Washington D.C., February 2025 (PAHO) - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID) have formalized a memorandum of understanding that reinforces their mutual commitment to improve public health in the Americas. This agreement covers several areas of cooperation,…
Washington, DC, February 27, 2025 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) launched the English version of the Introduction Course to Assistive Technology in the Americas. Approximately 170 people from 42 countries participated in the launch event, including 34 in the Region of the Americas.The objective of the Introduction Course to…
Washington D.C., February 2025 (PAHO) - The Department of Innovation, Access to Medicines, and Health Technologies (IMT) has been supporting the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Strategic Fund through health technology assessment for the potential inclusion of these technologies in the Fund's product list, which…
Washington, D.C., February, 2025 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is collaborating with the Ministry of Health to modernize Bermuda's regulatory framework. This initiative began with the creation of a National Pharmaceutical Importation Policy, aimed at enhancing the national regulatory system to ensure better access to…
Washington, D.C., February 25, 2025 (PAHO)- The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has translated the application of the "Pocket Book on Primary Health Care for Children and Adolescents into Spanish. Guidelines on health promotion, prevention and management of diseases from the neonatal period to adolescence", now available for download on…
Washington, February 19, 2025 (PAHO) - the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) team held a new inter-programmatic meeting with representatives from Canada to review the progress of the project Strengthening Local Manufacturing Capacities to Improve Equitable Access to Vaccines in Latin America and the Caribbean, which is supported by the…
Panajachel, Guatemala, 11 February 2025 (PAHO) - The Initiative for the Elimination of Trachoma in the Americas, a partnership between the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Government of Canada, brought together public health workers from Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, and Guatemala in a train-the-trainer workshop on…
The new independent evaluation of the integration of gender equality in PAHO’s technical cooperation highlights both progress and challenges in integrating gender considerations across its programs. This evaluation is part of the PAHO Forward 2.0 initiative, which aims to enhance efficiency, transparency, and accountability within the…
Washington, D.C., 20 February 2025 (PAHO) - On 13 February 2025, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO)’ Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Center for Health, conducted a specialized virtual training session on ArcGIS Pro, an advanced GIS software for mapping and spatial analysis.…