PAHO leads preparation of national plans for COVID-19 related solid waste management in 16 countries
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an increase in healthcare waste and its environmental impacts in the region as efforts to protect healthcare personnel and the general population continue.
Panama, February 28, 2023 (PAHO/OMS). The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and Global Affairs Canada (GAC) are holding the Regional Workshop on Waste…
Washington, DC. February 2023. The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) participated in the conference "Vaccines and immunization: Challenges and perspectives for local manufacturing" as part of the program of the "VI Global Conference of the Science, Technology, and Innovation Community," organized by FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro,…
Antigua and Barbuda, February 23, 2023 (PAHO) - Within the framework of the COVID-19 Incident Management System for the emergency declared in 2020 by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), Antigua and Barbuda took its first steps to develop its Emergency Medical Team (EMT) to respond to health emergencies and contingencies at the…
Washington D.C., February 24, 2023 (PAHO): As a result of the technical cooperation that the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has been carrying out together with the government of the Dominican Republic, an event was held in Santo Domingo in February to socialize the results of the evaluation and strengthening process of the Essential…
This article originally appeared in WHO's Monthly operational update on Health Emergencies, January 2023.
9 February 2023 — Influenced by the La Niña phenomenon, La Mojana region of Colombia is currently experiencing the longest emergency in recent years. More than 155,888 people of 38,972 households in the departments of Antioquia, Córdoba,…
Bogotá, Colombia, 28 January 2023 (OPS/OMS)- A course developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), in collaboration with the Universidad de Los Andes, in Bogota, Colombia, was held from 17-28 January to teach journalists and communicators about how to approach the issue of non-communicable…
Since 2021 PAHO has been offering webinars to provide the countries of the Region to share experiences and advance in improving their public health capacities as a mechanism to strengthen and transform their health systems.
Washington, DC, January 25, 2023 (PAHO) - To address new challenges, in addition to those exacerbated by the COVID-19…
Washington D.C., 19 January 2023 (PAHO/WHO) - The Revolving Fund with the support of the USG have worked together on filling in vaccine and ancillary supplies gaps for countries in the region of the Americas from vaccines, diluents, and syringe procurement to covering shipping costs of lifesaving goods.
Only in the third quarter of 2022, 40…
Washington DC, January 18, 2023 (PAHO) - Within the framework of the project “Improved health of women and adolescent girls in situations of vulnerability” funded by the Government of Canada, 694 health workers completed the “Training of nursing professionals in adolescent health” on the Public Health Virtual Campus platform from September to…