Regional Stories
Being born prematurely means that the child isn’t fully prepared for life outside the uterus. They may require support to stay warm, to feed and to breath.
Washington D.C., 17 September 2019 (PAHO/WHO) - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), alongside the Ministry of Health in the Bahamas, is coordinating disaster-relief efforts by partners and agencies from all over the world to help the people of the Bahamas access the care they need.
We heard from some of the people involved:
Dr. Kaleem…
An initial method of classifying the seriousness of dengue cases was developed in 1974. It distinguished three types of dengue: classic, hemorrhagic, and dengue shock syndrome. Over the subsequent 30 years, various problems with this classification emerged. First, not all patients fit into one of the three categories. Moreover, because most cases…
