Declaration of Astana charts course to achieve universal health coverage, 40 years since declaration on primary health care in Alma-Ata Astana, Kazakhstan, 25 October 2018 (WHO/PAHO) – Countries around the globe today signed the Declaration of Astana, vowing to strengthen their primary health care systems as an essential step toward achieving…
Washington, D.C., October 23 2018 (PAHO / WHO)—Countries of the Americas must take immediate action to increase polio vaccination coverage to 95%, advises the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO).  This call follows reports that coverage in many countries of the Americas is below recommended levels, and comes…
Washington D.C., 10 October. - In observance of World Mental Health Day, celebrated annually with the overall objective of raising awareness of mental health issues around the world and mobilizing efforts in support of mental health, PAHO hosted a virtual seminar at its Headquarters in Washington, D.C. This year’s theme was “young…
In September 2018 WHO announced a new effort – the WHO Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer – with the aim of reaching at least a 60% survival rate for children with cancer by 2030, thereby saving an additional one million lives. This new target represents a doubling of the global cure rate for children with cancer.The aims of the Initiative are…
Stand highlights the importance of effective communication in achieving positive health outcomes and wellbeing Washington, D.C., 25 September 2018 (PAHO/WHO) – Communication for Health, or C4H, refers to the communication principles and processes that inform and influence the behavior and attitudes necessary to achieve positive public health…
According to PAHO, in the Region of the Americas, cases of rabies in humans fell from 258 to 13 between 1983 and 2018, and cases in dogs fell from 11,276 to 163 in the same period. Brasilia, Brazil, 25 September 2019 (PAHO/WHO)—Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean are closer than ever to achieving the elimination of human deaths by rabies…
WHO’s Global status report on alcohol and health 2018 presents a comprehensive picture of alcohol consumption and the disease burden attributable to alcohol worldwide. It also describes what countries are doing to reduce this burden. Washington D.C, 21 September 2018 (PAHO/WHO) – More than 3 million people died as a result of harmful use of…
Washington, DC, 07 August 2018 (PAHO/WHO) - The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) has renewed its status as a Non-State Actor (NSA) in Official Relations with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). This will allow ASHA and PAHO to continue their collaboration to strengthen the knowledge and building the capacity of Latin…
"Mobilizing Latin American and Caribbean actors with a view to spurring enhanced national ambition to meet the aims of the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals"The Latin America and Caribbean Climate Week 2018 (20-23 August, in Montevideo, Uruguay) will be a key international summit to drive climate action forward across the…