Geneva, May 28, 2024 (PAHO/WHO) – Ministers of health and high-level health authorities from the Americas have come together this week for the 77th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, to discuss pressing health issues, including amendments to the International Health Regulations (IHR) and the creation of a global instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response. […]
Washington, DC, 24 de mayo de 2024 (OPS)- Ante el aumento de casos de dengue en el hemisferio sur y el inicio de la temporada de mayor transmisión de esta enfermedad en el hemisferio norte, la Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS) insta a los países de Centroamérica, México y el Caribe a fortalecer las […]
Washington D.C. 23 May 2024 (PAHO) – Public health and law professionals, a congresswoman, and civil society organizations from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Uruguay were recognized today by the World Health Organization (WHO) with World No Tobacco Day 2024 Awards. Each year, WHO recognizes individuals or organizations that have made an outstanding contribution to advancing the […]
Washington, DC, May 22, 2024 (PAHO)- New syphilis cases among adults aged 15-49 years increased by 30% between 2020 and 2022 in the Americas, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report, Implementing the global health sector strategies on HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections, 2022–2030. Syphilis, a bacterial, sexually transmitted infection, is a preventable […]
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, 17 de mayo de 2024 (OPS) — El Primer Encuentro de Mujeres Alcaldesas, se llevó a cabo del 16 al 17 de mayo en Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia para compartir experiencias sobre la gobernanza local para la salud, el bienestar, la equidad en salud y el liderazgo de […]
A rinite alérgica é uma das doenças crônicas mais prevalentes em serviços de saúde. Um estudo conduzido em uma capital brasileira, por exemplo, identificou uma prevalência de sintomas de rinite alérgica de 47% em indivíduos adultos participantes da pesquisa.¹ Essa condição de saúde é definida como uma inflamação crônica da mucosa de revestimento nasal, em […]
Washington, D.C., May 15, 2024 (PAHO)– The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Jarbas Barbosa, today presented his 2023 Annual Report to the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS), in Washington, D.C. The document reflects the achievements made in the region during the past year and highlights the persistent health […]
May 14, 2024 – The Global Action Fund for Fungal Infections (GAFFI) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) have recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work together to improve the diagnosis and treatment of fungal diseases. The agreement, which formalizes years of successful collaboration between the two agencies to improve patient health, […]
Washington, D.C., 10 de mayo de 2024 (OPS) – La Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS) emitió una alerta epidemiológica instando a los países del hemisferio sur a prepararse para un posible aumento simultáneo de influenza y otros virus respiratorios, y el dengue. Con el inicio de la temporada de mayor circulación de las enfermedades respiratorias, […]
Kingston, Jamaica, 7 May 2024 – Belize, Jamaica, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines are the latest countries in the Americas to receive certification from the World Health Organization (WHO) for eliminating the mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis (EMTCT). The milestone was marked today at a commemorative event organized by the Pan American Health Organization […]
