New PAHO Director elected

September 30, 2022

Press Release - Dr Barbosa da Silva Jr., a national of Brazil, will be the new Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). He was elected by Member States during the 30th Pan American Sanitary Conference. Dr Barbosa da Silva Jr will begin his five-year

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75% of the population in Latin America and the Caribbean still unvaccinated

September 3, 2021

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has made another clarion call to the residents of Latin America and the Caribbean to get vaccinated amid the emergence of new coronavirus variants. PAHO Director Carissa F. Etienne warned in a weekly briefing that 75% of the population in