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23/Dec/2020
The Honduras node of the Virtual Campus is a tripartite initiative between the Ministry of Health, the National Autonomous University of Honduras and PAHO. In 2020, the node has developed two self-learning courses focused on the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The self-learning course on Home Care for confirmed or suspected COVID-19 patients with Mild Symptoms and Follow-up of Their Contacts, seeks to teach essential measures related to contact management, to ensure safe and quality home...
23/Dec/2020
More than one hundred workers at free trade fairs in Chile were trained to prevent infection by the new coronavirus in the markets where fruits and vegetables are sold, through the virtual course "Health monitors at free fairs in times of pandemic ". The initiative was organized by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), the Association of Free Fairs (ASOF), the School of Public Health of the University of Chile and the University of Valparaiso.
Free fairs are the source of work for a...
23/Dec/2020
More than 150 public professionals from public health schools in Brazil were trained through the Virtual Campus for Public Health during 2020 through a project of the Pan American Health Organization in Brazil (OPAS) and the National Council of Secretaries of Health (CONASS) that sought to strengthen the capacities of schools for the development of distance education to respond to COVID-19.
Through technical cooperation, which includes public health schools linked to state health secretariats,...
15/Dec/2020
2 November, 2020
Rapid antigen tests arriving in countries to assist in COVID-19 response in the Americas
The Pan American Health Organization has deployed 190,000 new COVID-19 antigen diagnostic tests donated to four countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, and is conducting training to implement pilot testing of their operation. PAHO’s Strategic Fund is working with the countries to facilitate access to these diagnostic...
The Pan American Health Organization has deployed 190,000 new COVID-19 antigen diagnostic tests donated to four countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, and is conducting training to implement pilot testing of their operation. PAHO’s Strategic Fund is working with the countries to facilitate access to these diagnostic...
30/Oct/2020
30 October, 2020
PAHO and IOM sign agreement to improve the health of 70 million migrants in the Americas
Under the agreement, PAHO and IOM will focus on scaling up coordinated interventions to support countries of the Americas in addressing health and migration, while leaving no one behind. It will also ensure greater advocacy for the inclusion of the specific needs of migrants in health and development...
Under the agreement, PAHO and IOM will focus on scaling up coordinated interventions to support countries of the Americas in addressing health and migration, while leaving no one behind. It will also ensure greater advocacy for the inclusion of the specific needs of migrants in health and development...
05/Oct/2020
2 October, 2020
Health ministers commit to maintain, expand sustained actions to fight COVID-19 pandemic
Health ministers from countries in the Americas committed to maintain and expand sustained actions to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, and asked the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to continue supporting them in their fight to control it. Read more PAHO...
Health ministers from countries in the Americas committed to maintain and expand sustained actions to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, and asked the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to continue supporting them in their fight to control it. Read more PAHO...
02/Sep/2020
1 September, 2020
PAHO asks countries to reinforce contact tracing and data systems as the region starts to reopen
"Primary health care should be at the center of the response: identifying cases, acting to contain transmission and providing timely care in the community,” the Director of the Pan American Health Organization, Dr. Carissa F. Etienne said. “Local health authorities have a central role to play in generating and...
"Primary health care should be at the center of the response: identifying cases, acting to contain transmission and providing timely care in the community,” the Director of the Pan American Health Organization, Dr. Carissa F. Etienne said. “Local health authorities have a central role to play in generating and...
31/Jul/2020
31 July, 2020
ECLAC and PAHO: Controlling the pandemic requires convergence and coordination between health, economic, social and productive policies
A new joint report by ECLAC and PAHO reveals that economies of the Region will only be reactivated if the curve of contagion of the COVID-19 pandemic is flattened. Read more Stay informed on COVID...
A new joint report by ECLAC and PAHO reveals that economies of the Region will only be reactivated if the curve of contagion of the COVID-19 pandemic is flattened. Read more Stay informed on COVID...
29/Jun/2020
29 June, 2020
Stay informed on COVID-19
Check-out all the information available on COVID-19 in PAHO´s website: number of cases reported in the Americas, technical guidelines, epidemiological alerts, guidance and research in the Americas, infographics, and social media cards. Read more Countries should prepare to manage COVID-19 closely for the next 2 years...
Check-out all the information available on COVID-19 in PAHO´s website: number of cases reported in the Americas, technical guidelines, epidemiological alerts, guidance and research in the Americas, infographics, and social media cards. Read more Countries should prepare to manage COVID-19 closely for the next 2 years...
01/Jun/2020
1 June, 2020
Stay informed on COVID-19
Check-out all the information available on COVID-19 in PAHO´s website: number of cases reported in the Americas, technical guidelines, epidemiological alerts, guidance and research in the Americas, infographics, and social media cards. Read more PAHO Director says fight against COVID-19 pandemic must...
Check-out all the information available on COVID-19 in PAHO´s website: number of cases reported in the Americas, technical guidelines, epidemiological alerts, guidance and research in the Americas, infographics, and social media cards. Read more PAHO Director says fight against COVID-19 pandemic must...