02/Sep/2019
30 August, 2019
HSS Director recognizes advances in AUGE, HIV program, health aging care and access to medicines in Chile
In the meeting with the Secretary of State, the Director of the Department of Health Systems and Services of PAHO/WHO, James Fitzgerald, highlighted the actions carried out by the Ministry of Health, aimed at facilitating access to medicines for the population. [Available only in...
31/Jul/2019
31 July, 2019
PAHO publishes the updated version of the List of Priority Medical Devices for the First Level of Care
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) published the updated version of the List of Priority Medical Devices for the First Level of Care according to the needs of the countries of the Americas. In order to reflect the health problems that generate the greatest burden of disease for...
28/Jun/2019
28 June, 2019
PAHO calls for blood donation systems to be strengthened to ensure 100% voluntary donations
In Latin America and the Caribbean, voluntary donation accounts for less than half of all blood supplies. For World Blood Donor Day, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) calls for countries to strengthen their voluntary, unpaid blood donation systems, the best way to ensure universal access to an...
04/Jun/2019
3 June, 2019
72nd World Health Assembly Closes with Adoption of Resolutions on Public Health Topics
The 72nd World Health Assembly ended with the adoption of several resolutions on the world’s most relevant public health issues. Member States approved resolutions on migrant and refugee health, access to medicines, universal health coverage, patient safety, and more. Read more
Nursing staff are vital for making progress towards universal health...
02/May/2019
30 April, 2019
PHC 30-30-30, PAHO’s new Regional Compact on Primary Health Care for Universal Health
In order to help the countries of the Americas achieve universal health, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has launched the Regional Compact on Primary Health Care for Universal Health: PHC 30-30-30. This Compact establishes goals to eliminate barriers to health access, and to increase funding by 30% to the first level of care by 2030. Read...
25/Apr/2019
Despite considerable progress, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) estimates that 30% of the population of the Americas still do not have access to the health care they need because of multifaceted barriers. On April 9, leaders, including Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, PAHO director Carissa Etienne, and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, gathered with academics, activists, and representatives of social movements in Mexico City to hear the report...
22/Apr/2019
Special Edition - World Health Day 2019
18 April, 2019
PHC 30-30-30, PAHO’s new Regional Compact on Primary Health Care for Universal Health
In order to help the countries of the Americas achieve universal health, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has launched the Regional Compact on Primary Health Care for Universal Health: PHC 30-30-30. This Compact establishes goals to eliminate barriers to health access, and to increase funding by...
04/Apr/2019
This year’s campaign calls for all people to receive integrated, quality health care at the heart of the community. On April 9, PAHO will present a report in Mexico with recommendations on achieving universal health.
Washington, DC, 3 April 2019 (PAHO)- Millions of people in the world still lack access to health care and many are forced to choose between spending on health and other daily expenses. It is estimated that in the Americas around one third of the population lacks...
01/Apr/2019
March 28, 2019
Countries of the Americas advance to develop a strategy to improve the quality of health services
Delegates from 26 countries of the Americas met in Washington, D.C., from 19-20 March, to review and discuss the proposed new “Strategy and Plan of Action to improve the Quality of Comprehensive, People‑, Family-, and Community-centered Health Services.” Read more
Caribbean countries meet to discuss progress in the implementation of...
01/Mar/2019
February 28, 2019
Universal Health High-Level Commission advances in preparing its final report
The High-Level Commission "Universal Health in the 21st century: 40 years of Alma-Ata" met in Mexico to advance with the preparation of the Commission's High-Level final report including recommendations for the Director of PAHO/WHO to guide the way forward to achieve universal access to health and universal health coverage for all by 2030. Read more [only in...
