Lima, 30 September 2024 (PAHO) — PAHO and the Center for Health Technology Assessment (CETS) of the National Institute of Health of Peru offered a workshop to promote internationally recommended standards and processes for evidence-informed decision-making.Peruvian experts participated on August 22, and 23 in this workshop aimed at the actors…
Washington, D.C., September 30, 2024 (PAHO) – The Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance of the Dominican Republic (MISPAS) and the National Health Service (SNS) of the Dominican Republic have joined forces with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the International Bank for…
Washington, D.C., 30 September 2024 - On the occasion of the 61st Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), health ministers and delegations from member states met today in Washington DC to review the progress made through the Elimination Initiative (EI). The Global Fund and other partners expressed their continued support…
30 September 2024 (PAHO) — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) invited adolescents and young people between the ages of 10 and 24 from the Americas to participate in the Young Voices 2024 Contest, to gather their opinions on what can be done to improve the quality of health services for young people.From July 1 through July 31, 2024, more…
Bogota, 26 September 2024 (PAHO/WHO). The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) hosted a symposium in which it presented the initiative "Better Care for NCDs: Accelerating Actions in Primary Health Care" on September 26, within the framework of the 2nd Congress of the Colombian Physical Activity Network (RedCOLAF).…
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…