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  • PAHO and SEGIB strengthen their partnership for a healthier and more inclusive Ibero-America
    07/11/2025 - On the sidelines of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4), taking place in Seville, Spain, the Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, and the Secretary-General of the Ibero-American General Secretariat (SEGIB), Andrés Allamand, reaffirmed their joint commitment to advancing a more inclusive, equitable, and healthier Ibero-America.
  • WHO launches bold push to raise health taxes and save millions of lives
    07/11/2025 - The World Health Organization (WHO) launched a major new initiative urging countries to raise real prices on tobacco, alcohol, and sugary drinks by at least 50% by 2035 through health taxes in a move designed to curb chronic diseases and generate critical public revenue. The “3 by 35” Initiative comes at a time when health systems are under enormous strain from rising noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), shrinking development aid and growing public debt.
  • Every hour, 100 people die of loneliness-related causes
    07/11/2025 - Loneliness is linked to approximately 100 deaths every hour – more than 871,000 deaths annually. By contrast, strong social connections are associated with better health and longer life, the UN health agency said on Monday. The UN World Health Organization (WHO) defines social connection as the ways in which people relate to and interact with one another. Loneliness is the distressing feeling that arises when there is a gap between desired and actual social relationships, while social isolation refers to the objective lack of social ties.According to a new report from WHO, one in six people are affected by loneliness, with significant implications for health and well-being. 
  • WHO calls for global expansion of midwifery models of care
    06/27/2025 - The World Health Organization (WHO) today released new guidance to help countries adopt and expand midwifery models of care - where midwives serve as the main care provider for women and babies throughout pregnancy, childbirth, and the postnatal period. Trusted midwives key to saving lives, improving health, and ensuring respectful care for women and newborns, says new guidance
  • Climate emergency is a health crisis ‘that is already killing us,’ says WHO
    06/27/2025 - With 2024 confirmed as the hottest year on record, the World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a stark warning: the climate crisis is also a health crisis – and it’s already claiming lives. In response, WHO/Europe launched a new initiative – the Pan-European Commission on Climate and Health (PECCH) – to tackle the growing threat climate change poses to public health. Chaired by former Icelandic Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir, the commission brings together 11 leading experts from across the region tasked with delivering recommendations for actionable solutions.
  • Tobacco control efforts protect three-quarters of the world’s population, WHO report finds
    06/27/2025 - Tobacco use still claims over seven million lives a year, the World Health Organization warned, calling for greater efforts to limit its use amid rising interference from the global tobacco industry. The World Health Organization (WHO) published its 2025 report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic on Monday, focusing on the six policies outlined in the WHO MPOWER tobacco control measures. Since 2007, 155 countries have implemented at least one of those policy prescriptions which has resulted in over 6.1 billion people – that’s three-quarters of the world’s population – now benefitting: however, major gaps still remain.
  • Strengthening cooperation and exchange with BRICS countries key to advance priority health commitments, PAHO Director says
    06/23/2025 - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director, Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, has called for joint efforts and new partnerships to address the priorities outlined in the BRICS health agenda, including innovation, equity, food systems for healthy diets, and pandemic preparedness.
  • Public health risk of yellow fever remains high in the Americas due to continued occurrence of human cases
    06/11/2025 - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has issued a new Rapid Risk Assessment (RRA) on yellow fever in the Americas which shows that the risk to public health remains high due to continued human cases in endemic countries of the Region.
  • African Union and World Health Organization renew strategic partnership to drive impact and strengthen health systems in Africa
    05/27/2025 - The World Health Organization (WHO) and the African Union (AU) Commission renewed their longstanding strategic partnership today with the signing of an updated Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the sidelines of the 78th World Health Assembly in Geneva.
  • Webinar “Climate emergencies and their impacts on global health and national health systems”: why do we need to talk about this?
    05/21/2025 - To discuss the consequences of global warming on the health of individuals and populations, and what can be done to better prepare national health systems for the new demands caused by climate change, RETS-CPLP is organizing the international webinar “Climate emergencies and their impacts on global health and national health systems”, featuring guest researchers Alexandre Pessoa Dias, from the Joaquim Venâncio Polytechnic School of Health (EPSJV/Fiocruz) – Brazil, and Tatiana Marrufo, from the National Institute of Health (INS/MISAU) of Mozambique. The event will take place on June 2 in Lisbon, during the 5th Ordinary Meeting of the Network, and will be broadcast on the VideoSaúde Distribuidora da Fiocruz YouTube channel. Those who are unable to watch the live session and take part in the discussions can view the recorded event later through the same link.

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