peru has succeeded in reducing pneumonia and diarrhea in half among 70,000 families over the last four years, according to Pilar Nores de García, First Lady of the Republic of Peru.Mrs. Nores de Garcia spoke today at the Pan American Health…
Washington, D.C., 10 September 2010 (PAHO)—The national Laboratories for the Quality Control of Medicines in Bolivia, Peru and Uruguay have been prequalified by PAHO/WHO to serve as "International Reference Laboratories for the Agencies of the United Nations". CONCAMYT, the National Laboratory for Quality Control of Medicines (Bolivia), the…
Washington, D.C., 9 September 2010 (PAHO)—Dr. Jon Kim Andrus, Deputy Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), hosted the first quarterly meeting with the President of the American Public Health Association (APHA), Dr. Georges Benjamin, as part of APHA's interest in strengthening and institutionalizing the partnership between the…
Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean are for the most part on track to meet the health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), a new United Nations report indicates, but significant gaps remain between and within countries.Overcoming those gaps by 2015 will require greater public spending on health, expansion of social protection in…
Honolulu, Hawaii (PAHO) — The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Mirta Roses, is in Hawaii to participate in the sixth Healing Our Spirit Worldwide conference, a gathering of people and organizations dedicated to improving the health and well-being of indigenous peoples throughout the world.In remarks at the Governor's…
Washington, D.C. (PAHO)—A meeting at PAHO's headquarters in Washington D.C. put in evidence the growing importance of the Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences, better known as BIREME. The high-level meeting discussed a new institutional framework for the governance, management, and financing of BIREME, and highlighted the work of…