The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced the results of the laboratory tests to determine the cholera strain linked to the current outbreak in Haiti. More details can be found on the official CDC press release. Document prepared by PAHO: Cholera Strain Causing Outbreak in Haiti Matches South Asian Strain…
Health advocates and representatives of the food industry are gathering this week in Calgary, Canada, to discuss…
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 24 August 2010 (PAHO) - As part of her official visit to Brazil, PAHO Director Dr. Mirta Roses visited PANAFTOSA headquarters and met with the technical staff of the center to discuss the technical cooperation between PAHO's…
PAHO/WHO, UNAIDS and Latin@s en Acción invite you to participate in the Washington D.C. première of: Translatina
When: Thursday, July 29 2010, 6:00 to 8:30 p.m.
(Welcome and refreshments/appetizers from 6:00 to 6:30 p.m., followed by the screening of the documentary)
Where: Pan American Health Organization, 525 Twenty-third Street, N.W.,…
Washington, D.C., 22 March 2010 (PAHO/WHO) - Each year about 20 million infants of low birth weight are born worldwide. These premature babies impose a heavy burden on healthcare and social systems in developing countries.
What's the issue? Caring for low-birth weight babies requires complex methods.
Since medical care of low birth weight…
The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and the Inter-American Comission of Women (CIM/OAS) celebrated International Women's Day 2010 on March 12 with the theme "Gender Equality in Health: A Right for Adolescents." OAS ambassadors, PAHO staff, partners of other UN, and civil society organization joined to…
The Indigenous Youth Regional Conference: Health, Development and Inclusion, in Cochabamba, Bolivia, had the participation of PAHO, the Spanish International Cooperation Agency and the Norwegian Embassy, as well as young leaders of Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru, Ecuador, Guatemala and Bolivia. Adolescents who participated shared their perspectives in…
Washington, DC, 19 November 2009 (PAHO) - A program executed by PAHO for the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) is addressing the most widespread communicable diseases in South America.
The PCPCD program currently reaches five countries (Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela) and targets five diseases and/or disease…
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