Technical Unit News

Quito, Ecuador - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), through the HEARTS Initiative, advocates the use of validated electronic devices in order to improve the accuracy of blood pressure  (BP) measurement, as it is key to the correct diagnosis and control of hypertension. To this end, it is necessary to have a regulatory framework…
Twelve research projects have been awarded grants following a 2019 call for applications to conduct research on sexual and reproductive health and rights, infectious diseases of poverty and the health systems response linked to the current mass migration in the Americas. Mass migration is an intensifying reality in the region of the Americas. In…
The 3rd Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety convened 1700 delegates from around 140 countries, including more than 70 ministers and vice-ministers and heads of international agencies, civil society organizations, foundations and private companies. Representatives from 12 countries of the Region of the Americas attended the Conference,…
New evidence published by recipients of a Joint Small Grants Programme funded by HRP* and TDR**, with support from WHO’s Regional Office for the Americas (PAHO), highlights the valuable contribution of research conducted inside an emerging epidemic. It also emphasizes the critical importance of strengthening community-based research capacity in…
Washington DC, 28 February 2020 (PAHO) - The Pan American Health Organization has published a report on the current social security situation and challenges in Central America and the Dominican Republic (in Spanish only: Seguridad social en Centroamérica y República Dominicana: situación actual y desafíos) in collaboration with the…
Preventive chemotherapy is one of the tools used for the control of cysticercosis, by treating taeniasis, caused by the parasite Taenia solium (also known as the pork tapeworm). In its adult tapeworm form, T. solium infection in humans is known as taeniasis. Taeniasis can be treated with anthelmintic drugs. However, it was not clear the…
Mexico includes the HEARTS initiative within the framework of health system reform Mexico City, 18 February 2020 - As part of its efforts to strengthen primary health care, Mexico has officially joined the HEARTS initiative. Promoted by the Pan American Health Organization/ World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), the initiative aims to…
Port of Spain, 18 February 2020 (PAHO/WHO) – On the occasion of International Childhood Cancer Day, pediatric cancer experts and health authorities convened by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), and together with the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, are calling for stepped-up action to…
Washington DC., 27 January 2020 - On World Leprosy Day we are renewing our focus on accelerating towards a leprosy-free world and to ensuring this age-old disease is no longer a source of shame and anxiety, stigma and prejudice, but a challenge all of us can unite around to overcome. The theme of this year’s World Leprosy Day, Ending…