Washington, DC. March 10, 2021 (PAHO) - Heart disease has remained the leading cause of death globally for the last 20 years. In the Americas , approximately 1.1 million people lost their lives in 2019 alone due to ischemic or coronary heart disease, with high blood pressure as the leading risk factor for cardiovascular disease (more specifically…
Younger women among those most at risk: WHO
Joint News Release | GENEVA | NEW YORK—Violence against women remains devastatingly pervasive and starts alarmingly young, shows new data from WHO and partners. Across their lifetime, 1 in 3 women, around 736 million, are subjected to physical or sexual violence by an intimate partner or sexual violence…
Objectives of the Department
The objective of the Health Emergencies Department (PHE) of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) is to increase health sector resilience to emergencies and disasters. PHE assists Member States to strengthen the health sector’s capacities in prevention, risk reduction, preparedness, surveillance, response,…
Sao Paulo, 09 March 2021 (PAHO/WHO) - Decision-making in health that is informed by scientific evidence is a process that includes finding, selecting, evaluating, and integrating the best available evidence for certain health conditions and contexts.
The Latin American and Caribbean Health Science Information Center (BIREME) and the Knowledge and…
Geneva, Switzerland .- A major new collaborative effort, the Global Breast Cancer Initiative, is being introduced today by the World Health Organization, with the objective of reducing global breast cancer mortality by 2.5% per year until 2040, thereby averting an estimated 2.5 million deaths. In recognition of International Women’s Day, WHO…
With the support of the WHO FCTC Secretariat-FCTC 2030 Project through funds from the Government of the UK, the purpose of the virtual meeting is to increase capacity to strengthen implementation of Article 5 (sections 1, 2 and 3) of the WHO FCTC in the Region of the Americas, specifically…
Washington, D.C., 18 February 2021 (PAHO) —The Communicable Disease and Environmental Determinants of Health Department of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), along with the WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) invites grant applications to facilitate and strengthen elimination-oriented operational…
The course organised by PAHO on its public health virtual campus on capacity building for the operationalisation and training of facilitators in the mhGAP programme began in December 2020 and ended in mid-February 2021.
This initiative is part of the support that PAHO is providing in the context of COVID 19, in which we are witnessing an increase…
Washington DC, February 22, 2021 (PAHO)- The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) conducted a theoretical simulation exercise to support countries in reviewing and updating their national plans to roll out COVID-19 vaccines in Central America. The initiative sought to provide timely information on regulatory development and approval, logistics…