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It's time to break the silence "... preventing new infections is key to halting the HIV pandemic ... over 55,000 children under the age of 15 and 400,000 young people between the ages of 15 and 18 were living with HIV in 2007 ... only 4 out of 10 adolescents and young adults considered themselves well-informed about HIV ... let us undertake this responsibility with leadership, passion, and courage. Let us make our children’s right to protect themselves a reality ... "Article » more news »
Director's Newsletter »
PAHO in the 21st Century: Leadership and Cooperation in Public Health.
Progress toward fulfilling the initial commitments to cooperation in public health in the period of 2003-2007. Publications and reports »
Health Agenda for the Americas 2008-2017.
Health priorities that the governments of the Americas propose to tackle over the next decade. Español / Português / Français .
Safe Surgery Saves Lives
- PAHO VIDEO
WHO's global initiative Safe Surgery Saves Lives was launched on June 25 2008 at the headquarters of the Pan American Health Organization in Washington, D.C. Watch video from the launch »
Public Health Highlights
- New issue of PAHO Today
The latest issue of PAHO Today, the newsletter of the Pan American Health Organization, is now available online. Read it » - IAEA Member States and International Organizations Conclude Testing of Emergency Plans
The World Health Organization (WHO) completed a two-day emergency radiation exercise today. This test involved a simulated accident at the Laguna Verde nuclear power plant in Mexico. Read more » - Looking for the most active and healthy cities in Latin America and the Caribbean
The third Active Cities, Healthy Cities contest is accepting applications. The contest will recognize cities where the urban environment facilitates healthy lifestyles. Read more »
Events
- EcoHealth 2008 Forum/Second Biennial Conference of the International Association for Ecology and Health (IAEH)
Merida, Yucatan, Mexico,
December 1-5 2008
WHO, partners launch appeal for $4.2 million for health response for hurricane-hit Haiti
Governing Bodies Documentation
In Focus
- World Rabies Day 2008
- Chronic Disease Newsletter
- Vaccination Week in the Americas
- World Health Day 2008
- Integrity and Conflict Management System (ICMS)
- Quinquennial Report from PAHO Director, 2003-2007
- Health in the Americas 2007
- Doing Business with PAHO
- Disaster News
- EID Updates
- International Health Regulations
- Millennium Development Goals
- Health Statistics from the Americas, 2006 Edition
- PAHO/WHO Technical Cooperation among Countries (TCC)
- Priority Countries
- Country Cooperation Strategy (CCS)
- Strategic and Programmatic Orientations in Primary Health Care
- Pan American Health and Education Foundation
- Health of Indigenous Peoples
- Leaders in International Health Program 2008
Scientific & Technical Information
PAHO News
- Caribbean public health authorities propose to eliminate vertical transmission of HIV and syphilis by 2015
Public health authorities, HIV and Maternal and Child Health experts concluded that it is feasible to eliminate the vertical transmission of HIV and syphilis in the Caribbean by 2015. Read More » - PAHO praises Brazil for passing new legislation on alcohol and driving
On behalf of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the Director, Dr. Mirta Roses, praised Brazil and congratulated President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva for recently promulgated legislation on driving and alcohol that sets an example and represents a true model for the Americas to follow with regards to road safety and the prevention of deaths and injuries in the hemisphere. Read More » - Mother Support Maximizes Life-saving Benefits of Breastfeeding
Exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of a child's life is the best and most cost-effective intervention to provide newborns with the nutrients they need, and to improve infant and children survival rates. Read More » - UN: Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean should improve, expand sexuality education
Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean should improve and expand sexuality education programmes in order to prevent HIV and AIDS and reduce the impact of the epidemic in the region, a group of United Nations agencies said today. Read More » - U.N. Experts Warn on New Threats to MDG Progress in Latin America and the Caribbean
Top United Nations experts on Latin America and the Caribbean warned this week that global economic shocks could throw some 16 million people of the Americas into extreme poverty, threatening important gains toward achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the region. Read More »