Connecting for Health
Connecting for Health
Monthly Newsletter | No. 10 | August 2022
COVID-19 stabilizes in the region, but countries must remain vigilant against the virus and other health emergencies
While COVID-19 cases decreased in the Americas for the first time in five weeks, vaccines, medicines and surveillance are key, with monkeypox infections reaching over 5,000 and a case of polio type 2 reported in the United States.
WHO Director-General declares monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern
With more than 16,000 cases reported in 75 countries worldwide since May 2022, the Director-General of the WHO, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, declared this outbreak a public health emergency of international concern.
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World Breastfeeding Week: providing the best possible start in life is more critical than ever
The heads of UNICEF and WHO are calling on governments to allocate increased resources to protect, promote and support breastfeeding policies and programmes, especially for the most vulnerable families living in emergency settings.
On World Hepatitis Day, Guyana scales up efforts towards the elimination of viral hepatitis
To mark World Hepatitis Day, Guyana is launching its first hepatitis C treatment program. With the technical cooperation and support of PAHO, Guyana is receiving rapid testing kits as well as life-saving medicines.
PAHO gives voice to the adolescents of the Americas to talk about teen pregnancy
A new contest aims to be a window onto the views of this age group, offering a venue for young people to express themselves in different artistic forms, such as painting, drawing, illustration, comics, poetry, stories, videos, and songs.
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PAHO launches virtual course on health workforce planning for universal access to health and universal health coverage
This open-access, self-learning course aims to provide managers and decision-makers with the basic concepts, strategies, and considerations for workforce planning.
PAHO prepares countries for monkeypox testing
Through training sessions and donations to improve testing capacities, PAHO is assisting Eastern Caribbean Countries in the face of the multi-country monkeypox outbreak.
For vaccine equity: producers work together to advance mRNA technology in Latin America
Two centers in Argentina and Brazil are part of a PAHO/WHO effort to bring to Latin America the mRNA vaccines technology, aiming at reducing the high dependence of the region on health technology imports. Read the full story.
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COVID-19 Response in the Americas
Strengthening the cold chain operations: on a mission to take vaccines to the farthest corners of the region
Donations of cold chain equipment such as portable cold boxes and solar refrigerators are improving safe access to vaccines in remote areas of Panama and other countries of the region where the COVID-19 vaccine deployment involves complex travels through land, air, and seas.
Epidemiological Alerts and Updates – English | Español | Português
COVID-19 vaccination in the Americas dashboard – Read more
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Events
Launch of the Report on Tobacco Control for the Region of the Americas 2022
When: 15 August, 17:30 h EDT.
While there has been significant progress noted, this report highlights the gaps in the acceleration of the tobacco control agenda both at the global and regional levels.
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The Superiority of Octagonal Warning Labels in Central America and the Caribbean
When: 30 August, 11:00 h EDT.
This session will present the results of studies in Central America and the Caribbean on the efficacy of the different labeling systems and discuss the policy implications of the results obtained.
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