Disease Elimination Initiative - Stories
I came from Mutatá here to the city of Medellin looking for a job, I worked in several companies and then the companies broke with each other...
A mere mention of Costa Rica can conjure up images of tropical rainforests, beaches, volcanoes and some of the most diverse flora and fauna on the planet—a country that has placed itself squarely on the global ecotourism map. Yet there is one aspect of this Central American nation that is, perhaps, less known: its decades-long fight against…
Following its elimination in four of the six affected countries in Latin America, all that is left to be done is to eradicate the disease from the border of Brazil and Venezuela, a hard-to-reach area inhabited by the Yanomami community.
Washington, DC, 24 July 2018 (PAHO/WHO) - Onchocerciasis or "river blindness" is a parasitic disease that…
Latin America is a world example in the fight against this disease. Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, and Mexico have already eliminated onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness. The yanomami territory in Brazil and Venezuela is the last stronghold for eliminating this disease in the region.
June 2018
In 2016, WHO identified Paraguay as one of 21 countries with the potential to eliminate malaria by 2020. Through the "E-2020 initiative," WHO is supporting these countries as they scale up activities to become malaria-free. Other E-2020 countries in the Americas include Belize, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico and Suriname.
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Washington, D.C., 23 February 2018 (PAHO/WHO) – The Pan American Health Organization, Regional Office of WHO for the Americas (PAHO-WHO) reiterated its previous recommendation that international travelers be vaccinated at least 10 days prior to traveling to or visiting areas where yellow fever is circulating.
PAHO/WHO continues to…
Irene and Vanuza are Community Health Agents from São Paulo, Brazil. They go from house to house promoting the yellow fever vaccination campaign. They give an appointment that includes the day and place of vaccination, thus avoiding a long wait at the health units (video in Spanish only)
On December 1, 2017 Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Montserrat and Saint Kitts and Nevis were certified by the World Health Organization (WHO) as having eliminated mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis.
“This elimination is the result of our strong political commitment to public health and of making the…