CARIBBEAN-VIOLENCE- UN groups want ‘specific steps’ to respond to violence against women in the Caribbean
From Antigua Observer The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) are urging Latin America and the Caribbean countries to take “specific steps” to respond to violence against women. PAHO and the WHO have issued a new…
PAHO recommends steps health care professionals can take to prevent violence against women
Pan American Health Organization www.paho.org World Health Organization www.who.int News and Public Information PAHO recommends concrete steps that health care professionals can take to improve treatment and prevention of violence against women “LIVES” steps: 1) listen closely, with empathy and…
PAHO Director in Dominica to review health response after disaster
Rouseau, Dominica, Oct. 6, 2017 (PAHO) – Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director Carissa F. Etienne traveled to Dominica to review the health situation on the island after it was devastated by Hurricane Maria, and commended health care workers for…
Dr. Carissa F. Etienne re-elected for second term as PAHO Director
Washington, D.C., September 27, 2017 (PAHO/WHO) — Dr. Carissa F. Etienne was re-elected today for a second five-year term as Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) by the Member States of the organization. Ministers of health meeting at…
Life expectancy in the Americas increases to 75 years
New PAHO report ‘Health in the Americas+ 2017’ shows improvements in health, but highlights new challenges related to emerging and noncommunicable diseases. Washington, D.C., 26 September 2017 (PAHO/WHO)—The population of the Americas has gained 16 years in life expectancy on…
PAHO supports restoration of health services in Caribbean in wake of passage of Hurricane Irma
By Nelson A. King From Caribbean Life The Washington, D.C.-based Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said its experts are supporting efforts to restore health services in Caribbean islands most affected by Hurricane Irma. PAHO said on Thursday that it has…
PAHO launches new initiative to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of four diseases
FROM PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION www.paho.org WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION www.who.int The series of interventions seek to reduce the number of children born with HIV, syphilis, Chagas disease,…
Health facilities in seven Caribbean countries to be transformed to be disaster resistant
A UK-funded PAHO project will make safer and greener health facilities in Dominica, Belize, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and St. Lucia to deliver care in disasters. Bridgetown, Barbados, June 7, 2017 (PAHO / WHO) – The…
PAHO Encourages Caribbean Countries to Tax Tobacco, Alcohol and Sugar-Sweetened Beverages
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…
Network of laboratories in the Americas seeks to strengthen the diagnosis of mosquito-borne disease
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…