The Region of the Americas is endangered by the risks of air pollution. More than 320,000 premature deaths are attributable to poor air quality, and at least 250 million people live in cities that fail to meet the WHO air quality guidelines for particulate matter.
To help raise awareness of this threat and mobilize action against air pollution, a…
Rio de Janeiro, 01 September 2020 (PAHO/WHO) - It is highly unlikely that food or food packaging can transmit COVID-19. Coronaviruses cannot multiply in food because they need an animal or human host to do so. COVID-19 is a respiratory disease primarily transmitted through person-to-person contact and direct contact with droplets expelled when an…
Washington DC, 31 August 2020 (PAHO)- The Pan American Health Organization held the XI Regulatory Meeting with the National Regulatory Authorities (NRAs) in the Americas, which took place on 6 August 2020. In this session, representatives from the World Health Organization (WHO) presented the SOLIDARITY clinical trial protocol and the WHO…
Washington DC, 26 August 2020 (PAHO)- The Regional Base of Health Technology Assessment Reports of the Americas (BRISA) reached 250 reports related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The reports are produced by members of the Regional Health Technology Assessment Network of the Americas (RedETSA). BRISA centralizes in a single platform the reports…
Washington, D.C., 11 August 2020 (PAHO/WHO) - The Pan American Health Organization has published a training workbook on assessment of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD), in Spanish- and English-language versions, aimed at healthcare providers to assist in the diagnosis and recognition of FASD.
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders …
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) invites applications for the first English cohort of the certification course in Electronic Immunization Registries (EIRs) open to all professionals supporting or willing to support the implementation of EIR-related information systems. The purpose of this course is to strengthen country capabilities by…
Washington, DC, 28 July, 2020 (PAHO) - The Central American Mechanism for the Joint Evaluation of Medicines announced it is now open to receive dossiers from companies wanting to register products in Central America, as of August 1, 2020.
The Mechanism seeks to ensure the quality, safety, and effectiveness of medicines and health…
The original version of this publication in Spanish, was presented by the Director of PAHO, Dr. Carissa F. Etienne in Havana, Cuba, during the International Convention on Public Health, "Cuba Salud 2018".
Washington, DC, July 28, 2020- The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) launched the English version of the publication “Fiscal Space for…
In this video, Dr. Claudina Cayetano speaks about the COVID-19 response by the WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill University (CAN-32).