comments feedPAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UN FAO and PAHO warn that hunger has increased in six countries and now affects 2.4 million persons in the region. While, overweight continues to be a public health problem across […]
Eradicating hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean by 2030 is becoming increasingly unlikely
October 10, 2017 by Leave a Comment
PAHO Encourages Caribbean Countries to Tax Tobacco, Alcohol and Sugar-Sweetened Beverages
May 18, 2017 by Leave a Comment
By PAHO/WHO Bridgetown (PAHO / WHO) – Taxes on tobacco, alcoholic and sweetened beverages can help reduce consumption of these products and generate income that can be used to improve the health of the Caribbean population. The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) is encouraging Caribbean authorities to adopt these tax measures, which can […]
Network of laboratories in the Americas seeks to strengthen the diagnosis of mosquito-borne disease
May 18, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Panama, May 18, 2017 (PAHO / WHO)- The Arbovirus Diagnostic Laboratories Network (RELDA), coordinated by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), is working to strengthen the diagnosis of mosquito-borne diseases to ensure a timely response to outbreaks and epidemics caused by these viruses. This week, PAHO brought together members of the 32 laboratories, technical advisers […]
PAHO urges stepping up nine measures to end AIDS by 2030
November 30, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Accelerating response in combined prevention, early detection and access to treatment could end the epidemic as a public health problem Washington, DC, November 29, 2016 (PAHO/WHO) – “Take the challenge. End AIDS” is the Pan American Health Organization’s (PAHO) campaign slogan for World AIDS Day (1 December), which urges governments and society to intensify nine […]
