Washington, D.C., 2 September 2025 — Representatives from Bolivia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico, Panama, Peru, the Dominican Republic, and Uruguay formally established the Network for Essential Public Health Functions (RedFESP by its acronym in Spanish) a regional initiative created to strengthen stewardship and governance in public health in…
Washington D.C., 4 September 2025 – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) convened a regional webinar bringing together government authorities, civil society representatives, international agencies, and caregivers from across the Americas to discuss and recommend measures to strengthen long-term care for older people, as part of broader…
Washington D.C., September 3, 2025 (PAHO/WHO) — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and the World Bank held today a high-level meeting of the Alliance for Primary Health Care (PHC) in the Americas, to review the progress achieved since its launch and set strategic priorities for the years ahead.…
Washington D.C., September 2, 2025 (PAHO) – On August 28, PAHO/WHO, through its Health Emergencies Department, held a webinar to strengthen multidisciplinary rapid response teams (RRTs) for health emergencies and disasters in the Region of the Americas. The event brought together 150 professionals from 25 countries in Latin America and the…
São Paulo, September 2, 2025 (BIREME/PAHO/WHO) - The first half of 2025 marked a period of progress for three strategic initiatives developed under the TC157 technical cooperation agreement, led by BIREME/PAHO/WHO in partnership with the Secretariat of Information and Digital Health (SEIDIGI/MS): Brazil’s Unified Health System – SUS Digital…
Washington, D.C., August 28, 2025 – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) convened a virtual meeting attended by more than 140 stakeholders to address persistent challenges in accessing essential mental health medicines across Latin America and the Caribbean. The event focused on fostering regional collaboration and identifying actionable…
Ecuador, 28 August 2025 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), in coordination with Ecuador’s Ministry of Public Health and the National Institute of Public Health Research (INSPI), held the International Training Workshop on Laboratory Surveillance of Emerging and Reemerging Pathogens with Pandemic and/or Epidemic Potential, from…
Washington, D.C., August 27, 2025 - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), through the Better Care for Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) Initiative and in conjunction with the Virtual Campus for Public Health (VCPH), is launching a new series of free, certified webinars aimed at strengthening the capacities of interprofessional health teams in…
Washington, D.C., 26 August 2025 (PAHO/WHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has launched the Primary Health Care (PHC) Learning Pathway and the virtual course “Introduction to PHC in the 21st Century: Principles and Implementation”, available only in Spanish, as part of its efforts to support countries of the Region in transforming…