22 November 2016 - Today, UN human rights experts told countries that they need to do more to protect, promote and support breastfeeding as a human right, including ending the inappropriate marketing of breast-milk substitutes and other foods intended for infants and young children.
The joint statement was issued by the UN Special Rapporteurs on…
The third biennial Caribbean Regional Conference of Psychology, CRCP 2016, under the auspices of the Caribbean Alliance of National Psychological Associations (CANPA), and hosted by the Haitian Psychological Association (founded in 2010) was held in Port-au-Prince, November 7-11th. The conference theme, Promoting Caribbean Health with…
Dominican Republic, 03 November 2016 (PAHO/WHO) - In the context of the new mental health care approach, with a focus on users' rehabilitation and reintegration, improving their life quality and integrating their families and the community, World Mental Health Day was celebrated with the launch of the "I am like you, but you do not know" campaign…
Lima, 8 September. - Among the main reflections of the first forum on advances in suicide prevention "Embrace Life" was that having depression does not mean we are sick but that we have problems to solve in order to be better. Those were the words of the Director of Mental Health, Ministry of Health (MoH), Yuri Cutipe. "We must reflect on the…
The international workshop on the Parent Skills Training program (PST) for caregivers of children with developmental disorders was held in Buenos Aires, 27-31 August. Representatives from seven Latin-American countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Nicaragua, Peru and Uruguay) attended the workshop, which was jointly organized by PAHO/WHO…
La Paz, 5 August 2016 (PAHO/WHO) - PAHO/WHO Mental Health Advisor for South America, Dr. Andrea Bruni, visited Bolivia with the purpose of providing technical advice for the development of the "National Mental Health Plan 2016-2020," within the framework of PAHO/WHO Plan of action on mental health 2013-2020. In line with PAHO's international…
Disaster can hit at any time and being prepared is key to surviving and recovering from a disaster. A number of first responders benefited from a PFA training held in Barbados 20th-21st July. The training workshop, led by Dr. Claudina Cayetano, was hosted by the Barbados Department of Emergency Management (DEM) in collaboration with the Pan…
Washington D.C., 17-19 October, 2016.- The technical meeting on psychosocial support, rehabilitation and clinical management of neurological complications associated with the Zika virus infection took place at PAHO Headquarters and was coordinated by the Mental Health and Substance Use Unit, and the Epidemic Alert and Response and Water Borne…
Washington, D.C., 28 October 2016 (PAHO/WHO) - The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), in collaboration with regional experts and in consultation with the countries, developed a manual on "Mammography Services Quality Assurance: Baseline Standards for Latin America and the Caribbean". The aim of this new…