Trials in eight countries around the world herald dramatic successes in reducing surgical adverse events.
Geneva - A collection of hospitals in eight cities around the globe has successfully demonstrated that the use of a simple surgical checklist, developed by the World Health Organization (WHO), during major operations can lower the incidence…
WHO Director-General Dr. Margaret Chan appears as one of the world's 50 most powerful global figures in Newsweek's "The New Global Elite," the cover story for a special Dec.29—Jan. 5 issue of the magazine. "With the global spread of diseases more of a threat than ever, Chan represents the world's first line of defense," writes Newsweek.WHO…
Washington, D. C., 16 December 2008 (PAHO)—With more than 210 million poor people bearing the burden of neglected diseases in Latin America and the Caribbean, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and partner agencies are setting up a trust fund to control and eliminate these "forgotten" diseases…
Washington, D.C., December 10, 2008 (PAHO)—The Internet and the rise of "virtual worlds" are opening up new, unparalleled opportunities for expanding dissemination of and access to public health information, experts said in a panel discussion on new information technologies at the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) this week.
The growing…
Washington, December 5, 2008 (PAHO) - A new Pan American Health Organization book provides evidence from 10 countries that excessive alcohol consumption is associated with increased risk of intimate partner violence among men and women.
Research results reported in the book published today, Unhappy Hours: Alcohol and Partner Aggression in the…
Washington, D.C., December 2, 2008 (PAHO)—Three million people were living with HIV in the Americas as of 2007—the latest year for which data are available—up from 2.7 million in 2001. This represents a "leveling off" of the epidemic in the Western Hemisphere, a top Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) expert said Monday at a commemoration of…
Washington, D.C., November 6, 2008 (PAHO)—Cases of malaria have declined 32 percent in Latin American and the Caribbean since 2000, and deaths have dropped nearly 40 percent. Yet more than 140 million people in the Region (16 percent of the population) remain at risk of the disease, experts said today in a panel discussion marking Malaria Day in…
WHAT: The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Center for Global Health at George Washington University (GWU) cordially invite members of the media to attend the Malaria in the Americas Forum: Overcoming the Challenges of a Borderless Disease, in commemoration of Malaria Day in the Americas, Nov. 6th. Featured speakers will center their…
Washington, D. C., 17 October 2008 (PAHO)—The persistence of cases of congenital syphilis in Latin America and the Caribbean affects infant mortality rates, maternal health and the transmission of HIV, according to experts of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).
PAHO's Latin American Center for Perinatology points out that every year in…