Kingston, Jamaica, January 13, 2023 (PAHO/WHO) - The Government of Canada and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) today announced a renewed collaboration to increase access to COVID-19 vaccines for populations that have lagged behind in immunization efforts across Latin America and the Caribbean.
To this end, Canada will provide an…
Washington, DC, January 12, 2023 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has developed a digital platform to bring telehealth services to remote populations in Latin American and Caribbean countries, making telemedicine the “new normal” for healthcare workers and patients managing chronic diseases.Based on Open-Source technology, PAHO…
Another 1.9 million babies were tragically stillborn during the same period, according to a separate UN report.
NEW YORK/GENEVA/WASHINGTON D.C., 10 January 2023 – An estimated 5 million children died before their fifth birthday and another 2.1 million children and youth aged between 5–24 years lost their lives in 2021, according to the…
Six grants will be awarded to Argentina, Brazil, Haiti, Mexico, and Peru as part of a research initiative of PAHO and TDR.
Washington, D.C., 27 December 2022 (PAHO/WHO) – Six institutions from Argentina, Brazil, Haiti, México and Perú will receive research grants for topics related to Tuberculosis and other opportunistic infections in advanced…
Tocilizumab is used to treat severe disease and can reduce mortality in hospitalized patients
Washington, DC, 21 December (PAHO) – In an effort to increase equitable access to COVID-19 therapeutics, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) delivered more than 11,000 vials of a medication to improve treatment for severe and critically ill COVID…
Washington D.C., 20 December 2022 (PAHO/WHO) - Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), including cancers, diabetes, heart disease and respiratory diseases, account for around 80% of all deaths in the Americas. Yet they remain hugely underreported by the mainstream media, particularly during the last three years, when the COVID-19 pandemic has occupied…
Washington D.C. 13 December 2022 – The implementation of the Pan American Health Organization’s (PAHO) Elimination Initiative must be accelerated to get back on track towards the 2030 goals in the Americas, concluded regional experts at the latest meeting of the Strategic and Technical Advisory Group on Disease Elimination (STAG DE).
The meeting…
Washington D.C. 12 December 2022 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director, Dr Carissa F. Etienne, has called on countries to redouble efforts towards achieving universal health as they begin to rebuild from the COVID-19 pandemic.
“This region urgently needs to act to reverse the socioeconomic and health losses caused by the…
Port-au-Prince, December 12, 2022 (PAHO) – With the support of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Haiti today received around 1.17 million doses of oral cholera vaccines as cases continue to rise in the country.
The vaccine (Euvichol) was provided by the International Coordinating Group on Vaccine Provision (IGC), which manages the…