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  • Health ministers agree to tackle urgent health issues in the Americas at PAHO Directing Council
    09/24/2021 - Resolutions adopted at the meeting address regional production of essential medicines and health technologies, reversing the decline in routine immunization, advancing digitalization of the health sector, strengthening health systems to better cope with emergencies, and other vital health matters.
  • Spain has second-highest percentage of young people who neither work nor study in EU
    09/17/2021 - The OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) launches the report "Education for a Glance 2021", in which it analyzes who participates in education, what is spent on it, how education systems work and the results obtained. 19.9% of youngsters between the ages of 18 and 24 fell into the NEET category in 2020 – a problem that was exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic
  • Work and teacher training was the theme of the second workshop of the cycle 'The challenges of health technicians education during the pandemic
    09/09/2021 - The event, held on August 31 by EPSJV/Fiocruz, in cooperation with RETS and its sub-networks, had as discussants: Wolfang Alberto Latorre Martínez, from the National School of Instructors 'Rodolfo Martínez Tono', of the Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje (ENI/SENA - Colombia); Mariana Lima Nogueira (EPSJV/Fiocruz - Brazil); and Patricia Manzoni, director of the University School of Medical Technology of the University of the Republic of Uruguay (EUTM/Udelar - Uruguay).
  • Long COVID: Patients fight to be believed
    09/01/2021 - Millions of COVID patients still experience debilitating symptoms months after their infection. Many of them have to fight the additional battle of convincing their doctors or loved ones to take them seriously.
  • PAHO launches new collaborative platform to boost regional production of COVID-19 vaccines
    08/25/2021 - Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director Carissa F. Etienne said the severe shortage of COVID-19 vaccines in Latin America and the Caribbean is a “wake-up call” for increased regional production of vaccines and announced the start of a new platform to reach that goal. Director also reports that PAHO continues to distribute “much-needed medical supplies” in post-earthquake Haiti while the pandemic accelerates in many Central American and Caribbean countries.
  • Defects in the immune system are responsible for 20% of deaths from covid-19
    08/20/2021 - Two studies now clarify why some people contracted coronavirus infection without experiencing problems while others fell ill to death. One of the studies points out that nearly 20% of deaths from covid-19 are due to the fact that patients produce a type of immune system protein that, far from protecting them against the virus, exacerbates its effects.Six percent of those over 80 years of age produce defective antibodies that worsen the disease.
  • Work and teacher training will be the theme of the second workshop on 'The challenges of health technicians education during the pandemic'
    08/19/2021 - The second session of the Cycle of Workshops 'The challenges of health technicians education during the pandemic', to be held on August 31st, from 10am to 12pm (Brasilia time), will address the theme of Work and Teacher Training. The idea is to present the theme and debate experiences, difficulties and strategies lived in the different institutions that make up the Networks. Wolfang Alberto Latorre Martínez, from the National School of Instructors 'Rodolfo Martínez Tono' (ENI/SENA - Colombia); Mariana Lima Nogueira, from EPSJV/Fiocruz - Brazil; and Patricia Manzoni, director of the University School of Medical Technology (EUTM/UDELAR - Uruguay) will participate as debaters in this workshop.
  • PAHO will begin procuring COVID-19 vaccines to expand access in Latin America and the Caribbean
    08/16/2021 - "Our region needs to pursue all possible avenues to expedite access and ensure countries reach their vaccination goals. We still need more donations; and we still need COVAX to deliver on its original commitment. We also need to create new opportunities that meet the diverse needs of our Member States, and that increase the supply of vaccines to the people and communities at greatest risk.” Carissa F. Etienne.
  • Coronavirus: WHO urges delaying booster shots
    08/04/2021 - Rich nations should help poorer ones access COVID vaccines before giving booster shots to their own citizens, the WHO says. But the US has dismissed the idea. "WHO is calling for a moratorium on boosters until at least the end of September to enable at least 10% of the population of every country to be vaccinated,'' said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO director.
  • COVID-19: Education replaced by shuttered schools, violence, teenage pregnancy
    07/28/2021 - Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, “more than 600 million children in countries not on academic break are still affected by school closures”, James Elder, UNICEF spokesperson at a press conference at UN Geneva. A culture of “safety, friends and food” at school has been replaced by “anxiety, violence, and teenage pregnancy”, with remote learning out of reach for millions.

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