Rio de Janeiro, October 17, 2025 (BIREME) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and its Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information (BIREME) held the pre-launch of the World Health Organization Traditional Medicine Global Library (WHO TMGL) during the 3rd World Congress on Traditional, Complementary and Integrative…
Panama City, 20 October 2025 (PAHO) – With the aim of strengthening notification and response capacities for outbreaks and health emergencies in South and Central America, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and Resolve to Save Lives convened delegates from eight countries for a three-day technical workshop held from 14 to 16 October in…
Washington DC, 16 October 2025 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) took part in the Health Workforce Canada Connects: Tackling System Complexity conference, held on October 15–16 in Vancouver. The event brought together international leaders, policymakers, researchers, and health professionals to discuss innovative solutions to…
Washington DC, 15 October 2025 (PAHO) – Representatives from nine countries of the Americas met in Panama to advance the development of a common mechanism to monitor progress in the implementation of the Health Workforce Policy 2030, approved by the Member States of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) in 2023.The meeting, organized by PAHO…
Bogotá, Colombia, October 14, 2025 – Within the framework of the 33rd Colombian Congress of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the 4th Congress of the Latin American Scientific Society of Rehabilitation (SOCILAR), held from September 24 to 27, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) shared the key advances and challenges for…
Washington, D.C., 14 October 2025 ― The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is promoting a Call for Expression of Interest to host the Latin America and Caribbean regional hub of the Global Heat Health Information Network (GHHIN). Interested institutions, centers, or consortiums are encouraged to apply. The deadline for submitting applications…
Washington D.C., 10 October 2025 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) held the workshop on strengthening the organization and composition of interprofessional health teams (EqIPS) within the framework of primary health care (PHC), from October 7 to 10, in Sucre, Bolivia.The workshop aimed to build national and local capacities for…
Washington D.C., 10 October 2025 (PAHO) — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) participated in the 2nd Ordinary Meeting of the Ibero-American Network of Education of Health Technicians (RIETS), held on October 9–10 at the Joaquim Venâncio Polytechnic School of Health (EPSJV/Fiocruz) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.The meeting brought together…
Washington, D.C., October 9, 2025 — Representatives from 25 State Parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) and 4 non-Parties from the Region of the Americas participated from October 6 to 9 in the virtual preparatory meetings for the Eleventh session of the Conference of the Parties (COP11) to the WHO FCTC and the…