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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10/23/2019 - PAHO/WHO: 25 years of being polio-free in the Americas
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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 - 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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10/16/2019 - 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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10/10/2019 - 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.
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09/20/2019 - The ABCs of healthy diets: A kid’s guide to improving nutrition
By learning which foods are good for us – as well as for the environment – we can make sure that we’ll have enough resources for a happy, healthy and a #ZeroHunger future. Read more!. Activity book: 'Eating healthy matters' and Website: World Food Day (10/16/2019).
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09/18/2019 - CALL FOR ARTICLES: Pan American Journal of Public Health
The Pan American Journal of Public Health invites you to submit articles for a special issue on Human Resources for Universal Health, to be published in 2020. Articles in Spanish, English or Portuguese will be accepted. Deadline: December 31, 2019. More information: www.paho.org/journal