Washington, DC, 15 May 2026 – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has made the new HEARTS 2.0 clinical pathway available to countries in the Region. This update to the previous version maintains hypertension control as the entry point to preventive care but expands the recommendations to strengthen integration with other cardio-renal-…
The World Health Organization (WHO) today issues a strong warning over the rapid global expansion of nicotine pouch products, which are being aggressively marketed to adolescents and young people. WHO notes that regulation in many countries is limited or absent, raising concerns about youth nicotine addiction and related health risks. The…
Washington, D.C., May 2026 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has launched a series of virtual trainings aimed at strengthening technical capacities in mortality coding across Caribbean countries, as part of its efforts to support the adoption of ICD-11 and strengthen Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) systems in the…
Washington, D.C., 6 May 2026 —Amid recent public health challenges, including outbreaks of yellow fever, measles, COVID-19, and dengue, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) welcomed a delegation from the São Paulo State Health Secretariat, Brazil, to its headquarters to strengthen cooperation on health surveillance and emergency…
Washington, D.C., May 4, 2026 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), through the Information Systems and Digital Health Unit and the Virtual Campus for Public Health (VCPH), announces the launch of Cycle 4: Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS), as part of the Digital Literacy Program in Health and its Learning Path.This…
Bridgetown, Barbados, April 29th.- With the support of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) Barbados is advancing the strengthening of its national regulatory system for medicines and health technologies, as part of the country’s efforts to achieve WHO Global Benchmarking Tool (GBT) Maturity Level 3. Between 21 and 23 April 2026,…
Santiago, Chile, April 28, 2026 (PAHO) — From April 13 to 17, 2026, professionals from National Influenza Centers (NICs) in Chile, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, and Peru participated in the International Workshop on Bioinformatics for Influenza Genomic Surveillance. The workshop was jointly organized by the WHO Collaborating Center for…
Dominican Republic, 29 April 2026 — In March, a technical mission was carried out in the Dominican Republic to support the implementation of cervical cancer screening services at the first level of care and to strengthen referral pathways for diagnosis and treatment. These pilot initiatives are being developed with financial support from the Korea…
28 April 2026 (PAHO)—The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), in collaboration with the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), conducted the technical webinar “Strengthening Medicines Quality through Laboratory Testing: The Indian Pharmacopoeia” as part of the collaborative efforts to strengthen medicines quality assurance systems and…