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10/31/2019 - VCPH-PAHO/WHO: Virtual Self-learning Course on Human Resources for Universal Health - 2019
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10/30/2019 - The Health for All Film Festival (WHO)
World Health Organization (WHO) will host the first-ever Health for All film festival in Geneva in May 2020.
Filmmakers are invited to submit by January 30, 2020, a short video for one of the three categories. See how to participate. -
10/23/2019 - PAHO/WHO: 25 years of being polio-free in the Americas
On October 24, World Polio Day, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is celebrating 25 years of being certified polio-free in North, Central and South America, as well as in the Caribbean. There is no cure for polio, but it's preventable with vaccination. Read more.
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10/21/2019 - It's time to end cervical cancer!
As part of the campaign to eliminate cervical cancer, PAHO/WHO has prepared a page with numerous resources. In addition to stories and campaign materials, the page includes material aimed especially at women, girls and the community and health professionals. Read more.
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10/16/2019 - Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis)
About 6 million to 7 million people worldwide, mostly in Latin America, are estimated to be infected with Trypansosoma cruzi, the parasite that causes Chagas disease. Read more (WHO) and watch the video 'Chagas Disease in the United States'.
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10/16/2019 - PAHO Directing Council ends with regional agreements to eliminate diseases and improve the quality of health care for all people
The meeting approved seven new regional initiatives, including a joint initiative to eliminate more than 30 diseases and conditions from the hemisphere by 2030 and a strategy to improve the quality of health care as part of PAHO member countries’ efforts to achieve “universal health". Read more.
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10/10/2019 - Preventing suicide: information for health workers
People go to see doctors and nurses for many different reasons but sometimes the real reason is far more serious than what they say they are there for. Sadly, the stigma of mental health and suicide can get in the way of people asking for help. Watch the video!
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10/02/2019 - 57th Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization
557th Directing Council of PAHO - 71st Session of the Regional Committee of WHO for the Americas (Washington, D.C., 30 September to 4 October 2019). Follow the news!
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10/01/2019 - Evidence for decision making: PAHO facilitates access to scientific and technical knowledge on HRH
Since August, the Regional Observatory for Human Resources in Health (HRH) has been facilitating direct access to technical-scientific production and unconventional (gray) HRH literature. The initiative allows research on the Virtual Health Library (VHL), in the repository with gray literature identified by the Regional Network of HRH Observatories and consult the infometric indicator panels of the literature published in the Medline and Lilacs databases. Click to access.
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09/23/2019 - World Alzheimer's Month (September): Let's talk about dementia!
Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) are delivering a joint dementia awareness campaign for the Region of the Americas throughout September 2019. The theme of the campaign is ‘Let’s talk about dementia’, based on the understanding that talking about dementia helps tackle the stigma and encourages people to find out more information, seek advice, help and support. Read more and find out how this problem can afect you.