PAHO Holds Webinar to Discuss Training of Nursing Professionals in Adolescent Health and Development
Washington DC, 22 April 2022 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) held the webinar Adolescent Health and Development in Nurse Training in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru to advance discussion on the training of nursing professionals in adolescent health and development.
The event was part of the project "Better health for women and…
Washington DC, May 17, 2022 (PAHO) – With the support and participation of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), the special supplement of BMJ innovations was launched, which brings together a selection of works that study social innovations in health that are examples of cases that have had a significant impact on the health outcomes…
WHO and UNICEF call on governments, industry, donors and civil society to fund and prioritize access to assistive products
16 May 2022 | Joint News Release WHO, UNICEF | Geneva/New York.
A new report published today by WHO and UNICEF reveals that more than 2.5 billion people need one or more assistive products, such as wheelchairs…
Washington DC, 6 May 2022 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has announced advances and new initiatives of the Regional Platform to Advance the Manufacturing of COVID-19 Vaccines and Other Health Technologies in the Americas. The announcement came during a webinar on strengthening production capacities to improve access to…
Reveals that good IPC programmes can reduce health care infections by 70%
Geneva, 6 May 2022 (WHO) - The COVID-19 pandemic and other recent large disease outbreaks have highlighted the extent to which health care settings can contribute to the spread of infections, harming patients, health workers and visitors, if insufficient attention is paid…
Washington DC, 6 May 2022 (PAHO) – In celebration of International Nurses Day, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) urged countries to collectively strengthen the nursing workforce through sustainable investment in education, jobs, leadership, professional regulation, and working conditions.
"There needs to be a strategic planning process…
1 May 2022, Mexico City.-
Mexico’s National Law of Mobility and Road Safety, passed by the country’s Senate in December 2021, marks a major step forward in the country’s efforts to reduce the stubbornly high numbers road traffic deaths and to boost equitable and sustainable access to transport services for everyone.
Despite extensive…
The second report in a series detailing exploitative marketing practices employed by US$ 55 billion baby formula industry, shows parents, particularly mothers, are being insidiously and persistently targeted online
28 April, 2022, Geneva (Switzerland).- Formula milk companies are paying social media platforms and influencers to gain…
Washington, DC, 25 April 2022 (PAHO) - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) organized the seventh meeting of the webinar series on the essential public health functions (EPHF), focused on the training strategies developed by PAHO to strengthen the institutional capacities of countries. This initiative involves a significant number of…