Countries of the Americas Examine Response to Pandemic H1N1 2009 and Challenges AheadMiami, FL (PAHO) — More than 100 participants from the countries of the Americas held two days of meetings in Miami to examine the Region's response to Pandemic Influenza and look at future challenges. Among the topics covered were coordination and management,…
Washington, D.C., 10 September 2009, (PAHO/WHO) - Each year, one million people kill themselves in the world, while one of every 20 suicide attempts is successful, warned the World Health Organization (WHO), Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), and the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP), as part of World Suicide Prevention…
The ministers of health of all the countries of the Americas will gather for the annual meeting of the Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). The opening session on Monday, September 28, at 9 a.m., will have comments by PAHO Director Dr. Mirta Roses, World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Margaret Chan, the…
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…
Entries from Guatemala, Colombia, and Peru are winners of the Fifth Latin American Health Journalism Awards
Washington, D.C., September 1, 2009 (PAHO) — Three newspaper articles that clarify misconceptions about blood donation and encourage people to save lives by giving blood have won the top three prizes in the Fifth Latin American Health…
The network launch is part of the Knowledge Management, Information and Communication strategy of the PAHO/WHO Office in Brazil.Washington, D.C., 1 September 2009 (PAHO/WHO) - The WHO Collaborating Centres are institutions such as research institutes, parts of universities or academies, which are designated by the Director-General to carry out…
San José, Costa Rica, August 25, 2009 (PAHO) — Transmission of rubella is now limited to one country in the Americas, and measles now occurs only when cases are imported from outside the Western Hemisphere, vaccination experts reported today at a special four-day meeting on vaccine-preventable diseases.Participants also urged countries to prepare…
Panama City, 24 August 2009 (PAHO/WHO) - The first-of-its-kind report examining road safety around the world shows that deaths and injuries from traffic accidents are a major global health and development problem and calls for better public transit planning to protect the most vulnerable groups. The Spanish version of the report, Global…
Washington, D.C., 19 August 2009 (PAHO) - On 20-21 August, the Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Mirta Roses Periago, will make an official visit to Uruguay, where she will participate in events to discuss critical health issues and consolidate PAHO efforts to improve primary health care (PHC) throughout the Hemisphere.…