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3rd Global Forum on Human Resources for health is taking place in Brazil Under the theme Human Resources for Health: foundation for Universal…
Radiology services are critical to meeting public health needs radiology-152 Some 3.6 billion diagnostic x-rays are made each year around the world, but there is wide disparity in…
Washington, D.C., 7 November 2013 (PAHO/WHO) — Three initiatives from Colombia, Brazil and the Dominican Republic were recognized on Nov. 6 as the 2013 "Malaria Champions of the Americas" for being model projects that integrate malaria interventions with solutions to other health problems.The top Malaria Champion award for 2013 went to the…
Cancer mortality is declining in some countries of the Americas -- new PAHO/WHO report Deaths from cancer are decreasing in some…
This year on Malaria Day in the Americas, November 6th 2013, the Pan American Health Organization will host a forum on "Defeating Malaria in the Americas: Perspectives on Costs, Current Resources, and Essential Investments" and an awards ceremony for the winners of the 2013 Malaria Champions of the Americas contest.What:  A Malaria Day in the…
PAHO Director makes first official visit to Canada Dr. Carissa F. Etienne will travel to Canada this week for her first official visit to the country…
Initiatives selected by consensus will represent the region at the World Health Organization Washington, D.C., 28 October 2013 (PAHO/WHO) — This October 23rd, representatives of health authorities from 19 countries in the Americas selected, by consensus, four innovative projects for research and development of medicines and other health…
Washington, D.C., 24 October 2013 (PAHO/WHO) — In recognition of World Polio Day, the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) calls for maintaining high levels of polio vaccine coverage in the region and strengthening epidemiological surveillance of possible cases of acute flaccid paralysis. The last case of wild…