comments feedWashington, D.C., June 3, 2021 (PAHO) Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director Carissa F. Etienne today thanked the United States Government for its commitment to a COVID-19 vaccine dose-sharing plan through COVAX. “The actions announced today by the White House are a good step forward in our drive to get vaccines into the arms of […]
PAHO Director welcomes U.S. Administration’s COVID-19 vaccine dose-sharing plan
June 6, 2021 by Leave a Comment
COVID-19 is inflicting “devastating†impacts on women, PAHO Director asserts
May 28, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Director calls for counteracting potential rollback of gains in women’s access to family planning and in reducing maternal mortality. Washington, D.C., May 26, 2021 (PAHO) –Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director Carissa F. Etienne warned that continued disruption of women’s health services due to COVID-19 could “obliterate†more than 20 years of progress in reducing […]
Eradicating hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean by 2030 is becoming increasingly unlikely
October 10, 2017 by Leave a Comment
PAN 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 […]
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 […]
