Category: SALUD
Cáncer de cuello uterino segunda causa de mortalidad en mujeres
El cáncer de cuello uterino es la segunda causa de mortalidad en mujeres, luego del cáncer de mama, se diagnostica frecuentemente entre las edades de…
PAHO Director welcomes U.S. Administration’s COVID-19 vaccine dose-sharing plan
Washington, D.C., June 3, 2021 (PAHO) Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director Carissa F. Etienne today thanked the United States Government for its commitment to a…
PAHO Director calls for intensified health response in Haiti to reverse rapidly deteriorating COVID conditions
PAHO is assisting with vaccine delivery, scaled up testing, and increased PPE for health workers. Elsewhere in the Caribbean and Latin America, pandemic accelerates. https://paho.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=44ee81176202d33cbd0372f87&id=98f304d6f8&e=6970cf6143…
Latin America and the Caribbean surpass 1 million COVID deaths
Describing the death toll as a “tragic milestone,” PAHO Director urges focus on reducing COVID-19 transmission through proven public health measures, and calls for improving the region’s…
Dominica celebrates elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis
The country is the eighth in the Caribbean to receive validation from WHO for the dual elimination. New HIV infections among children in the Caribbean…
IBiSA y Plataforma Promocion di Salud ta informa: Pakico bo mester sa bo cifranan di presion di sanger?’
Bo tabata sa cu presion halto riba su mes no ta duna señal of sintoma. Esaki por nifica cu bo por tin presion halto pa añananlargo sin cu bo sa. Pa e motibo aki nan ta yama presion halto ‘silentkiller’. Dia 17 di mei ta Dia Mundial di Presion Halto. Rond mundo tacelebra e fecha aki cu diferente actividad. Pa e aña aki a scoge e tema: ‘Midi bo presion corectamente, control’e y biba mas largo’.E aña aki nos kier enfoca riba e importancia di midi presionregularmente y corectamente. E cifranan di investigacion di Salud, Gezondheidsonderzoek Aruba 2016/2017, ta indica cu 63% di nos poblacion di…
PAHO steps up assistance to help countries cope with shortages of oxygen and health workers
Tens of thousands more doctors and nurses expected to be needed to manage ICUs in Latin America and the Caribbean. PAHO helps countries deploy medical…
Consumption of sugary drinks could decline substantially if they were properly taxed, PAHO study shows
Report demonstrates how to utilize taxes to reduce consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages, which are major contributors to overweight and obesity in the Americas. Income from taxes…
PAHO calls for closing vaccination gap generated by COVID-19 pandemic disruption
In 2020, vaccination rates against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis dropped by 18.2% while immunization against measles, mumps, and rubella declined by 13.9%, compared to 2019….
PAHO warns against getting COVID-19 vaccines outside of official channels
Vaccines not procured through government purchases from certified providers and offered by authorized national immunization circuits are presumed to be counterfeit and dangerous to health….
PAHO Director warns that vaccines alone will not stop current COVID-19 surge
Countries report more than 1.3 million new cases in the Americas while nearly 36,000 die from the disease in one week. Washington, D.C. April 14, 2021…
70% of people with Chagas don’t know they’re infected
PAHO calls for redoubling efforts to diagnose the disease, which affects between 6 and 8 million people in the Americas. Washington, D.C., 13 April…
PAHO Director: The Americas need more COVID-19 vaccine doses and faster
As 3 million COVID-19 vaccines delivered through COVAX reach 28 countries in the Americas, the Director calls for regional immunization to become a global priority….
COVID-19 continues to surge through the Americas, PAHO Director reports
“Nowhere are infections as worrisome as in South America, where cases are mounting in nearly every country.” Washington, D.C., April 7, 2021 (PAHO)—“COVID infections continue…
On World Health Day, PAHO Director calls for equitable pandemic recovery in the Americas
The pandemic drove between 119 and 124 million more people globally into extreme poverty last year. Fourteen years of gains in the fight against poverty…
