PAHO/WHO has received a donation of medicines from the Queen Sofía Foundation of Spain, worth 600.000 Euros. The drugs will be used to treat people affected by the earthquake that struck Haiti last Tuesday.
Port au Prince, 19 Jan. The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (WHO/PAHO) has received a donation of medicines from…
The earthquake that struck Haiti last week has caused massive loss of life, thousands of injuries and displaced persons, and has essentially crippled the country's already fragile infrastructure. On the ground, communication and transportation remain incredibly difficult, if not nonexistent in most neighborhoods. Scarcities of the bare…
Guidelines for Response to Earthquakes
One of the unfortunate effects of large-scale disasters is mass casualties; often, first responders don't know what to do with the dead bodies of victims when morgues--if they are even available--fill up. PAHO/WHO has published Management of Dead Bodies after Disasters, a field manual for first responders…
As more and more organizations are reaching out to Haiti to provide emergency response, effective coordination is instrumental to reach the affected population in a timely manner. Coordination among agencies is crucial if aid is to be effective and life-saving. UN agencies, NGOs and other agencies are sharing expertise, medicines, staff…
Conditions on the ground in Haiti require aid teams to be entirely self-sufficientWashington, D.C., January 15, 2009 (PAHO) — Welcoming a "phenomenal" outpouring of aid for Haiti from countries in the Americas and throughout the world, a top Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) official said today that coordinating…
Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean offer an outpouring of supportWashington, D.C., Jan. 14, 2010 (PAHO) - The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) is coordinating the mobilization of efforts to help health authorities in Haiti meet the basic health needs of their people in the aftermath of Tuesday's…
Health facilities are among the quake's casualties, complicating relief effortsWashington, D.C., Jan. 13, 2010 (PAHO) — The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) is mobilizing health experts to assess the impact of yesterday's earthquake on the health situation in Haiti and working with other United Nations agencies…
Washington, DC, 12 January 2010 (PAHO/WHO) - Dr. Zilda Arns Neumann, a Brazilian pediatrician who was honored by the Pan American Health Organization in 2002 as a Public Health Hero, is one of the victims of the devastating earthquake that rocked Haiti.Dr. Zilda Arns Neumann—also winner of PAHO's Award for Administration in 1994—was founder and…
In a most welcomed recognition of internationally agreed upon development goals, the U.S. government has renewed its commitment to the health of women and girls around the world.The renewed commitment was expressed by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in remarks last week commemorating the 15th anniversary of the International Conference on…