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  • WHO flags key challenges to global HIV response at International AIDS Conference
    07/22/2016 - The World Health Organization is flagging 4 key challenges as the international community meets at the International AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa, from 18–22 July 2016. The Organization is highlighting the need to renew attention to HIV prevention, whilst maintaining momentum on scaling up access to HIV treatment. It is also signalling the growing emergence of antiretroviral (ARV) drug resistance and the need for sustainable financing of the global response.
  • Health Advice for Travellers to Brazil's 2016 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games
    06/30/2016 - The XXXI Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio de Janeiro 2016, Brazil, will take place from 5 to 21 August 2016 and from 7 to 18 September 2016 respectively. Five additional cities will be hosting matches of the Olympic football tournament - Belo Horizonte, Brasilia, Manaus, Salvador, and São Paulo. 
  • Special issue of PAHO journal spotlights efforts to improve regulation of medicines in the Americas
    06/23/2016 - A special issue of the Pan American Journal of Public Health published by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) with the support of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), provides the latest scientific evidence on the regulation of medicines and other health technologies. This new information will help regulatory authorities to make informed decisions, broaden regulatory scope, and learn from the experiences of others.
  • Call for applications: scholarships for graduate study in Brazilian universities
    06/22/2016 - The sixth consecutive edition of the Partnerships Program for Education and Training (PAEC) between the Organization of American States (OAS) and the Coimbra Group of Brazilian Universities (GCUB), with the support of the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Division of Educational Topics and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO / WHO) offers more than 400 scholarship opportunities to outstanding citizens of OAS Member States to pursue master's or doctorate programs in Brazilian universities.
  • PAHO Executive Committee briefed on Zika outbreak, advances new arbovirus control strategy
    06/22/2016 - The long-term outlook for the Americas resulting from the Zika virus outbreak is uncertain and the number of people affected is difficult to gauge, but the Pan American Health Organization is responding with a strong, four-tiered strategy to support its countries, according to Dr. Sylvain Aldighieri, PAHO's incident manager for Zika.
  • New Zika response strategy to focus on preventing, managing medical complications
    06/20/2016 - The United Nations health agency today issued a revised strategic response plan for the next one and a half years to combat the transmission of the Zika virus, which has now spread to 60 countries.
  • WHO statement on the third meeting of the Emergency Committee on Zika virus and observed increase in neurological disorders and neonatal malformations
    06/15/2016 - The third meeting of the Emergency Committee (EC) convened by the Director-General under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR 2005) regarding microcephaly, other neurological disorders and Zika virus was held by teleconference on 14 June 2016.  In addition to providing views to the Director-General on whether the event continued to constitute a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), the Committee was asked to consider the potential risks of Zika transmission for mass gatherings, including the Olympic and Paralympic Games scheduled for August and September 2016, respectively, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  • Experts debate challenges to the access to biological medicines
    06/15/2016 - “The access to medicines is not a problem of developing countries only, but of the whole world. It is a battle of trade versus health". The declaration of the Vice President for Production and Innovation at Fiocruz and member of the United Nations High-Level Panel on Access to Medicines, Jorge Bermudez, gives the gist of the two days of debates in the meeting "Strategies to improve the access to biological products: lessons learned and challenges”, which ended last Thursday (9) at ISAGS’ headquarters.
  • Latin America and the Caribbean approaching half-way mark toward goal of 100% voluntary blood donation
    06/13/2016 - This year's World Blood Donor Day, June 14, features the slogan "Share life, give blood" and focuses on how "blood connects us all." The 2016 campaign thanks all blood donors and highlights the solidarity and connection between donors and patients.
  • At governing body, UN atomic agency chief spotlights nuclear security, efforts to combat Zika
    06/13/2016 - Support for countries that are fighting the Zika virus and the verification and monitoring of activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Iran were among the key issues highlighted by Director General Yukiya Amano to the agency’s Board of Governors in Vienna today.

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