Washington, DC, July 18, 2024 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has issued an epidemiological alert informing its Member States about the identification of possible cases of expectant mother-to-child transmission of the Oropouche virus (OROV) under investigation in Brazil. The alert calls for strengthened surveillance to monitor the potential occurrence of similar events in other […]
Washington D.C. 17 July 2024 (PAHO) – As countries of the Americas continue to recover and rebuild from the COVID-19 pandemic, experts from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) convened to discuss global health security and recommit to ongoing collaboration to improve public health in the Americas. […]
New data reveal nearly 3 in 4 infants live in countries where low vaccine coverage driving measles outbreaks 15 July 2024 | Geneva/New York – Global childhood immunization coverage stalled in 2023, leaving 2.7 million additional children un- and under-vaccinated compared to pre-pandemic levels in 2019, according to data published today by the World Health […]
Brasilia, June 17, 2024 – From the end of April to May this year, the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul was hit by heavy rains which caused widespread flooding, leaving 478 towns under water. Almost 3.4 million people were affected and 179 people died. Since then, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) […]
Washington, D.C., July 1, 2024 – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the World Bank today launched the PROTECT Project, an initiative to improve pandemic response in seven South American countries. The initiative, funded by a grant from The Pandemic Fund of almost US$17 million, will focus on optimizing surveillance and laboratory systems in border […]
Washington, D.C., 28 de junio de 2024 (OPS)- La 174ª sesión del Comité Ejecutivo de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS) concluyó ayer tras cuatro días de deliberaciones, donde los representantes de los nueve Estados Miembros que integran este cuerpo directivo y observadores abordaron una agenda crítica para la salud pública regional. El Director de la […]
Washington D.C. 28 June 2024 – A new report launched by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) reveals that while overall life expectancy has risen in the Americas, so has the number of people living with noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). Rapid population aging has led to an increase in ill health and disabilities caused by noncommunicable […]
26 June 2024 | Geneva –- New data show that nearly one third (31%) of adults worldwide, approximately 1.8 billion people, did not meet the recommended levels of physical activity in 2022. The findings point to a worrying trend of physical inactivity among adults, which has increased by about 5 percentage points between 2010 and 2022. […]
25 June 2024 — A new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) highlights that 2.6 million deaths per year were attributable to alcohol consumption, accounting for 4.7% of all deaths, and 0.6 million deaths to psychoactive drug use. Notably, 2 million of alcohol and 0.4 million of drug-attributable deaths were among men. WHO’s Global status report on […]
Washington, D.C., 24 de junio de 2024 (OPS)- El Comité Ejecutivo de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS) inició hoy su 174ª sesión en Washington, D.C., abordando más de 40 temas cruciales para mejorar la salud en las Américas. Entre los puntos destacados se encuentran el fortalecimiento del sector salud frente al cambio climático […]
