São Paulo, Brazil, August 21, 2025 – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) convened in São Paulo regional experts in surveillance, virology, clinical practice, genetics, and congenital malformations from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, Cuba, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua, together with technical teams from BIREME, the PAHO Country Office in…
Washington D.C., 20 August 2025 (PAHO) — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) welcomed the Vice Minister of Strengthening and Development of the Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance of the Dominican Republic, Yudelka Batista, on a technical visit aimed at strengthening cooperation under the Alliance for Primary Health Care (PHC)…
Washington DC, USA - From August 12 to 15, the Department of Communicable Disease Prevention and Elimination (CDE) brought together regional and country experts from PAHO, and more than 15 representatives from ministries of health in the Americas at its headquarters to update the Integrated Management Strategy for the Prevention and Control of…
Washington D.C., 12 August 2025 – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) joins the global community in celebrating International Youth Day (IYD) 2025, under the theme “Local Youth Actions for the SDGs and Beyond.” This year’s theme recognizes the essential role of young people in driving community-based solutions that advance the Sustainable…
Washington DC, USA, August 7, 2025 – Barbados is moving forward with its industrial policy to increase local production capacity of medicines and health technologies by strengthening its national regulatory system. With technical support from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), the country is conducting an assisted self-…
Washington, D.C., 7 August 2025 (PAHO) – As part of self-care month, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) held the virtual seminar “Self-care: Promoting health and sexual and reproductive rights to strengthen universal health coverage”. The meeting aimed to share progress on self-care interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean,…
The RCC reminds countries to improve not just polio vaccination coverage, but surveillance, and strengthen the immunization programs in the Americas to prevent outbreaks.Between 26 June and 11 July 2025, the 19th Meeting of the Regional Certification Commission for Polio Eradication of the Americas (RCC) was celebrated online, with the objectives…
Belize City, Belize, July 31, 2025 (PAHO) – Belize has been selected as one of four countries to participate in a landmark regional effort: “Towards a Smoke-Free and Emission-Free Latin America” Initiative, spearheaded by the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), in partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropies…
Guatemala City, July 25, 2025 (PAHO) - In order to strengthen national capacities to generate estimates of the burden of disease and economic burden of influenza, the Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) conducted a technical cooperation mission to Guatemala from July 21-25, 2025.Within the framework of this…