Press Releases
PAHO Calls for End to Violence against Women (11/21/2006)
Singer Jerry Rivera today joined forces with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to launch a new public service campaign to raise awareness of violence against women and of the need to end the widespread problem in the Americas and around the world. Read more
International Day of the World's Indigenous People Highlights Health Gaps (8/8/2006)
On the International Day of the World's Indigenous People observed today, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) experts noted that 40 percent of indigenous people in the Americas still lack access to conventional health care services. Coupled with serious issues of inequity and discrimination, this situation poses a serious obstacle in achieving the UN Millennium Development Goals. Read more
Mental disorders in Latin America and the Caribbean Forecast to Increase (12/9/2005)
The number of people with mental disorders in the Region of the Americas is forecast to increase from 114 million in 1990 to 176 million in 2010, according to the director of the Pan American Health Organization, Dr. Mirta Roses. Read more
Food Safety Experts Agree Plan to Improve Food Safety in the Americas and Caribbean (12/9/2005)
Urgent measures are needed across Latin America and the Caribbean to improve food safety and the availability of food, both to reduce the level of disease and death and also to make it easier to export the region's numerous food products to the rest of the world, 200 regional food-safety experts and regulators agreed today. Read more
In Brasilia: First Hemispheric Meeting on Alcohol Public Policies (11/28/2005)
Some of the world's top experts on alcohol abuse and public policy are gathered in Brazil this week to discuss ways of reducing the harmful effects of alcohol on public health in the Americas. Read more
PAHO Awards to Latin American Physicians, Scholars, Researchers (9/27/2005)
Three Latin American physicians, scholars and researchers were this year's recipients of Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and Pan American Health and Education Foundation (PAHEF) awards in the fields of medicine, health care and bioethics. Read more
Citizen Security Theme is Focus of Forum in Colombia (9/12/2005)
Latin American presidents, ministers, big-city mayors and over 600 senior officials convened in Medellin, Colombia, this week to discuss the challenges posed by violence and security in Latin America and the Caribbean. Read more
Increased Physical Activity Called Priority for Americas (12/9/2003)
Just 30 minutes a day of moderate physical activity can lower or even eliminate the risk of cardiovascular diseases, type-2 diabetes, osteoporosis, and colon and breast cancers, according to a Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) journal article. Read more