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Woman from the Americas smiling while resting on a picket fence

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Haiti Humanitarian Crisis

PAHO staff providing support in Haiti

Dengue Resources

Workers eliminating mosquito breeding areas

News

woman in tent after disaster

22 Nov 2024

At COP29, PAHO warns that failure to focus on people in vulnerable situations will exacerbate health inequities

Leaders of the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF), the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), with their hands resting on each other’s hands as a sign of cooperation.

19 Nov 2024

CAF, ECLAC, IDB, and PAHO Advancing Equity and Sustainable Development in the Americas at Brazil’s G20 Summit

81 / 5,000 Health inspector performing a rapid malaria test on a farm worker

15 Nov 2024

PAHO announces Costa Rica as Malaria Champion of the Americas 2024

Public Health Stories

Julia on horse back reaches remote indigenous community to vaccinate

Julia Paredes: The mexican nurse who crossed mountains to bring vaccines and hope

bebé en incubadora

World Prematurity Day: Protecting lives and ensuring quality neonatal care for all

Two men and five women, member of the Information Analysis Committee, Indigenous Network, Cochabamba Tropic region pose for the camera.

Bolivia strengthens social participation in health for indigenous populations

Latest alerts and epidemiological updates

19 Nov 2024

Epidemiological Alert Detection of clade I of mpox in the Americas Region - 19 November 2024

18 Nov 2024

Epidemiological Update Avian Influenza A(H5N1) in the Americas Region - 15 November 2024

8 Nov 2024

Epidemiological Update - Yellow fever in the Americas Region - 6 November 2024

7 Nov 2024

Public health risk assessment associated with the potential occurrence of zoonotic avian influenza A(H5N1) clade 2.3.4.4b in Latin-American and the Caribbean - 6 November 2024

Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, PAHO Director

Dr. Jarbas Barbosa
Director Pan American Health Organization

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Publications

Governing Bodies

Flags of the Americas

Partnership

Health Emergencies

Pan American Journal of Public Health

Sustainable Health Agenda for the Americas

The Decade of Healthy Aging

Elimination Initiative

Campaigns

World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week 2024

World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week 2024

18 Nov 2024

Events

invitation

Transforming Mental Health Through Information Systems

26 Nov 2024 - 26 Nov 2024

Digital Transformation for AFP and MR Surveillance

Digital Transformation for AFP and MR Surveillance: Unveiling VPD-SMART

26 Nov 2024 - 26 Nov 2024

INVITATION

Documenting cases of violence against women and girls and recording the health sector response

3 Dec 2024 - 3 Dec 2024

invitación

Dialogue and Report Launch: Violence against indigenous and afrodescendant women and girls and from other ethnic groups

4 Dec 2024 - 4 Dec 2024

Actions to prevent alcohol harm withing the framework of SAFER

Actions to prevent alcohol harm withing the framework of SAFER

4 Dec 2024 - 4 Dec 2024