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02/04/2016 - European countries were called on today by the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) to act early and in a coordinated way to protect the region from Zika virus, just one day after another case was confirmed in the United States. -
02/03/2016 - The South American Institute of Government in Health (ISAGS/UNASUL) has opened candidate nominations for executive director. The Ministries of Health of the member countries of the Bloc must send their candidatures to the Institute‘s office by March 3. -
02/03/2016 - The Director of the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, will brief ministers of health from nearly a dozen Latin American countries this week on the current state of the Zika virus outbreak, and the cases of microcephaly—unusually small head size in newborns--and other complications that are suspected of being linked to Zika virus infections. -
02/02/2016 - The International Network of Health Technicians Education (RETS) promoted, on July 9 2015 the Virtual Seminar on “Health surveillance and primary care: territory and local practice”. The theme was presented by the teacher-researcher Grácia Gondim. The event targets researchers, students and professionals in the field of health sciences. -
02/02/2016 - The first meeting of the Emergency Committee (EC) convened by the Director-General under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR 2005) regarding clusters of microcephaly cases and other neurologic disorders in some areas affected by Zika virus was held by teleconference on 1 February 2016, from 1310 to 1655 Central European Time. -
01/29/2016 - Breastfeeding has substantial benefits for women and children in rich and poor countries alike, and now the evidence is stronger than ever. A major new Series on breastfeeding, published in “The Lancet”, finds that despite strong health and economic benefits from breastfeeding, few children are exclusively breastfed until 6 months, as recommended by WHO. -
01/28/2016 - The World Health Organization (WHO) today called an emergency meeting for Monday on the “dramatic” rise in Zika virus infection – strongly suspected of causing birth malformations – warning that its “explosive” spread could eventually infect up to four million people before it is brought under control. -
01/27/2016 - PAHO is uniting with the global cancer community to commemorate on February 4th, World Cancer Day with the slogan ‘’We can. I can’’. We seek to promote how everyone – as a collective or as individuals – can do their part to reduce the burden of cancer. -
01/21/2016 - Health professionals frequently face situations of verbal or physical violence in the course of their duties, which has an impact on their work and health. This is the conclusion of a research paper published in the Pan American Journal of Public Health, the peer-reviewed scientific journal of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). -
01/21/2016 - On January 14th, ISAGS Chief of Staff Luana Bermudez and the Institute’s Technical Consultant on Health Industrial Complex and Regulation Monica Sutton participated in a meeting, convened by Fiocruz, in order to debate potential contributions that will be submitted to the UN High Level Panel on Access to Medicines. Launched on December 11th, the initiative promotes a debate on contradictions between public health needs and international trade, as well as patents.