Technical Unit News

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has been developing a rapid evaluation tool to assess the quality of care in response to sexual violence. This tool has the potential to be used and adapted by Ministries of Health throughout the Region in order to improve care for survivors of sexual violence in accordance with regional standards and…
Washington, D.C., 26 September 2023 (PAHO/WHO) – The PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center for Knowledge Translation and Health Technology Assessment for Health Equity (CAN-108) is supporting PAHO/WHO by conducting a survey that aims to improve the reporting of health equity considerations in observational studies. The survey for the Extension of the…
Washington D.C. September 24, 2023: The Pan American Health Organization, in coordination with the Virtual Campus for Public Health, presents the English version of the course "Introduction to the Renewed Essential Public Health Functions (EPHF)." The primary objective of this online course is to introduce the new conceptual framework of EPHF,…
PAHO promotes cooperation to improve health workforce planning and management in the region. Washington DC, September 20, 2023 (PAHO) - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) held a regional workshop on "Development of Human Resources for Health Information Systems (HRHIS) in the Americas," from September 11 to September 15, 2023, in Panama…
Washington, DC, September 12, 2023 (PAHO) - Within the framework of World Suicide Prevention Day, which takes place on September 10, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) organized a regional event to promote responsible information about suicide in the media and social networks, one of the main evidence-based strategies to prevent it. The…
Bridgetown, Barbados, 5 September 2023 (PAHO) - A webinar with live panelists from Barbados and Chile signaled the start of recognition of World Suicide Prevention Day. Hosted on September 5, the webinar was entitled United to Make Suicide Prevention a Priority. The live conversation provided a platform to discuss two different experiences from…
Applications closed, results will soon be published Washington, D.C., 8 September, 2023 – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is issuing a call to identify and collect national, subnational, and local experiences of intersectoral action that have directly or indirectly contributed to health equity. The proposal submission period will be…
Washington D.C., September 1, 2023 (PAHO). The Technical Advisory Group (TAG) on vaccine-preventable diseases of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) recommended in its latest report this year that the countries and territories of the Americas should use the single-dose schedule of the vaccine against Human Papillomavirus (HPV), which can…
PAHO launched a series of diabetes country profiles illustrating the rising burden of diabetes and diabetic kidney disease for countries in the Region of the Americas. The country profiles reveal that during the last 20 years, disability due to diabetes (excluding diabetic kidney disease) increased in all countries of the Region, both in men and…