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  • New PAHO plan aims to reduce a shortage of nearly 800,000 health workers in the Region of the Americas
    09/26/2018 - Health authorities from the countries and territories of the Region of the Americas on 26 September 2018 agreed on a new plan to reduce a shortfall of 800,000 health workers needed to meet the current needs of the Region’s health systems. The agreement was reached during the 56thDirecting Council of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). The Plan of Action on Human Resources for Universal Access to Health and Universal Health Coverage 2018-2023 marks the path for the countries to have the human resources they need in order to meet the worldwide goal of universal health by 2030. The plan also aims to improve the geographical distribution and skills of human resources to reach everyone, everywhere.
  • PAHO and SESPAS to promote the dissemination of health systems and services research in the Americas
    09/24/2018 - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Spanish Society of Public Health and Health Administration (SESPAS) have agreed on joint actions to promote the dissemination of scientific research on systems and services in the region of the Americas. Both organizations committed themselves to work on improving the quality and availability of such research. The cooperation agreement, signed on 5 September by the Deputy Director of PAHO, Isabella Danel, and the President of SESPAS, Dr Joan Ramon Villalbí Hereter, also seeks to bring quality research to greater  Spanish-speaking audiences in Latin America, the Caribbean and Spain  in order to promote greater knowledge about health systems and services research. Gaceta Sanitaria is the official scientific publication of SESPAS, which will be the focus this cooperation with PAHO.
  • WHO calls for urgent action to end TB
    09/20/2018 - WHO’s 2018 Global TB Report, released in New York on September 18, calls for an unprecedented mobilization of national and international commitments. It urges political leaders gathering next week for the first-ever United Nations High-level Meeting on TB to take decisive action, building on recent moves by the leaders of India, the Russian Federation, Rwanda, and South Africa. Nearly 50 Heads of State and Government are expected to attend the meeting.
  • New global cancer data (GLOBOCAN 2018) suggests that the global cancer burden has risen to 18.1 million cases and 9.6 million cancer deaths
    09/17/2018 - More than 18 million new cases of cancer are expected this year and it’s estimated that 9.6 million people will die from various forms of the disease in 2018, the UN’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) said on September 12.
  • Alames publishes statement and creates petition for ratification of PHC and against the entry of 'universal health coverage' in 'Astana's statement on PHC'
    09/14/2018 - Due to the convening of the Astana meeting to be held in Kazakhstan next October, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Alma Ata Conference and Declaration, the Latin American Association of Social Medicine (Alames) published a statement and launched a online petition addressed to the authorities of the World Health Organization (WHO), the Ministers of Health of the whole world and the delegates that will be present at the Meeting.
  • PAHO launches virtual course on suicide prevention for primary healthcare workers
    09/11/2018 - The course, which is free, self-directed and available in English on PAHO’s Virtual Campus for Public Health (https://www.campusvirtualsp.org/en), seeks to strengthen the capacities of primary healthcare professionals in identifying, evaluating and improving the approach towards suicidal behaviors in patients. Interested parties can access the course from 17 September when the platform is made available to the general public.
  • Inactivity puts physical and mental health of more than 1.4 billion adults at risk
    09/06/2018 - Insufficient physical activity is a leading risk factor for non-communicable disease, negatively impacting mental health and overall quality of life, according to a newly released United Nations health agency study. Published in The Lancet Global Health journal on September 5, the study highlights the well-established benefits of being physically active, including a lower risk of cardiovascular disease, hypertension and diabetes, as well as breast and colon cancer. Additionally, physical activity has positive effects on mental health, can delay the onset of dementia, and help people maintain a healthy weight.
  • PAHO urges rapid increase in vaccination coverage to stop spread of measles in the Americas
    08/27/2018 - While 34 Member States of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) maintain their measles elimination status, endemic transmission of the virus has now been reestablished in Venezuela. To stop further spread of measles throughout the region, the Director of PAHO, Carissa F. Etienne, has urged all countries to rapidly increase vaccination coverage.
  • Zero Maternal Deaths by Hemorrhage
    08/14/2018 - Hemorrhage is the second leading cause of maternal death in the Americas, an unacceptable reality that we want to change by giving women access to the health services that they need, respecting their rights, strengthening health care workers’ skills and equipping them with simple and effective technologies, and  working to dissolve geographic and cultural barriers.
  • Paraguay interrupts vector transmission of Chagas in the home
    08/13/2018 - Paraguay has succeeded in interrupting the vector transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi in the home, the parasite that causes Chagas disease. This was verified last week by a group of international independent experts convened by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).

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