The "International Diploma of Mental Health in Deinstitutionalization:principles and practices for community inclusion" was developed by the University of Business and Social Sciences (UCES) in Argentina,through its Faculty of Psychology and Social Sciences and UCES Virtual Academic Unit.It is directed by doctors Hugo Cohen and Graciela Natella,…
This video gathers testimonies of users as well as interviews with different actors that participated in the "Care of severe mental health disorders in El Tambo, Cauca" project. It was developed by PAHO/WHO Colombia, December 2017, to give visibility to the results of this care and rehabilitation model and to accompany the document that…
PAHO/WHO hosted in Panama City, 13-15 March, a three-day training of trainers and supervisors workshop on the new version 2.0 of the mhGAP Intervention Guide for mental, neurological and substance use disorders (mhGAP-IG), which was launched in 2017. The objectives pursued included familiarizing participants with the new version of the Guide and…
On 5 February, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Organization of American States (OAS) renewed a memorandum of understanding to work together in the improvement of countries' capacities to respond to the needs of people affected by the drug problem with a public health perspective.The agreement lays out collaboration on policies…
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), in partnership with the Epilepsy Society of the Caribbean (ESC), the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE), and the International Bureau for Epilepsy (IBE), organized a regional workshop (28 February - 1 March) to strengthen country capacity to deliver evidence based care to people with epilepsy…
With the purpose of revising the subregional drug demand reduction strategy, directors of the national drug councils of Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Dominica, Guyana, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago gathered at a meeting organized by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis, 18…
This report, which covers the period December 2015 – December 2016, outlines the response of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health Organization (WHO), to the epidemic of Zika virus (ZIKV) in the Americas and presents some of the milestones achieved during this period.…
Washington, D.C., March 19, 2018 (PAHO/WHO) - A strong political commitment and public policies involving all sectors of government are needed to address noncommunicable diseases, which take 5.2 million lives a year and involve enormous costs for the countries of the Americas, said Carissa F. Etienne, Director of the Pan American Health…
Journalists from Latin America and the Caribbean were invited to participate in a webinar to examine challenges and best practices when reporting on suicide. Dr. Dan Reidenberg, Executive Director of Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (SAVE) made a presentation on the subject. The seminar took place on the occasion of World Health Day, April 7…