The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) will present the winners of a competition titled "Best Practices for Integrating Gender in Health" during an event honoring International Women's Day 2009, Wednesday, March 11, 2009, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The event will be held at PAHO Regional Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
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Geneva, 25 February 2009 (WHO)—The World Health Organization (WHO) announced today that the emergence of artemisinin resistant parasites at the Thai-Cambodia border could seriously undermine global malaria control efforts achieved.Surveillance systems and research studies supported by WHO to monitor antimalarial drug efficacy in countries are…
World Cancer Day marked with launch of "I love my healthy, active childhood" global campaignWashington, DC, February 4, 2009 (PAHO) — Establishing healthy habits early in life—particularly eating well and being active—is critical to lowering cancer rates in adulthood, experts from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said today in…
Gates Foundation Grant Will Boost Fight against "Neglected" Diseases - New Funds Announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland
Washington, Feb. 3, 2009 (PAHO) - Efforts to prevent, control and eliminate "forgotten" tropical and other infectious diseases in the Americas received a new stimulus with the announcement of a $34…
Washington, January 27, 2009 (PAHO)—The recently announced change in United States policy on foreign aid funding for women's health programs abroad presents "an opportunity to expand services that can save the lives and protect the health of millions of women in Latin America and the Caribbean," said Dr. Mirta Roses Periago, Director of the Pan…
Washington, DC, January 27, 2009 (PAHO)—Since October 2008, an intense increase in the circulation of the jungle yellow fever virus has been observed in the Americas, affecting Argentina and Brazil in the southern part of the continent, Colombia and Venezuela in the Andean region, and Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean.
The objective of…
Trials in eight countries around the world herald dramatic successes in reducing surgical adverse events.
Geneva - A collection of hospitals in eight cities around the globe has successfully demonstrated that the use of a simple surgical checklist, developed by the World Health Organization (WHO), during major operations can lower the incidence…
WHO Director-General Dr. Margaret Chan appears as one of the world's 50 most powerful global figures in Newsweek's "The New Global Elite," the cover story for a special Dec.29—Jan. 5 issue of the magazine. "With the global spread of diseases more of a threat than ever, Chan represents the world's first line of defense," writes Newsweek.WHO…
Washington, D. C., 16 December 2008 (PAHO)—With more than 210 million poor people bearing the burden of neglected diseases in Latin America and the Caribbean, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and partner agencies are setting up a trust fund to control and eliminate these "forgotten" diseases…