Healthy food in schools can help children develop healthy dietary habits for life, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), which released a new global guideline on evidence-based policies and interventions to create healthy school food environments. For the first time, WHO is advising countries to adopt a whole-school approach that…
Rio de Janeiro, 27 January 2026 (PAHO)—As part of the II Regional Forum of the Alliance for Primary Health Care in the Americas, the panel Primary Health Care (PHC), Life-Course Approach, and Maternal and Neonatal Health was held on 27 January in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with a focus on the role of primary health care and the life-course approach…
Rio de Janeiro, 26 January 2026 — As part of the plenary session “Digital transformation and PHC: opportunities and the way forward,” held within the framework of the Second Regional Forum of the Alliance for Primary Health Care in the Americas, Gabriel Listovsky, Head of the Special Program Virtual Campus for Public Health of the Pan American…
Rio de Janeiro, 27 January 2026 (PAHO) - At the II Regional Forum of the Alliance for Primary Health Care in the Americas, organized by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Ministry of Health of Brazil, experts from across the Region came together to address key challenges facing health systems today: ensuring the availability,…
Washington, D.C., January 20, 2026 – In a context of increasingly complex and unequal health systems, strengthening capacities and promoting spaces for articulation among institutions, teams, and experiences around shared challenges is essential. In this scenario, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has been promoting and consolidating…
Washington, D.C., 21 January 2026 – In 2025, the Pan American Health Organization’s (PAHO) Webinar Series on Primary Health Care (PHC) was consolidated as a technical cooperation platform to advance a regional agenda around strategic PHC products. Throughout the year, the webinars articulated reports, technical frameworks, interinstitutional…
Washington, D.C., 13 January 2026 (PAHO) — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) held a courtesy meeting with representatives of Ferrero International S.A. to mark the start of a new institutional partnership and discuss initial and potential future areas of collaboration to support public health efforts in the Americas.The in-person meeting…
Less than a decade ago, Health Technology Assessment (HTA) in our region faced a critical challenge: Health technology assessment reports were scattered across multiple repositories, lacking centralized access. This lack of coordination resulted in duplication of effort by governments, decisions made with incomplete information, and a transparency…
Washington, DC, 19 December 2025 – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) congratulates Brazil on achieving the elimination of mother-to-child transmission (EMTCT) of HIV—a landmark accomplishment for public health in the Americas. As the largest country in the world to reach EMTCT, Brazil reaffirms its leadership in universal health coverage…