Santiago, Chile, April 28, 2026 (PAHO) — From April 13 to 17, 2026, professionals from National Influenza Centers (NICs) in Chile, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, and Peru participated in the International Workshop on Bioinformatics for Influenza Genomic Surveillance. The workshop was jointly organized by the WHO Collaborating Center for…
Dominican Republic, 29 April 2026 — In March, a technical mission was carried out in the Dominican Republic to support the implementation of cervical cancer screening services at the first level of care and to strengthen referral pathways for diagnosis and treatment. These pilot initiatives are being developed with financial support from the Korea…
28 April 2026 (PAHO)—The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), in collaboration with the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), conducted the technical webinar “Strengthening Medicines Quality through Laboratory Testing: The Indian Pharmacopoeia” as part of the collaborative efforts to strengthen medicines quality assurance systems and…
Washington, D.C., April 28, 2026 — On April 22 and 23, Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, Paraguay, and Suriname took part in Exercise Polaris II, an international simulation coordinated by the World Health Organization (WHO), with the participation of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), to assess and strengthen the capacity of national…
Washington, D.C., April 27 2026 (PAHO/WHO) – The Ministry of Health of Bermuda, with the support of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), convened a technical meeting focused on electronic systems for product registration and import control of medicines and other health technologies.The virtual meeting took place within the framework of…
Washington, April 27, 2025.– The webinar program of the Health Technology Assessment Network of the Americas (RedETSA) held its 50th edition with the event “50 RedETSA Webinars: Networks that Transform”, a milestone that marks more than a decade of sustained work to strengthen health technology assessment (HTA) in the Region of the Americas.Since…
Quito, April 16, 2026. It all started with dead birds.A manager at a livestock collection center in a rural area near the border reported the presence of dead wild birds in the vicinity. The site housed live animals, including poultry, horses, pigs, and cattle, and received producers and traders from various regions of the country and border areas…
Mexico City, April 22, 2026.– With the participation of authorities, international experts, and representatives from countries across the Region, the course “Training of ICD-11 coders and its tools: mortality component for the Americas” was launched in Mexico City. This initiative aims to strengthen technical capacities for the implementation of…
Washington, D.C., 23 April 2026 (PAHO)— The Network on Essential Public Health Functions (known in Spanish as RedFESP) has made progress in the development of a regional document aimed at strengthening the institutionalization of Essential Public Health Functions (EPHF) in the Americas, following the initial validation of a standardized template…