Washington, D.C., June 19, 2026 (PAHO) – The Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) adopted, on May 22, a strategic decision to advance the integration of precision medicine into the global health agenda: The resolution EB158.R2, “Precision medicine: a pathway to targeted, personalized and equitable care.”.Approved at the 79th World…
Washington, D.C., 11 June 2025 (PAHO) — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) held a webinar on the clinical management of maternal sepsis, underscoring the urgent need to strengthen early detection and timely treatment of one of the leading causes of maternal morbidity and mortality worldwide.The webinar, titled, “Update on the Clinical…
Washington, D.C., 18 June 2026 (PAHO)— The Network on Essential Public Health Functions for Strengthening Stewardship and Governance (known in Spanish as RedFESP) welcomed Colombia and Cuba as new member countries during a virtual seminar that is part of a series of exchanges on the implementation and institutionalization of the Essential…
Washington, D.C., 17 June 2026 (PAHO) — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), in collaboration with Esri, concluded the Advanced GIS Training Series (2025–2026) with a virtual technical session on geospatial data management. The regional initiative was designed to strengthen the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in public…
Brasilia, June 16, 2026.— The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) participated in a workshop convened by Brazil’s Ministry of Health to strengthen the country’s health technology transfer processes. The meeting included technical contributions from PAHO, the Regionalized Vaccine Manufacturing Collaborative (RVMC), and experts from relevant…
Washington, D.C., June 9, 2026 (PAHO) - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) officially launched its new virtual course, “Youth-Centered Digital Health Interventions,” during an interactive webinar led by members of PAHO’s Youth for Health Group (PYHG). The event brought together young leaders, health professionals, policymakers, and…
Washington, D.C., June 15, 2026 – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), supported by the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), initiated a pilot of its new virtual course, Strengthening the Health Sector Response to Violence Against Girls and Adolescent Girls. The event brought together more than 60 health sector…
Washington, D.C., 10 June 2026 (PAHO) — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), in collaboration with the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Puerto Rico Department of Health, held a training workshop on 5 and 6 June to strengthen technical capacity for the management of severe dengue cases in…
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…