Washington, D.C.,24 June 2025 (PAHO) — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) facilitated the introductory session of the regional consultation on the draft WHO Global Strategy on the Economics of Health for All (EHfA), in a virtual meeting held on 20 June 2025.This first session aimed to present the content and rationale of the strategy,…
Washington, D.C., 20 June 2025 (PAHO) — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) participated in the International Seminar on Governance and Health Care Networks in Federated and Decentralized Countries, held from May 27 to 30, 2025, in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil. The event, organized by the Bahia State Secretariat of Health, the Collective…
São Paulo, June 20, 2025 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), through its Departments of Health Systems and Services (HSS) and Social and Environmental Determinants for Health Equity (DHE), and its Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information (BIREME), together with the World Health Organization (WHO),…
Washington DC, 19 June 2025 (PAHO)—The World Health Organization (WHO) today released its first-ever global guideline on the management of sickle cell disease (SCD) during pregnancy, addressing a critical and growing health challenge that can have life-threatening consequences for both women and babies.SCD is a group of inherited blood…
June 18, 2025 (PAHO) — More than 50 representatives from 26 countries and territories across the Region participated in the Sixth Consultation of Member States for the development of the PAHO Strategic Plan 2026-2031. Ahead of the 176th session of the Executive Committee, PAHO delivered a comprehensive briefing for Member States on the updates on…
Antigua Guatemala, June 18, 2025 (PAHO) - With the objective of strengthening vaccination policies and programs against seasonal and pandemic influenza in the Region of the Americas, the Regional Workshop for the Generation of Evidence to Support Health Policies for the Prevention and Control of Seasonal Influenza was held in Antigua Guatemala,…
Buenos Aires, june 13 2025.- The Health Technology Assessment Network of the Americas (RedETSA), with support from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) as Secretariat, and the Government of Argentina, held its 16th meeting today in Buenos Aires with the goal of promoting the exchange of experiences and best practices among its members…
Bogotá, June 6, 2025 — Government representatives, international organizations, public and private vaccine producers, academic institutions, and donors participated in the regional workshop Strengthening Value Chains for Vaccine Production in Latin America and the Caribbean, with the goal of consolidating a regional ecosystem for vaccine…
Buenos Aires, June 6 2025.- International experts visited the Argentine pharmaceutical company Sinergium Biotech to support the development of the messenger RNA (mRNA)-based vaccine against influenza A(H5N1). The visit is part of the efforts of the World Health Organization (WHO), the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP), and the Pan American Health…