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Montevideo, October 18th 2025 - 00:48 UTC

Tag: Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)

  • Friday, October 3rd 2025 - 10:08 UTC

    PAHO highlights wider effects of Brazil's robust vaccination scheme

    Vaccine hesitance prevails among some groups, Morales reckoned

    The Pan American Health Organization noted this week that Brazil's robust vaccination campaigns have yielded benefits for neighboring countries.

  • Friday, September 12th 2025 - 20:12 UTC

    PAHO reports measles cases up 34-fold in 2025

    The Fiocruz expert insisted on the need to increase vaccination

    According to the latest Pan American Health Organization's (PAHO) report on the issue, a 34-fold increase in the number of measles cases was detected last month against 2024 figures.

  • Wednesday, September 3rd 2025 - 13:07 UTC

    Brazil and Paraguay join forces against syphilis

    “Syphilis is detected, treated, cured” was the gathering's motto

    Brazilian experts joined Tuesday a working meeting in Asunción between local representatives of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and Paraguay's National Program for the Control of HIV/AIDS and STIs (Pronasida), and the General Directorate of Health Surveillance to further discuss the elimination of congenital syphilis and acquired syphilis through a project called Cooperation Among Countries for Health Development (CCHD).

  • Thursday, June 5th 2025 - 09:12 UTC

    PAHO warns of surge in pertussis cases

    Globally, cases are also increasing, with a notable decline in childhood vaccination rates contributing to the trend

    The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) issued an alert Wednesday due to a rise in whooping cough (pertussis) cases in the Americas, urging stronger epidemiological surveillance and improved childhood vaccination coverage, particularly for children under 1 and 5 years old.

  • Wednesday, April 23rd 2025 - 10:40 UTC

    Paraguayan health authorities tackle tuberculosis, HIV and other diseases

    The initiative involves experts from Paraguay, Brazil, and the PAHO

    Paraguay’s Health Ministry and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) have launched a joint technical mission to strengthen the country’s response to HIV and tuberculosis, focusing on eliminating HIV, mother-to-child transmission of HIV, congenital syphilis, hepatitis B, and Chagas disease, as well as managing advanced HIV, TB, and HIV/TB co-infection.

  • Tuesday, April 15th 2025 - 18:53 UTC

    PAHO insists on the importance of universal access to care

    Essential Public Health Functions (EPHF) can significantly improve health systems' response to achieve more equitable outcomes,” Barbosa said

    The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) released a report Tuesday warning about the need to bolster public health capacities to ensure universal health access, equity, and resilience against challenges like Covid-19. The “Implementation of the Essential Public Health Functions in the Americas: Evaluation and Strengthening of Capacities” study was based on evaluations in 14 countries between 2021 and 2023.

  • Wednesday, March 26th 2025 - 20:55 UTC

    PAHO warns of NCDs spreading in the region

    “The good news is that we have the knowledge and tools to prevent and control NCDs,” Barbosa pointed out

    The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has issued an urgent call to address the primary factors contributing to non-communicable diseases (NCDs), which claim approximately 6 million lives annually in the Americas. At the Regional Meeting on Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases held in Brasilia, PAHO Director Dr. Jarbas Barbosa highlighted that over 240 million people in the region live with NCDs, such as hypertension, diabetes, and cancer, requiring continuous treatment. However, many lack adequate care due to poor management and control.

  • Tuesday, February 11th 2025 - 10:11 UTC

    PAHO warns of outbrreak of dengue DENV-3 serotype

    In the first weeks of 2025, 23 countries and territories in the region reported a total of 238,659 cases

    The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Monday issued an epidemiological alert given the growing circulation of a different of dengue in the region. Cases of the DENV-3 serotype have been repported to be on the rise in Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, and Peru.

  • Wednesday, February 5th 2025 - 23:06 UTC

    Milei pulls Argentina out of WHO

    Leaving the WHO does not mean leaving the PAHO, Health Minister Mario Lugones explained

    Argentine Presidential Spokesman Manuel Adorni announced Wednesday during his morning press briefing that his country would be following in on Donald Trump's steps and withdrawing from the World Health Organization (WHO), which entailed disbursements totaling around US$ 10 million annually.

  • Friday, November 1st 2024 - 10:14 UTC

    PAHO warns of surge in measles cases

    The continental agency suggested governments up their vaccination strategies

    Given the recent identification of measles clusters and cases in the Americas, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) issued an epidemiological alert on Thursday. Therefore, the World Health Organization's (WHO) continental subsidiary urged local governments to up their vaccination campaigns.

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