George Town, 18 March 2026 (PAHO) - The recent detection of avian influenza A(H5N1) in poultry in the Cayman Islands put national preparedness to the test and offered important lessons for the Caribbean. Thanks to rapid detection and local genomic sequencing by the Cayman Islands Molecular Biology Laboratory (CIMBL), and a coordinated One Health…
PAHO, WHO and UNFCCC, in collaboration with national governments, produced climate and health country profiles for Belize, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago.Washington, DC, March 11, 2026 — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) published new national climate and health country profiles for seven…
Bridgetown, March 6, 2026 (PAHO) – From March 3 to 6, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) conducted a subregional critical care training for 45 health professionals from across the Caribbean designed to strengthen the clinical management of Severe Acute Respiratory Infections (SARI) caused by COVID-19, influenza and respiratory syncytial…
February 5, 2026 (PAHO/WHO) — The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), in collaboration with Esri, a leading company in the development of GIS software (Geographic Information Systems), held a virtual technical session aimed at strengthening countries’ capacities in spatial statistics and risk modeling applied to…
São Paulo, March 3, 2026 (BIREME/PAHO/WHO) – BIREME, the Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information of the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), marks today 59 years of activity as a strategic institution dedicated to democratizing access to, use, and dissemination of scientific and…
Washington, D.C., 3 March 2026 (PAHO)— The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), has launched the Spanish version of the course “Integrating Simulation and Technology in Nursing and Midwifery Education,” an initiative aimed at strengthening teaching competencies and promoting innovation in the education of health personnel. The course provides…
Panama hosted the Regional and Global Workshop on Eliminating Mercury in Skin‑Lightening Products, a technical event co‑organized by PAHO.Panama City, 27 February 2026 — Skin‑lightening products (SLPs) are widely used to reduce melanin levels, often to achieve a lighter complexion. However, many of these products contain hydroquinone, steroids,…
Washington, D.C., 23 February 2026 — To improve the response to the population’s health needs in the current context, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) updated the conceptual and operational framework of Integrated Health Services Networks (IHSN) with the purpose of strengthening the integration of health services and advancing toward…
Washington, D.C., February 11, 2026 — The Network on Essential Public Health Functions for strengthening stewardship and governance (RedFESP) convened a virtual workshop to launch the first strategic area of its 2026 Work Plan, focused on institutionalizing the Essential Public Health Functions (EPHF) evaluation and continuous improvement of the…