26 Sep 2023
Washington, D.C., 26 September 2023 (PAHO/WHO) – The PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center for Knowledge Translation and Health Technology Assessment for Health Equity (CAN-108) is promoting a survey that aims to improve the reporting of health equity considerations in observational studies. The survey for the Extension of the STROBE Statement for Equity…
26 Sep 2023
Washington D.C. September 24, 2023: The Pan American Health Organization, in coordination with the Virtual Campus for Public Health, presents the English version of the course "Introduction to the Renewed Essential Public Health Functions (EPHF)." The primary objective of this online course is to introduce the new conceptual framework of EPHF,…
20 Sep 2023
PAHO promotes cooperation to improve health workforce planning and management in the region.
Washington DC, September 20, 2023 (PAHO) - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) held a regional workshop on "Development of Human Resources for Health Information Systems (HRHIS) in the Americas," from September 11 to September 15, 2023, in Panama…
12 Sep 2023
Washington, DC, September 12, 2023 (PAHO) - Within the framework of World Suicide Prevention Day, which takes place on September 10, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) organized a regional event to promote responsible information about suicide in the media and social networks, one of the main evidence-based strategies to prevent it.
The…
11 Sep 2023
Bridgetown, Barbados, 5 September 2023 (PAHO) - A webinar with live panelists from Barbados and Chile signaled the start of recognition of World Suicide Prevention Day.
Hosted on September 5, the webinar was entitled United to Make Suicide Prevention a Priority. The live conversation provided a platform to discuss two different experiences from…
8 Sep 2023
The deadline for submitting proposals is from 8 September to 8 October 2023.
Washington, D.C., 8 September, 2023 – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is issuing a call to identify and collect national, subnational, and local experiences of intersectoral action that have directly or indirectly contributed to health equity. The proposal…
5 Sep 2023
Washington D.C., September 1, 2023 (PAHO). The Technical Advisory Group (TAG) on vaccine-preventable diseases of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) recommended in its latest report this year that the countries and territories of the Americas should use the single-dose schedule of the vaccine against Human Papillomavirus (HPV), which can…
5 Sep 2023
PAHO launched a series of diabetes country profiles illustrating the rising burden of diabetes and diabetic kidney disease for countries in the Region of the Americas. The country profiles reveal that during the last 20 years, disability due to diabetes (excluding diabetic kidney disease) increased in all countries of the Region, both in men and…
22 Aug 2023
Washington, DC – July 2023. In the context of the meeting of the National Regulatory Authorities of Regional Reference (NRAr) Group, the Department of Innovation and Access to Medicines and Health Technologies (IMT) at PAHO presented the progress of the learning itinerary project known as REGTEC, which is specifically designed for professionals…