Buenos Aires, Argentina, 18 August 2009 (PAHO) - Until 21 August, Argentina is hosting the first World Fair on Municipalities and Health: Rights, Citizenship, and Integrated Local Management for Development, one of the year's most important international health events, with around 3,000 participants expected. The Fair will highlight the…
Art as a way to improve health
Lima, Peru, August 18, 2009 (PAHO) - The 1st International Forum on "Art, Bridge to Health and Development" opened in the city of Lima, Peru. The forum seeks to establish a bridge between the fields of health, art, culture and development, and to impact in a more creative and effective way the quality of life…
Washington, DC, August 17, 2009 (PAHO) - During her visit to Peru, the director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Mirta Roses Periago, met with regional and local authorities of Loreto, a department of Peru located in the Amazon region, to study the progress made in the Belén Project and hold talks with members of the…
Washington, D.C. 15 August 2009 (PAHO)—During her visit to Peru, the Director of the Pan American Health Organization, Dr. Mirta Roses Periago, will attend meetings with the regional and local authorities of Loreto, a department of Peru located in the Amazon region, to study the progress made in the Belén Project and hold talks with members of the…
Washington, D.C., 13 August 2009 (PAHO) The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Mirta Roses Periago, was honored today in Peru by the Congress of the Republic in a plenary session to be held on the first day of her visit to that country. Prior to the ceremony she was welcomed by President Alan García, with whom she…
Dr. Mirta Roses, Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO); Dr. Oscar Ugarte Ubilluz, Minister of Health of Peru; Dr. Patch Adams, founder of the Gesundheit! Institute; and Wendy Ramos, founder of Bolaroja, to attend Belén Festival 2009 in Iquitos, Peru, in August.Washington, D.C., 3 August 2009 (PAHO) - From 4 to 16 August, art…
World Breastfeeding Week 2009 is from 1-7 AugustWashington, D. C., 4 August 2009 (PAHO) - Emergencies can happen at any time and any place. When emergencies occur and food and clean water are scarce, infants and young children are especially vulnerable. No matter what the emergency—conflict, earthquake, flood, or influenza pandemic—breast-feeding…
Buenos Aires—Argentina will host the first "World Fair of Health and Municipalities: Law, Citizenship and Integrated Local Management for Development," which will run from August 18 to 21 in Buenos Aires. Authorities and experts from many countries will participate in the event, organized by Argentina's Ministry of Health with support from the Pan…
Experts cite progress, call for more action on anniversary of ministerial accordWashington, D.C., July 31, 2009 (PAHO) - A year after top health and education officials from Latin America and the Caribbean joined together to endorse comprehensive, evidenced-based sex education as a pillar of HIV prevention, supporters point to progress in…