Washington, D.C., October 31, 2024—The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) held a workshop on alcohol taxation at the PAHO headquarters in Washington, D.C., with policymakers, experts, and academics from Brazil, Colombia and Mexico to discuss the role of alcohol taxes in addressing public health and economic challenges in the region. Organized…
Washington, D.C., October 30, 2024—The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) brought together policymakers from 15 countries of the Region to participate in the three-day workshop, "Advancing Tobacco Taxes in Latin America," at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Center in Washington, D.C. The meeting focused on addressing the ongoing public health and…
Washington, D.C., October 17, 2024 – The Lancet Americas Commission on Primary Health Care and Resilience in Latin America and the Caribbean held its second in-person meeting in Panama City, from October 15-17. During the meeting, commissioners reviewed the progress made in technical work since their first meeting, held in March of this year, and…
Washington, D.C., 25 September 2024 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), in coordination with the Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare (MSPBS in Spanish) of Paraguay, held a training workshop on the application of public financial management tools in health.The workshop aimed to strengthen officials' capacity in the…
Washington DC, October 17, 2024 - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) concluded the regional consultation on the World Health Organization (WHO) Traditional Medicine Strategy draft, 2025-2034, which gathered comments, suggestions, and contributions from national health authorities of 16 Member States, as well as from multiple social actors…
Berlin, October 13, 2024 (PAHO) - The Pan American Health Organization participated in the World Health Summit 2024 that brought together stakeholders from politics, science, the private sector and civil society from around the world. Under the theme "Building Trust for a Healthier World" WHS 2024 set the agenda for a healthier future by…
Washington, D.C., October 24, 2024 (PAHO) – The Preparedness and Resilience for Emerging Threats (PRET) initiative organizes quarterly virtual Peer learning on pandemic planning calls. These calls provide a collaborative space for countries to learn from one another and share experiences in pandemic planning. For instance, participants explore…
Washington DC, 18 October 2024 (PAHO) - High-level health authorities in the Americas and Europe convened in Washington, DC, 17-18 October, to address the “Migration and Mobility of Health Care Workers in the Region of the Americas.” Discussions focused on the challenges and opportunities in managing ethical migration, in particular for source and…
Washington, D.C., October 2024 (PAHO) - The Pan American Health Organization approved the CCHD cooperation mechanism for the Strengthening of the technical and operational capacity of national donation and transplants programs in Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay and Peru, with the PAHO/WHO collaborating center in Argentina, El Instituto Nacional…