28 Jun 2023
Cuba, Havana, 28 June 2023 – PAHO/WHO Collaborating Centers (CCs) are typically parts of institutions such as universities, hospitals, research institutes, academies, or ministries that have been designated by the WHO Director-General to carry out activities in support of PAHO/WHO programs such as dissemination of information; evaluation; training…
27 Jun 2023
Washington DC., June 27, 2023—The multi-country workshop on “Financing UHC Amidst Multiple Shocks: Health Financing Knowledge Exchange for the Caribbean and Central America” took place on June 7-9 in Washington, DC. The objective was to facilitate the exchange of regional perspectives on why to invest in health and share experiences on how to…
23 Jun 2023
Nassau, 14 June 2023 (PAHO): The Pan American Health Organization and the Ministry of Health and Wellness of The Bahamas conducted a highly participatory workshop for the development of an Action Plan resulting from the evaluation and strengthening of the Essential Public Health Functions (EPHF). Through the finalization of this workshop, The…
23 Jun 2023
San Salvador, 9 June 2023 (PAHO/WHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Ministry of Health of El Salvador presented the Action Plan resulted from the process of evaluation and strengthening of the Essential Public Health Functions (EPHF). More than 100 technicians and experts representing 57 health sector institutions…
16 Jun 2023
The World Health Organization (WHO) has published a new report on access to morphine for medical use, which describes how the global distribution of morphine, as a vital pain medicine, is unequal and does not fulfil the medical need. The report, titled “Left behind in pain”, highlights the problems in access to this essential medicine…
14 Jun 2023
Washington, D.C., 14 June 2023 (PAHO/WHO) – The Collaborating Centre (CC) for Research and Training in Environmental Epidemiology at the Dirección de Salud Ambiental, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública in Mexico supported PAHO/WHO in developing a PAHO Virtual Campus Training Course on Environmental Epidemiology. The objective of the course…
12 Jun 2023
The eight best experiences selected will receive PAHO's support to produce an Expanded Report on their initiative.
Washington, D.C., June 12 - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is launching a call to collect successful experiences on integrating workers' healthcare at the primary health care in the Region of the Americas. This…
9 Jun 2023
Washington, DC, June 9, 2023 (PAHO) - The High-Level Commission on Mental Health and COVID-19 of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), led by Her Excellency Mrs. Epsy Campbell Barr, former Vice President of Costa Rica, and Ambassador Nestor Mendez, Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States, developed a report with…
6 Jun 2023
The Quadripartite announces the rebranding of the global annual awareness campaign on antimicrobial resistance.
Geneva, 6 June 2023 (WHO) - Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) represents a major global threat across human, animal,…