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…
Paramaribo, Suriname October 9, 2025 (PAHO/WHO) – The Bureau voor Openbare Gezondheidszorg (BOG) Suriname, in collaboration with the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), hosted a four-day One Health Workshop on Pandemic Preparedness and Response aimed at strengthening the…
Washington, DC, 7 October, 2025 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) delivered the tutored training program ‘Improving the competencies of nursing and midwifery faculty for hybrid teaching and clinical training’, with the participation of 23 faculty from 9 Caribbean countries. The training was conducted virtually from September 1…
Washington, D.C., 4 October 2025 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), in collaboration with Panama’s Ministry of Health (MINSA) and other sector stakeholders, supported the national process to advance the implementation of the Human Resources for Health Information System (known in Spanish as SIRHS), aimed at optimizing the…
Washington, D.C., October 6, 2025 (PAHO) - Through a successful partnership between the Ministry of Health, the National Council of State Health Secretaries (CONASS), the National Council of Municipal Health Secretaries (CONASS), the Pan American Health Organization, and the Todos pela Saúde Institute, Brazil is advancing in the implementation of…
Washington, D.C., October 6, 2025 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) conducted a series of webinars aimed at strengthening the health sector’s preparedness to respond to radiation emergencies, in coordination with national nuclear energy authorities, national emergency systems, and other first-response organizations.Strengthening…
Washington, D.C., October 6, 2025 (PAHO) - To strengthen preparedness and response to respiratory pathogen events, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is promoting the Unity Studies Initiative, a pandemic preparedness and readiness framework for conducting targeted investigations and studies designed to generate scientific evidence…
Washington, D.C., 28 September 2025 (PAHO/WHO) – Panama advances in strengthening its health system with the establishment of its Mesa Consultiva for Primary Health Care, within the framework of the Alliance for Primary Health Care in the Americas. This initiative is led by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the World Bank, and the Inter…