Tag: Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO)

• Wednesday, April 9th 2025 - 18:47 UTC

  Uruguayan authorities suggest would-be travelers get vaccinated against measles

  

  Uruguay's Ministry of Public Health (MSP) Wednesday issued an alert for measles ahead of Tourism Week -the country's lay version of Easter Week- urging travelers, especially those heading to Argentina, to verify they have two doses of the measles vaccine, as the neighboring country has been reported to be experiencing community transmission of the highly contagious disease, just like parts of the US and Europe.

• Thursday, December 22nd 2022 - 20:03 UTC

  Eight deaths reported in Uruguay of streptococcus

  

  Uruguayan health officials Thursday reported eight people have died of a strong form of streptococcus after cases were detected between Nov. 3 and Dec. 12 in the South American country.

• Saturday, November 12th 2022 - 13:08 UTC

  Diabetes keeps spreading throughout the Americas, PAHO warns

  

  The number of people with diabetes in the Americas has tripled in three decades, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) announced Friday in a report released in Washington, DC.

• Monday, October 16th 2017 - 11:36 UTC

  Uruguay hosts NCDs global conference organized by WHO and PAHO

  

  Uruguay will be hosting form 18 to 20 October the global conference on Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) which is organized by the World Health Organization (WHO), the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the Office of the President of Uruguay Tabare Vazquez, and the Ministry of Health of Uruguay. The purpose of the conference in Montevideo is how to enhance policy coherence between different spheres of policy making that have a bearing on attaining SDG target 3.4 on NCDs by 2030.

• Thursday, September 29th 2016 - 11:01 UTC

  Region of the Americas is declared free of measles by World Health Organization

  

  The Region of the Americas is the first in the world to have eliminated measles, a viral disease that can cause severe health problems, including pneumonia, blindness, brain swelling and even death. This achievement culminates a 22-year effort involving mass vaccination against measles, mumps and rubella throughout the Americas.

• Tuesday, January 26th 2016 - 08:06 UTC

  Pan American Health Organization statement on Zika virus transmission and prevention

  

  Zika is a mosquito-borne virus that is new to the Americas. Since Brazil reported the first cases of local transmission of the virus in May 2015, it has spread to 21 countries and territories* of the Americas (as of 23 January 2016).

• Friday, May 22nd 2015 - 08:48 UTC

  Caribbean epidemiologic alert following reports of Zika virus in Brazil

  

  Following reports of suspected Zika virus in Brazil, the health ministries of several Caribbean countries have issued advisories for the mosquito borne viral disease.On Thursday, the Jamaica Health Ministry issued an epidemiological alert after the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) noted the potential spread of this arbovirus across territories where the vectors (Aedes) are present.

• Saturday, November 29th 2014 - 07:30 UTC

  Health professionals from Latam and Caribbean train for management of Ebola

  

  Health professionals from more than 30 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean will receive training in clinical management of Ebola in three upcoming workshops sponsored by the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO). The workshops are part of a series of PAHO/WHO actions intended to help countries strengthen their preparedness for potential cases of Ebola.

• Wednesday, November 5th 2014 - 22:43 UTC

  Uruguay, “a role model for the region and the world” in tobacco policies

  

  The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) is supporting the Government of Uruguay as it defends its tobacco control policies against claims brought by the Philip Morris tobacco company.

• Tuesday, September 2nd 2014 - 22:39 UTC

  UN launches in Haiti second phase of vaccination campaign against cholera

  

  The United Nations (UN) launched in Haiti, the second phase of the vaccination campaign against cholera, which was initiated and implemented by the Haitian authorities as part of the broader framework of the national plan for the elimination of cholera in the country.