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Malaria surveillance and treatment in Suriname

PAHO recognizes Suriname for drastically reducing malaria cases, deaths

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6, CMC – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has recognized Suriname, along with Costa Rica and El Salvador, for drastically reducing malaria cases and deaths, rewarding them with the “Malaria Champions award.”

November 6, 2016
Published in Health

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says Caribbean countries have met almost all the health targets of the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

PAHO says Caribbean achieved nearly all health targets of UN Millennium Development Goals

WASHINGTON, Oct 11, CMC – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says Caribbean countries have met almost all the health targets of the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

October 11, 2016
Published in Health

Sir Michael Marmot, former chair of the global Commission on Social Determinants of Health, brings together more than a dozen leading international experts on health policy and social determinants of health.

Experts seek underlying causes for persistent health inequalities in the Caribbean

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9, CMC – The Panama American Health Organization (PAHO) says the five-month-old Commission on Equity and Health Inequalities in the Region of the Americas has been meeting here to carry out the first large-scale effort to gather evidence on health inequities in the Region of the Americas, including the Caribbean.

October 9, 2016
Published in Health

Caribbean declared measles free

WASHINGTON, Sept 28, CMC – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says the Americas including the Caribbean, 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.

September 28, 2016
Published in Health

PAHO’s Dominican-born director Carissa F. Etienne says road traffic crashes continue to cause too many preventable injuries and deaths and place a heavy load on healthcare services.

PAHO calls for strengthening road safety legislation in the Caribbean

WASHINGTON, Sep. 18, CMC –The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is urging regional countries to strengthen their road safety legislation and enforcement.

September 18, 2016
Published in Health

New publication brings together strategies for suicide prevention in the Caribbean

WASHINGTON, Sep. 11, CMC – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has launched a new publication which highlights strategies for suicide prevention in the Americas, including the Caribbean, where about 65,000 lives are lost annually to this preventable cause of death.

September 12, 2016
Published in Health

It’s alleged that sewage and other waste was dumped into the river. (Photo: www.haiti.mphise.info) Read more: http://www.caribbean360.com/news/leaked-un-report-haitis-cholera-outbreak-slammed-sanitation-bases#ixzz4JtxVSSO4

International community urged to support Haiti’s plan to combat cholera

WASHINGTON, Sept 10, CMC – The international community is urging financial and political support for a medium-term cholera plan recently released in draft form by the Haitian government.

September 10, 2016
Published in Health

OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro and PAHO Director Dr. Carissa F. Etienne

OAS-PAHO sign cooperation agreement

WASHINGTON, Aug 20, CMC – The Organization of American States (OAS) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) have signed a declaration of cooperation to support the countries of the Americas, including the Caribbean, in achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

August 20, 2016
Published in Health

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