Washington DC, 1 June 2026 — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the WHO Regional Office for Europe (WHO/Europe) co-organized a two-day collaborative workshop on health workforce planning, bringing together government representatives, technical experts, and academics from across Europe and the Americas to exchange experiences and…
Cancún, Mexico, June 5, 2026 – At the World Congress of the Pediatric Radiation Oncology Society (PROS 2026), PAHO, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, and the IAEA brought together health experts from Latin America and the Caribbean to advance pediatric radiotherapy and comprehensive childhood cancer care in the Americas region. The…
Washington, D.C., June 4, 2026 (PAHO) — Eleven countries of the Americas came together to review progress achieved during the third year of the Initiative for the Elimination of Trachoma in the Americas, a partnership between the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Government of Canada. Held virtually on May 27–28, the annual meeting…
Experts on intersectoral action and Health in All Policies held a workshop in BogotáBogotá, Colombia, 29 May 2026 ― The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) concluded in Bogotá the third meeting of experts on monitoring and evaluation of intersectoral action, achieving key results such as the validation of a set of regional indicators, the…
Washington, DC, 29 May 2026 (PAHO). The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) continues to support Canada, Mexico, and the United States through the Health Security Working Group, established in 2023 to strengthen preparedness for the FIFA World Cup 2026. The working group includes delegates from the health sector and other national authorities…
Geneva, Switzerland, 29 May 2026.- Worldwide, at least 40 million children aged 13–15 use tobacco products, and young people’s use of e-cigarettes and nicotine pouches continues to rise. In advance of World No Tobacco Day – 31 May – the World Health Organization (WHO) urges governments around the world to protect a new generation from becoming…
Brasília, Federal District, Brazil, May 28, 2026 – The traveling exhibition “The Infinite Memory of the Pandemic: the story of COVID-19 by all of us Brazilians” opened this Tuesday (26), in Brasília, Federal District. Designed to expand public access to the collections of the Digital Memorial of the COVID-19 Pandemic, the exhibition presents an…
Washington, D.C., May 2026. PAHO - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), together with the Ministry of Health of Brazil and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), is supporting a strategic technical cooperation initiative aimed at strengthening field epidemiology training and public health emergency workforce…
Washington D.C, May 2026. The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), through an innovation developed by the Comprehensive Immunization Program (CIM), has been selected as a finalist to participate in the fourth cohort of the UN Global Pulse Accelerator Program, out of 185 applications from various projects submitted by 45 United Nations agencies…