Geneva, Switzerland, 20 May 2025 (PAHO/WHO) - Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) today formally adopted by consensus the world's first Pandemic Agreement. The landmark decision by the 78th World Health Assembly culminates more than three years of intensive negotiations launched by governments in response to…
Historic agreement to be considered for adoption Tuesday in plenary of the AssemblyGeneva, Switzerland, 19 May 2025 (WHO) — World Health Organization Member States, meeting today in Committee A of the World Health Assembly, approved a resolution that calls for the adoption of an historic global compact to make the world safer from future…
Geneva, Switzerland, 19 May 2025 (PAHO) — The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, has called for urgent action to strengthen primary health care as a way to achieve health equity and address persistent gaps in the care of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health. He also urged improving access to…
Washington, D.C., May 19, 2025 (PAHO) – Researchers, activists, civil society organizations, and journalism organizations from Canada, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, the United States, and Uruguay, as well as government agencies from Brazil, have been recognized with World Health Organization (WHO) World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) 2025 Awards at the 78th World…
Geneva, Switzerland, May 19, 2025 (PAHO) - Within the framework of the 78th World Health Assembly (WHA78), the Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, met with the heads of delegation from the countries of the Americas to discuss two crucial issues on the Assembly's agenda: the pandemic agreement and the WHO's…
May 16, 2025 – The 78th World Health Assembly (WHA78) will take place from May 19 to 27 in Geneva, Switzerland, bringing together global health authorities, including health ministers from the Americas, to discuss a key agenda for global health.Under the theme “One World for Health”, delegates meeting at the Palais des Nations are expected to…
Washington D.C. 16 May 2025 (PAHO) – While countries of the Americas continue to make progress towards the prevention and control of hypertension, on the eve of World Hypertension Day, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) calls for more to be done at the primary health care level to tackle this principal risk factor for cardiovascular…
Panama City, Panama, 12 May 2025 – The promotion of wastewater and environmental surveillance (WES) as essential tools for public health preparedness and response was top of the agenda at the GLOWACON Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean, which concluded last Friday in Panama City.The two-day conference, co-organised by the…
Washington, D.C., 15 May 2025 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) released its 2024 annual report documenting its work to strengthen health security across the Americas amid infectious disease outbreaks, the Region’s heavy reliance on imported vaccines and pharmaceuticals, and persistent systemic inequities.Throughout the year,…