• Poverty, inequality at the heart of the Zika outbreak
    07/26/2016 - Vulnerable women have been disproportionately affected by the publich health crisis. Out of 62 countries that have recorded mosquito-borne Zika transmission in the last year, Brazil has been worst affected. According to the Ministry of Health, by 16 July, there were 1,709 cases of microcephaly and other Zika-related nervous system disorders. The worst-hit states, Bahia and Pernambuco, have recorded 277 and 371 confirmed cases of microcephaly respectively.
  • Countries start to act on noncommunicable diseases but need to speed up efforts to meet global commitments
    07/26/2016 - A new WHO report highlights the need to intensify national action to meet the global targets governments have agreed to protect people from heart disease, cancers, diabetes, and lung diseases. Globally, these 4 noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) represent the largest cause of death in people aged under 70 years, posing a major threat to sustainable development.
  • Scientists probe Zika congenital syndrome at Brazil meeting
    07/22/2016 - Scientists from Brazil, Colombia and Argentina, experts from the Pan American Health Organization and the World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), and officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are probing the details of Zika virus infection and its effects on the fetus at a technical meeting in Recife, Pernambuco this week. They plan to advance toward defining exactly what Zika congenital syndrome would be, based on data they have collected so far.
  • WHO flags key challenges to global HIV response at International AIDS Conference
    07/22/2016 - The World Health Organization is flagging 4 key challenges as the international community meets at the International AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa, from 18–22 July 2016. The Organization is highlighting the need to renew attention to HIV prevention, whilst maintaining momentum on scaling up access to HIV treatment. It is also signalling the growing emergence of antiretroviral (ARV) drug resistance and the need for sustainable financing of the global response.
  • WHO flags key challenges to global HIV response at International AIDS Conference
    07/22/2016 - The World Health Organization is flagging 4 key challenges as the international community meets at the International AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa, from 18–22 July 2016. The Organization is highlighting the need to renew attention to HIV prevention, whilst maintaining momentum on scaling up access to HIV treatment. It is also signalling the growing emergence of antiretroviral (ARV) drug resistance and the need for sustainable financing of the global response.
  • Health Advice for Travellers to Brazil's 2016 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games
    06/30/2016 - The XXXI Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio de Janeiro 2016, Brazil, will take place from 5 to 21 August 2016 and from 7 to 18 September 2016 respectively. Five additional cities will be hosting matches of the Olympic football tournament - Belo Horizonte, Brasilia, Manaus, Salvador, and São Paulo. 
  • Special issue of PAHO journal spotlights efforts to improve regulation of medicines in the Americas
    06/23/2016 - A special issue of the Pan American Journal of Public Health published by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) with the support of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), provides the latest scientific evidence on the regulation of medicines and other health technologies. This new information will help regulatory authorities to make informed decisions, broaden regulatory scope, and learn from the experiences of others.
  • Call for applications: scholarships for graduate study in Brazilian universities
    06/22/2016 - The sixth consecutive edition of the Partnerships Program for Education and Training (PAEC) between the Organization of American States (OAS) and the Coimbra Group of Brazilian Universities (GCUB), with the support of the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Division of Educational Topics and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO / WHO) offers more than 400 scholarship opportunities to outstanding citizens of OAS Member States to pursue master's or doctorate programs in Brazilian universities.
  • PAHO Executive Committee briefed on Zika outbreak, advances new arbovirus control strategy
    06/22/2016 - The long-term outlook for the Americas resulting from the Zika virus outbreak is uncertain and the number of people affected is difficult to gauge, but the Pan American Health Organization is responding with a strong, four-tiered strategy to support its countries, according to Dr. Sylvain Aldighieri, PAHO's incident manager for Zika.
  • New Zika response strategy to focus on preventing, managing medical complications
    06/20/2016 - The United Nations health agency today issued a revised strategic response plan for the next one and a half years to combat the transmission of the Zika virus, which has now spread to 60 countries.

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