PAHO recommends urgent action to save lives on Caribbean roads
From CARIBBEAN360 WASHINGTON, United States, Wednesday May 10, 2017 – Tragic road deaths across the Caribbean could be significantly reduced if authorities beef up traffic management, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has concluded. And the global body is recommending…
Traffic speed management key to saving lives
5 MAY, 2017, Geneva/Washington (PAHO/WHO) – Excessive or inappropriate speed contributes to one in every three road traffic fatalities worldwide, according to a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO), Managing speed, which suggests that measures to address speed…
Dr. Carissa F. Etienne nominated for a second term to be Director of PAHO
PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION www.paho.org WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION www.who.int News and Public Information News Release Government of Dominica nominates Dr. Carissa F. Etienne for Director of PAHO PAHO Member States will elect the new Director during the 29th…
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Cayman Islands observes Vaccination Week in the Americas
The Cayman Islands joins other member states of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) – North, Central and South America, Mexico, and the Caribbean – for the 15th anniversary of Vaccination Week in the Americas. This April, the countries and…
Vaccination Week in the Americas celebrates 15 years
More than 640 million people have been vaccinated in the Region since 2003. PAHO’s initiative has contributed to eliminating measles, rubella and congenital rubella syndrome, and keeping the Americas free of polio. Washington, D.C., 20 April 2017 (PAHO/WHO) – More…
PAHO develops new guidelines to help reduce alcoholic consumption in the Caribbean
By CANA WASHINGTON, Apr. 19, CMC – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says it has developed new principles for regional countries to consider in developing regulations for alcoholic consumption and related harms. On Tuesday, PAHO said that “alcohol marketing…
Rights experts want Caribbean to do more in supporting breastfeeding
From Antigua Observer WASHINGTON, CMC – United Nations human rights experts are urging Caribbean and other countries to do more to protect, promote and support breastfeeding as a human right. This includes ending the inappropriate marketing of breast-milk substitutes and…
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PAHO urges stepping up nine measures to end AIDS by 2030
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…
Zika’s million-dollar question: Where are the birth defects?
By Will Carless From PRI For experts studying the mosquito-borne virus Zika, the data just got even more confusing. A curious conclusion is emerging: While the virus has spread like wildfire across the Americas, outside Brazil, an epidemic of birth…
Caribbean countries to benefit from new USAID agreement
From Antigua Observer WASHINGTON, Oct 18, CMC – Caribbean countries are expected to benefit from a multi-million dollar agreement signed between the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). USAID will provide more…
