Recommendations on closures and restrictions are detailed in a new PAHO publication Washington D.C., November 24, 2020 (PAHO) – Measures to control COVID-19 can be made more effective by targeting, embracing, and engaging informal workers, migrants and other populations in vulnerable situations, say experts at the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). Recommendations and guidance about those…
PAHO calls on governments to sustain progress Washington D.C., November 23, 2020 (PAHO) A first-of-its kind analysis of country data on violence against children and adolescents in the Americas reports that while the region has taken important action, serious gaps in prevention and response leave many children behind. The problem has gained new urgency amid…
Study presents strategies to provide effective and accessible community-based care for people with mental health conditions. Washington D.C. November 20, 2020 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) introduced a new publication on the deinstitutionalization of psychiatric care that presents strategies to transform mental health care in Latin America and the Caribbean by promoting the treatment of…
Vaccinating 20% of the population in Latin America and the Caribbean is projected to cost over $2 billion Washington, D.C., November 18, 2020 (PAHO) –Delivering vaccines for COVID-19 “will be challenging and costly “so it is vital that countries start preparing now,” said Jarbas Barbosa, Assistant Director of the Pan American Health Organization during a…
PAHO supports WHO’s new global strategy and will work with countries and partners in the Americas to eliminate cancer that kills 34,000 regional women each year Geneva, 17 November 2020 – WHO’s Global Strategy to Accelerate the Elimination of Cervical Cancer, launched today, outlines three key steps: vaccination, screening and treatment. Successful implementation of all three could…
Washington, D.C., November 16, 2020 (PAHO)– The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is responding to the passage of Tropical Storm Eta and getting ready for Hurricane Iota in Central America, supporting the countries’ health response and operation of Mobile and Fixed Emergency Medical Teams, to ensure that people in affected areas receive medical care and to…
In the Americas, more than 60 million people live with diabetes, which if uncontrolled can lead to heart disease, blindness, kidney disease and amputations. Diabetes is also an underlying condition that increases the risk of severe forms of COVID-19 illness. Washington, DC, November 12, 2020 (PAHO)- On the eve of World Diabetes Day on November…
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON DC, 12 November 2020—UNICEF and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) announced today the launch of a tender inviting all COVID-19 vaccine developers to submit a proposal for supply in 2021. The tender, which will run for 6 weeks, aims to provide at least 2 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines on behalf of the COVAX Facility,…
La fuerte vigilancia de la enfermedad, la localización de contactos y priorizar la atención primaria de salud son algunas de las medidas clave para reducir la propagación Washington, D.C., 11 de noviembre de 2020 (OPS)—La Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS) esbozó hoy en una guía las mejores prácticas para ayudar a los países a…
With PAHO support, four countries advance in implementing pilot testing of new diagnostics Washington D.C., November 10, 2020 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization has deployed 190,000 new COVID-19 antigen diagnostic tests donated to four countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, and is conducting training to implement pilot testing of their operation. From its logistics stock in Panama, PAHO shipped 80,000 tests to Ecuador, 40,000 to El Salvador, 40,000 to Honduras—to facilitate diagnostics after the passage of tropical Storm…