PAHO claims that the Americas region is facing four public health emergencies
the Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health Organization, warned Wednesday that the Americas Region is "under pressure".
October 13, 2022Topic
Pan American Health Organization
American countries endorse policies to strengthen regulatory systems for medicines
Health ministers in the Region of the Americas yesterday endorsed a series of measures to strengthen regulatory systems in all...
September 30, 2022
Brazilian Jarbas Barbosa elected as new director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
Brazilian physician Jarbas Barbosa was elected director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the main body for continental cooperation...
September 29, 2022
PAHO offers support to Uruguay government in court case regarding suspension of Covid vaccines for children
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) offered its support to the Uruguayan Ministry of Health after a judge last week...
July 12, 2022
Six countries present candidates to lead Pan American Health Organization
Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Panama, Haiti, and Uruguay have presented candidates to lead the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) for the..
June 3, 2022
Latin America’s mental health impacted during the pandemic
Of the countless costs that the novel coronavirus pandemic is exacting on humanity's well-being, one of the least visible but...
August 9, 2021
WHO alerts to new pandemic peak in Latin America
Although much of the attention on the pandemic is focused on India, the World Health Organization (WHO) today alerted on...
April 30, 2021
Uruguay will use AstraZeneca vaccine from Covax platform to shield its border with Brazil
Uruguay's Ministry of Public Health (MSP) announced on Thursday that it will send part of the 48,000 doses it received...
April 16, 2021
PAHO: Evidence growing that Brazilian coronavirus variant increases contagion
PAHO's general director advocated safety measures as the "best way" to fight the virus in the short-term, before vaccines begin...
February 11, 2021