Release - Dr. Jarbas Barbosa was sworn in today as the new Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), pledging to work in partnership with member states to end the pandemic and ensure that the region’s health systems recover stronger than before. He will
Media Release - No earthquake, drought or hurricane in recorded history has claimed more lives than the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the world’s largest disaster response network, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). The shocking death toll—estimated at more than
UN News - The head of the UN health agency, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said that COVID-19 is still a global health threat and that now is not the time to declare the pandemic over. Tedros’s decision follows the advice offered at the latest coronavirus Emergency Committee meeting last Friday, held at the
Release - The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) is reminding the public that arboviral diseases such as dengue, chikungunya and Zika are still circulating in the Caribbean region. In light of this, CARPHA emphasizes the importance of prevention and control measures to reduce the transmission
Release - Despite recent statistics showing that dementia prevalence is set to increase in the Caribbean by 155 per cent by 2050, regional progress in tackling the neurodegenerative condition is far too slow, say Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI), the global federation for 105 Alzheimer’s and dementia
UN News - Despite recent progress towards eliminating trans fat from food, some five billion people remain unprotected from its harmful impacts, thus increasing their risk of heart disease and death, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. Industrially produced trans fat – commonly found in packaged
UN News - China is “making enormous progress and effort” to get every older adult vaccinated against COVID-19, the UN health agency said, while also cautioning that it will take time to protect everyone. Dr. Kate O’Brien from the World Health Organization (WHO) explained that the
Release - The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) is hosting an HIV/AIDS estimates and projections workshop with government data experts from thirteen Caribbean countries in Kingston (Jamaica) from 23-27 January. The workshop’s purpose is to train the staff of Caribbean national authorities responsible
UN News - Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are among countries that have the highest prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health risks in the world. Now, the UN health agency WHO is pledging to work more closely with them, to help save and
UN News - The head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has unveiled plans to speed up the licensing and use of effective novel vaccines against tuberculosis (TB), the second-leading infectious killer after COVID-19 and the 13th leading cause of death worldwide. Tedros announced the
