Regional Stories

The COVID-19 pandemic has intensified challenges for the most vulnerable communities. In countries like Costa Rica, migrants face even greater obstacles. Between the health crisis and economic hardships, thousands of families are suffering the consequences of an uncertain future.
Marcela Chávez was already an advanced biology student when she decided to drop out and start over – this time to become a midwife with a degree in obstetrics and childcare. She finished her degree more than three decades ago when she was 24 years old, and went to work in the province of Chiloé, more than 900 kilometers from her home in Bio Bio,…
In the Americas, such abnormalities account for one out of every ten deaths of children under five
  Washington, D.C. February 2, 2021 (PAHO) – Erin Brown often thinks of her mother, a vibrant woman who lost her life to lupus in 1998. From the ages of 12 to 17, Erin watched her mother fight cancer until her last breath. So when Erin learned in 2004 that she also had been diagnosed with a serious disease, advanced osteosarcoma, she…