Washington, D.C., September 27, 2024 – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has recently launched the Regional Data Portal of the Initiative for the Elimination of Communicable Diseases in the Americas. This innovative tool designed to support national authorities, technical teams, partners, donors, and stakeholders in monitoring progress…
Washington, D.C., October 27, 2024 (PAHO)– The 47th Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COSHOD) gathered Ministers of Health and other relevant sectors of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Member States addressed urgent issues to strengthen public health systems in the region and the response to pandemics, as well as to…
Rio de Janeiro - September 24, 2024 - (PAHO) - Within the framework of the event coordinated by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP), at the Bio-Manguinhos/Fiocruz headquarters, research institutions, vaccine producers, and international organizations discussed…
Washington, DC, September 26, 2024 (PAHO/WHO) - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Health Technology Assessment Network of the Americas (RedETSA) held Webinar No. 43 of the RedETSA Webinar Program entitled:“Methods and application of adaptive health technology assessment (aHTA)”.The objective of this webinar was to describe the…
Washington, D.C., September 23, 2024 (PAHO). - With the aim of providing the countries of the Americas with a tool to optimize the projection of medical oxygen demand, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) has developed the O2prep application with financial support from the Ford Foundation and the Spanish Agency for International…
Geneva, Switzerland (WHO-HQ) September 21, 2024 - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), alongside the World Health Organization (WHO)’s Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child, Adolescent Health and Ageing, and other WHO regional offices (AFRO, SEARO, and WPRO), in collaboration with UNDESA, UNFPA, and various Member States, hosted a virtual…
September 19, 2024, Washington, DC. In support of Snakebite Prevention Day, PAHO's Strategic Fund cooperated with PANAFTOSA to add 32 antivenoms in the product catalog, along with eligibility and quality standards, as well as clinical and epidemiological information on snakebites and other venomous species. The Strategic Fund aims…
Panama City, September 18-20, 2024. The Special Program Comprehensive Immunization (CIM) and the Infectious Hazards Management Unit (IHM) of the Health Emergencies Department (PHE) of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) have held a regional workshop to estimate the health burden of respiratory disease caused by influenza viruses and the…
Panama City, September 12, 2024 – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), through its Infectious Hazards Management Unit and Emergency Operations Unit of the Department of Emergencies, in collaboration with the National Emerging Special Pathogens Training and Education Center (NETEC), held a three-day regional workshop in Panama City to…