The Executive Board of the World Health Organization (WHO), made up of 34 delegates from WHO Member States, will meet…
A new report…
Washington, D.C., 16 January 2013 (PAHO/WHO) — Efforts to fight neglected infectious diseases —such as Chagas, leprosy and onchocerciasis (river blindness)— have had major success in Latin America and the Caribbean over the past decade. But continued commitment by governments and other partners will be needed to sustain gains made against…
In light of increased influenza activity in North America, the Pan
American Health…
The 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic, ongoing outbreaks of…
Three years after the devastating 2010 earthquake that…
The Pan American Health Organization/World Health…
St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda, 3 January 2013 (PAHO/WHO) - A joint mission of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), the U.N. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the U.N. World Food Programme (WFP), and the Pan American Health…
In her Quinquennial Report 2008-2012, PAHO Director Dr. Mirta Roses…