Mexico City, February 18, 2025 - To strengthen the scaling and institutionalization of the HEARTS initiative in the Americas and in all healthcare delivery subsystems in the country, the workshop "Planning and methodological strengthening meeting. HEARTS in the Americas" began in Mexico, with the participation of the Federal Ministry of Health,…
The platform for the exchange of experiences and collaboration approves its statutes, which establish the existence of a steering committee and five thematic technical committees, while PAHO will occupy the Technical Secretariat of the network.Washington, D.C., February 10, 2025 - The Network for Intersectoral Work and Social Participation for…
Washington, DC, February 10, 2025 (PAHO) - On February 5, 2025, a specialized virtual training session on using the GitHub platform to share code and conduct analyses in R software, was held by the PAHO Health Emergencies Department. The training gathered 39 professionals from the Ministries of Health and Health Institute, including…
Havana, February 7, 2025 (PAHO) – From February 3 to 7, 2025, Havana hosted the Workshop for the Implementation of the Framework of a national program for preventing and controlling diseases caused by respiratory viruses with epidemic and pandemic potential led by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and Cuban health authorities. This event…
Bogotá, February 7, 2025 — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) brought together experts from Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Peru, Ecuador, and PAHO Collaborating Centers for Arboviruses in Bogotá on January 22 and 23 to define a strategic research agenda on the Oropouche virus (OROV).OROV has caused health emergencies in Brazil and Cuba since…
From 21 to 31 January, the representative of the Ministry of Health of Chile, Dr. Ester Aylwin, participated in a technical mission to the Department of Health Emergencies (PHE) at the headquarters of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) in Washington, DC. The purpose of the visit was to strengthen the country's technical and strategic…
The director of PAHO's Department of Social and Environmental Determinants of Health Equity participated in the event Global Investments in Health: The Infrastructure for Everyday Well-Being, organized by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.Washington, D.C., February 5, 2025 - Health is not built in hospitals but from factors such as home,…
Washington, D.C., 4 February 2025 (PAHO). 2024 was a pivotal year for strengthening Emergency Medical Teams (EMTs) in the Americas. The region made significant strides in the global classification of national teams, enhancing their capacity to respond to health emergencies both within their countries and at the regional level.Currently, 12 EMTs in…
Washington, D.C., Feb. 3, 2025 (PAHO)-The Ministry of Public Health of Ecuador presented the new “Regulations of Clinical Trials with Medicines and Processed Natural Products for Medicinal Use for Human Use,” which was developed with the technical cooperation of the Regional Program on Bioethics of the Science and Knowledge for Impact…