On World Health Day, a call to join "the global movement to make cities healthier"Washington, D.C., 7 April 2010 (PAHO)—For the first time in world history, more than half the world's population lives in cities, and that proportion is expected to grow to 70 percent by the year 2050. Addressing the unique health challenges brought by this…
Washington, DC, April 1, 2010 (PAHO)—The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is pleased to present the translation into Spanish of the book Environmental Health: From Global to Local, whose editor is Dr. Howard Frumkin, current Director of the National Center for Environmental Health, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.This…
Washington, D.C. March 25, 2010 (PAHO) — Latin America and the Caribbean as a region have made impressive gains in the battle against tuberculosis in the last decade, reducing deaths and illnesses by some 70 percent. Yet many individual countries need to expand their efforts if they are to meet the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of cutting…
Partnership will give countries of the Americas access to online training and resources in evidence-based health care and policymakingWashington, D.C. March 24, 2010 (PAHO)—Health researchers and others working in the health field now have access to online learning opportunities to improve research skills and make the most of research evidence by…
Santiago, Chile, 4 March 2010 (PAHO) — PAHO / WHO has coordinated the donation of vaccines against hepatitis A by the pharmaceutical industry and other countries in the region. The efforts were a response to a call from the authorities of the Ministry of Health of Chile, given that immunization of those affected by the earthquake is one of the…
Washington, D.C. — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and partner agencies of the United Nations System are supporting an urgent humanitarian appeal for international funds to help halt a deadly wave of food insecurity and acute malnutrition affecting some 136,000 families in drought-stricken areas of Guatemala.The humanitarian appeal,…
Changing traditional gender roles and behaviors during adolescence can have a positive effect on the health of young men and women, as shown by three projects cited as "Best Practices" today by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).The projects—from El Salvador, Argentina and Brazil—were winners of the third annual "Best Practices…
Santiago, 4 May 2010 (PAHO) - The strong aftershocks that rocked the Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins region in Chile led the government to declare state of emergency in that part of the country. But the areas affected by the February 27 earthquake are returning to normal, with roads open and access to all the affected populations. Telephone and…
Washington, D.C., 4 March 2010 (PAHO) - The Minister of Health and Social Policy of Spain, Trinidad Jiménez, announced that Spain will donate 4 million doses of vaccines for Influenza A H1N1 to the countries of Latin America, in a meeting with Dr. Socorro Gross, Assistant Director of the Pan American Health Organization, and technical staff.
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