Washington DC, 6 December 2023 (PAHO) – The Regional Forum “Alliance for Primary Health Care in the Americas”, organized by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), concluded today in Montevideo, Uruguay. The event brought together experts who discussed best practices and tools supporting investment, innovation, and implementation of Primary…
Washington DC, 6 December 2023 (PAHO/WHO) – Delegates from across the Region of the Americas recently convened to launch three new courses, aimed at strengthening health personnel skills to address violence against women and girls. Launched on November 28 during a live virtual event organized by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the…
Washington DC, 4 December 2023 (PAHO) –Moving towards equitable access to comprehensive, integrated, and quality health services, focused on people and communities, is crucial to improve health outcomes in the Region, underscored James Fitzgerald, Director of Health Systems and Services at the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). He made these…
All women and girls can be at risk of violence, but evidence suggests that the risk in certain groups is higher.
Washington, D.C., November 30 - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) convened Afro-descendant women and men, and representatives of Indigenous Peoples, in a participatory consultation whose contributions will serve to…
Washington D.C., 28 November 2023 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization, in coordination with the Virtual Campus for Public Health, presents the Portuguese version of the course "Introduction to the Renewed Essential Functions of Public Health (EPHF)."
The main purpose of this online course is to introduce the new conceptual framework of…
The meeting, organized in La Havana, Cuba, by PAHO and WHO, gathered 140 participants from 20 countries of the region and it brought together members of national and local governments, civil society organizations, academic institutions, and citizens.
Havana, Cuba, 27 November 2023 – More than 140 participants from over 20 countries attended the…
Washington, D.C., 22 November 2023 (PAHO)- The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) facilitated the exchange of knowledge, experiences and good practices among different actors that promote age-friendly environments in the Americas during the 2nd Latin American Meeting on Age-Friendly Cities and Communities. The meeting featured presentations…
Integration of mechanisms for the generation and use of health evidence for decision making towards Universal Health
Kingston, November 14 to 16, 2023 (PAHO) – the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), through its Departments of Innovation, Access to Medicines and Health Technologies (IMT) and Evidence and Intelligence for Action in…
Brasilia, Brazil (PAHO/WHO). With the objective of improving genomic surveillance of emerging pathogens in the Region of the Americas, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) has organized the first meeting of the PAHO Regional Genomic Surveillance Networks (PAHOGen). This collaborative effort, supported by the Wellcome Trust Foundation,…