Technical Unit News

The Caribbean nation is taking important steps to protect the health of its babies. marlon-timothy Dr. Marlon Timothy spends sleepless nights in the Neonatal Unit of Trinidad and Tobago's Port of Spain General Hospital (POSGH). Despite…
"Statistics have never been so good!" exclaims Linda Rampersad, who has worked as a midwife in the Maternity Department of the Port of Spain General Hospital (POSGH) over the last 13 years. In fact, during the last six months, no woman has died during pregnancy or while giving birth at this institution, nor at any other institution in Trinidad and…
After facing stagnating adolescent pregnancy rates, the Dominican Republic is applying a new approach that focuses on equity to make sure no adolescents - including those most at risk of becoming pregnant - are left out of programs designed to prevent teen pregnancy.  This new approach comes as a response to the new global health agenda,…
On 19 June 2018, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines launched its National Action Plan for Adolescent Health and Development in collaboration PAHO/WHO. The plan was developed following recommendations of WHO AA-HA! guidance document; as such, it involved stakeholders from various ministries, civil society and faith-based organizations. The…
Punta Cana, June 2018 (PAHO/WHO) - The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), in the framework of the Plan of Action for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases in the Americas, is promoting a series of multisectoral dialogues on policies and partnerships, with a view to strengthening…
30924328394 727b834349 oJune is ending with two important advances for global health in tobacco control. The Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products reached the necessary number of Parties to become…
Buenos Aires, June 2018 (PAHO/WHO) - A newspaper story reports that two cars collided on a road and three young people died. It is one of many articles published every day about the growing number of road crashes—words that are lost in the sea of information that the population navigates daily. But… were some of the vehicles going over the speed…
The General Assembly of the Organization of the American States (OAS) approved during its 48th Regular Session (4-5 June 2018), the resolution  "Strengthening Multi-Sectoral Responses to the Crisis of Non-Communicable Diseases in the Americas". The resolution was proposed by Barbados and drafted in collaboration with PAHO, following a …
Indigenous health authorities of the Yanomami area in Boa Vista, Roraima State in Brazil, and the Secretary of Indigenous Health of Brazil contacted the PAHO office in Brazil requesting support to attend an unusual increased number of tungiasis cases in indigenous population Yanomami and Yekuana of communities bordering Venezuela. (Photo…