San Bernardino, Paraguay, June 4, 2026 – To strengthen early warning capacities for health emergencies, technical experts from Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Saint Lucia, Uruguay, and Paraguay gathered in San Bernardino from June 2–4 to advance the development of Community-Based Event Surveillance (CBES) across the Americas.…
Washington, D.C., June 4, 2026 (PAHO) — Eleven countries of the Americas came together to review progress achieved during the third year of the Initiative for the Elimination of Trachoma in the Americas, a partnership between the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Government of Canada. Held virtually on May 27–28, the annual meeting…
Washington DC, 1 June 2026 — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the WHO Regional Office for Europe (WHO/Europe) co-organized a two-day collaborative workshop on health workforce planning, bringing together government representatives, technical experts, and academics from across Europe and the Americas to exchange experiences and…
Experts on intersectoral action and Health in All Policies held a workshop in BogotáBogotá, Colombia, 29 May 2026 ― The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) concluded in Bogotá the third meeting of experts on monitoring and evaluation of intersectoral action, achieving key results such as the validation of a set of regional indicators, the…
Washington, DC, 29 May 2026 (PAHO). The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) continues to support Canada, Mexico, and the United States through the Health Security Working Group, established in 2023 to strengthen preparedness for the FIFA World Cup 2026. The working group includes delegates from the health sector and other national authorities…
Washington, D.C., 29 May 2026 (PAHO) — Representatives from 27 countries across the Region of the Americas participated in the Second Regional Virtual Meeting for Strengthening Human Resources for Health Information Systems (HRHIS), organized by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), to continue advancing the strategic use of information for…
Geneva, Switzerland, 29 May 2026.- Worldwide, at least 40 million children aged 13–15 use tobacco products, and young people’s use of e-cigarettes and nicotine pouches continues to rise. In advance of World No Tobacco Day – 31 May – the World Health Organization (WHO) urges governments around the world to protect a new generation from becoming…
Brasília, Federal District, Brazil, May 28, 2026 – The traveling exhibition “The Infinite Memory of the Pandemic: the story of COVID-19 by all of us Brazilians” opened this Tuesday (26), in Brasília, Federal District. Designed to expand public access to the collections of the Digital Memorial of the COVID-19 Pandemic, the exhibition presents an…
Washington, D.C., May 2026. PAHO - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), together with the Ministry of Health of Brazil and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), is supporting a strategic technical cooperation initiative aimed at strengthening field epidemiology training and public health emergency workforce…