Río de Janeiro, 28 April 2023 (PANAFTOSA- PAHO) – Colombian and Venezuelan authorities have agreed to collaborate in strengthening surveillance against foot-and-mouth disease at their borders, in a joint effort to ensure that Venezuela is certified as free of the disease by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). Venezuela will be last…
Washington D.C., 28 April 2023 (PAHO).- The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) today highlighted the importance of health as a central axis of local agendas and urged mayors to participate in joint initiatives to promote healthy cities and municipalities in the region.
"Leaders of cities and municipalities have the opportunity to listen to…
As deadline to 2030 reaches halfway point, countries must accelerate towards meeting health-related targets
Santiago, Chile, 26 April 2023 (PAHO)- As the deadline for achieving the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development reaches its halfway mark, progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goal relating to health (SDG3)…
Santiago, Chile, 25 April 2023 (PAHO) – The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Dr. Jarbas Barbosa today met with the President of the Republic of Chile, Gabriel Boric, as well as leaders of the country’s Senate and Chamber of Deputies, where they discussed the current reforms to the country’s health system and initiatives to…
Washington D.C. 25 April 2023 (PAHO) – On World Malaria Day, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director, Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, calls on countries to intensify malaria elimination efforts among indigenous, mobile and remote communities, the populations disproportionately affected by the disease.
Although the total number of malaria cases…
Santiago, Chile, 24 April 2023 (PAHO) - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) today officially launched Vaccination Week in the Americas, an initiative that aims to mobilize concerted action across the region to boost routine and targeted immunization efforts.
Taking place from 22 to 29 April, this year’s Vaccination Week in the Americas (…
Washington D.C., 21 April 2023.- The Government of Canada and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) are collaborating to strengthen manufacturing capacities to increase the safe and timely access to vaccines in countries of Latin America and the Caribbean.
Through C$ 15 million (US$ 11.1 million) funding provided by Global Affairs Canada (…
In 2021, one in five children under the age of one year did not receive all vaccine doses. With Vaccination Week in the Americas 2023 starting next week, countries must accelerate efforts to improve routine vaccination coverage.
Washington D.C. 20 April 2023 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director, Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, calls…
While life expectancy has increased in the region, people spend an average of 11 years in poor health
Washington, DC, April 17, 2023 (PAHO)- A series of reports that seek to contribute to the development of healthy aging strategies in the Americas was launched today by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), in collaboration with other…