Quito, April 16, 2026. It all started with dead birds.A manager at a livestock collection center in a rural area near the border reported the presence of dead wild birds in the vicinity. The site housed live animals, including poultry, horses, pigs, and cattle, and received producers and traders from various regions of the country and border areas…
Mexico City, April 22, 2026.– With the participation of authorities, international experts, and representatives from countries across the Region, the course “Training of ICD-11 coders and its tools: mortality component for the Americas” was launched in Mexico City. This initiative aims to strengthen technical capacities for the implementation of…
Washington, D.C., 23 April 2026 (PAHO)— The Network on Essential Public Health Functions (known in Spanish as RedFESP) has made progress in the development of a regional document aimed at strengthening the institutionalization of Essential Public Health Functions (EPHF) in the Americas, following the initial validation of a standardized template…
April 22, 2026 (PAHO) – Countries in South America are advancing the consolidation of coordinated early warning systems for public health along the region’s bioceanic corridors, within the framework of the PROTECT project (Pandemic Response Optimization through Engaged Communities and Territories), an initiative supported by the Pandemic Fund to…
Panama City, 15 April 2026 (PAHO) – The Virtual Campus for Public Health (VCPH) of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), together with the Joaquín Venâncio Polytechnic School of Health at Fiocruz (EPSJV-Fiocruz), held a working workshop in Rio de Janeiro from April 9–10 to advance the analysis and consolidation of results from a project on…
Building a coordinated regional architecture to detect and respond to health emergenciesA Regional Framework Takes ShapeThe Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has made measurable advances in strengthening epidemic intelligence across the Americas — contributing directly to the broader WHO global architecture for health emergency preparedness…
Washington, D.C., April 13, 2026 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization, through its Emergency Medical Teams (EMT) Americas initiative, continues to strengthen emergency preparedness across the Region with SIMEXamericas, a collaborative virtual platform designed to support simulation exercises in virtual and hybrid environments.Since its…
Washington, D.C., April 9 2026 (PAHO) — A regional study conducted by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), in partnership with the World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA) – Ibero-American and North America Regions, and the PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center for Innovative Health Workers Education, Service and Research Models at the…
Within the framework of the Eighth Consultative Forum of the Central American Policy on Comprehensive Disaster Risk Management (PCGIR), the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) convened high-level ministerial dialogues aimed at strengthening coordination among the health and finance sectors, as well as authorities responsible for disaster risk…