Washington, D.C., 28 October 2025 — The Network on Essential Public Health Functions to Strengthen Stewardship and Governance (RedFESP, by its Spanish acronym), established in September 2025 with the technical support of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), held its first virtual meeting with the participation of representatives from…
October 30, 2025 - The webinar “Multisectoral Strategies to Contain Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR): One Health, Multiple Voices” brought together experts from diverse sectors to address antimicrobial resistance as a shared societal challenge requiring coordinated action.Organized by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and ReAct Latin…
Guatemala, October 30, 2025 (PAHO) – Guatemala has moved one step further toward the elimination of trachoma as a public health problem by holding a training workshop for the Trachoma Prevalence Survey “Plus”, organized by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) in cooperation with Tropical Data and the Ministry of Public Health and Social…
Washington, D.C., October 31, 2025 – More than 40 representatives from Ministries of Health in 19 Latin American countries and other partners participated in the third and final session of the Subregional Training on Health Care for Child and Adolescent Survivors of Violence, following a series of hybrid meetings organized by the Pan American…
San Salvador, El Salvador, October 30, 2025 — Fifteen countries from the region and the Caribbean Regulatory System (CRS), participated in a workshop organized by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), focused on regulatory preparedness for overseeing pandemic or emergency-use…
Washington, D.C., 30 October 2025 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) held the meeting “Strengthening the Nursing Workforce in the Americas through the Development of the New Regional Nursing Body (RNB) Strategic Plan for Nursing and Midwifery 2025–2035,” on October 29–30 in Bridgetown,…
The Information Systems and Digital Health Unit (IS/EIH) announces the publication of the Webinar, Masterclass, and Meet the Expert sessions on PAHO’s YouTube channel. Registration is also open for the next live session on November 6.Washington D.C., October 30, 2025 (PAHO) – The Information Systems and Digital Health Unit (IS/EIH) announced that…
Theme: Unmasking the appeal – countering nicotine and tobacco addiction The deadline for submissions of nominations is Friday, 13 February 2026, at 17:00hrs (GMT) / 12:00 PM (EST or Washington DC Time)The World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for nominations to the World No Tobacco Day Awards for individuals or organizations in each of…
Washington, D.C., 29 October 2025 (PAHO) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced the theme for World No Tobacco Day 2026: “Unmasking the appeal – countering nicotine and tobacco addiction.” The campaign will expose how the tobacco and nicotine industry continues to reinvent and repackage its products to hook a new generation,…