Mosquito Awareness Week: Calling all citizens to the frontlines of mosquito control
Washington, D.C., 10 May 2018 (PAHO/WHO) – Health authorities in the Caribbean are calling on individuals, families and communities to join the battle to reduce mosquito breeding sites in and around homes, as part of the Pan American Health Organization’s…
Bahamian pioneer in disease elimination is named a PAHO Health Hero of the Americas
Nassau, May 2, 2018 (PAHO / WHO) — Dr. Merceline Dahl-Regis, a Bahamian public health pioneer known for her work in advancing and verifying regional disease elimination efforts, was named a Public Health Hero of the Americas by the Pan…
PAHO calls for breaking down barriers that keep one in three people in the Americas from accessing health
At a special World Health Day event, PAHO Director Carissa F. Etienne and former president of Chile Michelle Bachelet urged collective action to ensure that all people, everywhere, have access to health Washington, D.C., April 4, 2018 (PAHO / WHO)…
PAHO World Health Day conference will feature former President of Chile Michelle Bachelet
The special April 4 event will highlight challenges and advances toward guaranteeing the right to health in the 21st century. It can be followed via livestream. Washington, D.C., April 2, 2018 (PAHO / WHO) — In observance of World Health…
PAHO issues yellow fever warning
BY NELSON A. KING From Caribbean Life The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has reiterated its previous recommendation that Caribbean and other international travelers be vaccinated at least 10 days prior to traveling to or visiting areas where yellow fever…
PAHO, Barbados and six Eastern Caribbean countries sign multi-country cooperation strategy for the next six years
Washington, DC, 2 February 2018 (PAHO/WHO) – High-level officials from Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines joined the Director of the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO),…
Inaugural Address: Dr. Carissa F. Etienne
1 February 2018 Distinguished Guests, PAHO Staff Members, Ladies and Gentlemen: It is the first of February, 2018 and I find myself at the mid-point of my tenure as the Director of the PanAmerican Sanitary Bureau. Five years have gone…
Carissa F. Etienne begins second term as Director of PAHO, the premier public health agency of the americas
Improving access to health for the most vulnerable, ensuring sufficient financing for health, and preparing health services to withstand the effects of climate change are among her priorities for the next five years. Washington, D.C., 2 February 2018 (PAHO/WHO) —…
PAHO/WHO to inaugurate Dr. Carissa F. Etienne for a second term as Director
WHAT: Swearing-in of Dr. Carissa F. Etienne as the Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and Regional Director for the Americas of the World Health Organization (WHO). See biographical note below. WHEN: Thursday, Feb. 1,…
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Supporting safety in the Caribbean: IAEA helps member states establish regulatory infrastructures
By K. Glenn, IAEA Department of Technical Cooperation From IAEA The IAEA’s safety standards provide requirements and recommendations for ensuring nuclear safety, and act as a global reference for protecting people and the environment. Through an ongoing regional technical cooperation…
