Coronavirus is affecting the mental health of many people, especially health workers. Data from recent studies show increased distress, anxiety and depression
Washington, DC, September 10, 2020 (PAHO) - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) today warned that the COVID-19 pandemic may exacerbate suicide risk factors, urging people to speak…
Created by PAHO and the IDB, the tool is aimed at institutions wishing to immediately provide remote health care services, and those which want to self-assess to redefine priorities over the new coronavirus
Washington, DC, 8 September 2020 (PAHO)- During the COVID-19 pandemic, when most in-person health consultations have been postponed,…
Despite downward trends, human cost of pandemic remains unacceptably high, with almost 4,000 deaths a day in region
Washington D.C., September 2, 2020 (PAHO) – Health workers are especially vulnerable to COVID-19, and in the Region of the Americas,
“We have the highest number of health care workers infected in the world,” PAHO Director…
Washington D.C., September 1, 2020 (PAHO) – The Region of the Americas accounted for 64% of the new deaths reported globally over the prior two months, numbering more than 213,000 new deaths, though it only makes up about 13% of the global population, according to a new Epidemiological Update published by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO…
Virtual Campus of Public Health has nine courses and more than 60 open and free webinars to strengthen capacities of health workers on the novel coronavirus
Washington, DC, September 1, 2020 (PAHO) - Nine virtual courses and more than 60 webinars in Spanish and English on different aspects of COVID-19 are being offered free of charge through the…
Washington, D.C., August 28, 2020 (PAHO)—The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Carissa F. Etienne, yesterday invited the PROSUR block of South American presidents to work together on access to vaccines for COVID-19.
“We believe that your support and participation in the COVAX Initiative will provide the best opportunity to…
Washington, D.C., August 28, 2020 (PAHO) — Artists from 10 Latin American countries gather this weekend to design creative pieces intended to support the Pan American Health Organization's public health campaigns against the COVID-19 pandemic.
The "Hackathon of images against Covid-19" consists of two virtual days of creative work by more…
As Covid-19 infections double, smart local measures needed to slow its spread
Washington D.C., August 25, 2020 (PAHO) – As cases of COVID-19 have more than doubled in the region of the Americas in the past weeks, reinforcing contact tracing and data management are key when many countries are reopening their activities.
The number of…
The Americas´ last reported case of polio from wild poliovirus was in 1991
Washington, DC, 25 August 2020 (PAHO/WHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) celebrates the certification today that 47 countries of the WHO African region are now free of polio, following four years without a case. With this achievement, five out of six…