Chile's president, Michele Bachelet, presented the Commitment to Action of Santiago alongside representatives of 9 countries of the region, integration mechanisms and United Nations agencies, among them PAHO/WHO. This Commitment to Action seeks to start the implementation of the Global Strategy for Women's, Children´s and Adolescent's Health in…
Los países de la Región están haciendo serios esfuerzos para desplazar el eje de la atención, desde los servicios prestados en instituciones tradicionales hacia un modelo basado en la comunidad, que ofrezca cuidados integrales y continuos para las personas con trastornos mentales, epilepsia y en situación de discapacidad. El proceso de integración…
Port-au-Prince, June 27, 2017 (Panaftosa/PAHO)-The government of Brazil has donated 15,000 doses of human rabies vaccine to Haiti, with the support of the Pan American Foot-and-Mouth Disease Center of the Pan American Health Organization (Panaftosa/PAHO). The rabies vaccines are intended to protect humans after they have been exposed to rabies.The…
"Listen first" is the theme for this year International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, which is observed each 26th June. The campaign includes the recommendation of "listening to children and young people" as "the first step to help them grow healthy and safe, decreasing risk behaviors and drug use"."Listen first" is a campaign…
Two new virtual courses on alcohol are now available on PAHO´s Virtual Campus for Public Health. These self-learning and free courses are aimed for English and Portuguese speaking health professionals: "Alcohol Policy Advocacy" and "Uso de Álcool e Saúde da Mulher Gestante" (Alcohol use and Health in Pregnant Women).
Alcohol Advocacy Policies…
Dr. Aldana Lichtenberger, from Argentina, organized this June 2, 2017, online seminar on the management of alcohol consumption in pregnancy.She described the consequences of prenatal exposure to alcohol (fetal alcohol syndrome - FAS; fetal alcohol spectrum disorders - FASD) and the prevalence of alcohol consumption during…
May 17, 2017, Mexico City, Mexico - Nearly 80 experts, including representatives of the media, attended the round table "Alcohol marketing regulation: from research to public health policy", organized by the National Institute of Psychiatry Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz (INPRFM), PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center. The coordination was in charge of Mg.…
In April, representatives of Alzheimer associations from twelve countries attended a briefing on the implementation of a regional plan of action on dementia in older persons held at PAHO Headquarters in Washington D.C. Dr. Dévora Kestel, PAHO/WHO Mental Health and Substance Use Unit Chief, led a debate on national and regional collaboration.…
Lima, March 16 - At the inauguration of the Community Mental Health Center, Santa Rosa de Manchay, the Director of the Pan American Health Organization, Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, urged the countries of the Americas to reduce the role of psychiatric hospitals and direct more human and financial resources towards strengthening primary care…