Regional Stories
How Honduras reduced maternal mortality by over 27% with a life-saving alert systemIn October 2023, three women lost their lives within less than 72 hours of each other at the Gabriela Alvarado Hospital in Danlí, located 92 kilometers south of Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras. While another 15 mothers were being rushed in with uncontrollable…
July 2025Joaquina Portillo is an indigenous elderly resident from the rural community of Rio Verde, Department of Canindeyú, Northeast Paraguay. She recently attended an outpatient care day hosted in her community and was very pleased with the comprehensive care that she and her family received.…
July 2025When three monkeys (a howler, a white-faced monkey, and a spider monkey) were found dead in a forested area of Colombia’s Putumayo department, what might have previously gone unnoticed became an early warning sign that triggered a swift, coordinated response to contain a yellow fever outbreak. This time, the difference was knowledge."…
June 2025“Ensuring that diagnosis and treatment is available for all is key to reach and maintain zero malaria,” said Dr. Marthelise Eersel, who leads Suriname’s Malaria Program. This year, Suriname became the first country in the Amazon region to receive malaria-free certification from the World Health Organization (WHO).For Dr. Eersel, training…
Over the past two years, the Haitian government has intensified vaccination campaigns and epidemiological surveillance to combat vaccine preventable diseases (VPDs) amid severe humanitarian and security challenges.— Port-au-Prince, Haiti, April 2025 —
The country has renewed equipment at around 70 percent of its vaccination sites and acquired a cold storage chamber for José Martí International Airport, with support from PAHO and Canada.Havana, March 2025It’s Monday, and Nelisa Cecilia García is getting ready to take her 10-month-old daughter, María Elena, to the vaccination point in Habana…
Taking up to 17 pills a day and receiving constant injections can be exhausting, even when you know your life depends on it. Benito understands this well. At over 60 years old, being diagnosed with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) was an emotional blow, but even more so when he was told that the treatment could last up to a year and a…
Lima, 6 of March 2025Across Peru, particularly in the Amazon, three projects are reshaping the lives of thousands. These initiatives are seeking to eliminate neglected diseases such as trachoma, improve the health of women and adolescents, and guarantee equitable access to vaccination. Each effort converges on a singular goal: to improve the well-…