Este documento tiene por objetivo socializar los eventos en salud que de acuerdo a la evidencia científica podrían incrementar las tasas de incidencia y prevalencia durante el fenómeno de El Niño en...
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Capacidad instalada del Clúster Salud para atender emergencia del Fenómeno de El Niño en Colombia
Este documento tiene por objetivo socializar la capacidad instalada del Clúster de Salud para atención e intervenciones focalizadas en el marco del Fenómeno de El Niño en Colombia en 2023.
Unidades RISC: una estrategia para evaluar riesgos de salud en la población infantil de comunidades contaminadas
Por Mauricio León-Arce, Rogelio Flores-Ramírez, Claudia Paz-Tovar, Andrés Palacios-Ramírez, Francisco J Pérez-Vázquez, Laura M Ramírez-Landeros, Evelyn Van Brussel y Fernando Díaz-Barriga RESUMEN Las...
Argentina + 10 more
OPS: Once países de las Américas se unen a la iniciativa de la COP26 para crear sistemas de salud resilientes frente al cambio climático
Washington, D.C., 9 de noviembre de 2021 (OPS) - Once países de las Américas se unieron a una iniciativa mundial para desarrollar sistemas de salud resilientes frente al cambio climático y con bajas...
Haiti + 10 more
Weekly Press Briefing on COVID-19: Director's Opening Remarks, October 27, 2021
Good morning and thank you for joining today’s press briefing. Over the last week, the Americas reported over 800,000 new COVID infections and 18,000 COVID-related deaths – the lowest COVID figures...
Colombia + 1 more
Natural Hazards Monitoring - 21 October 2021
Climate and Health Various On 20 October, The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change was published. The 44 indicators used for the report range from climate change impacts, exposures, and...
EU/PAHO/CARIFORUM Climate & Health Project Builds Capacity with Health Co-Benefits Training
11 Jun 2021 Bridgetown, Barbados, 6 June 2021 (PAHO/WHO) - During a recently held European Union (EU), Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), [1]CARIFORUM Health Co-Benefits webinar,...
Health and climate change country profile 2021: Dominican Republic
Overview This WHO/PAHO UNFCCC health and climate change country profile for Dominican Republic provides a summary of available evidence on climate hazards, health vulnerabilities, health impacts and...
New CARICOM-EU project will tackle climate change and its health impacts in the Caribbean
2 Dec 2020 PAHO partners in first-of-its-kind initiative involving government, civil society, and international organizations Bridgetown, Barbados, December 2, 2020 (PAHO) – International, regional,...
Chief Environmental Health Officers Review Training Curriculum with PAHO and Regional Educators
Considering the challenges of climate change and the diverse range of environmental determinants of health in the Caribbean, the training curriculum of regional Environmental Health Officers (EHOs)...
Ministries of Health from across the Caribbean meet to discuss urgent need to fund health and climate change initiatives
Kingston Jamaica, 8 October 2019 (PAHO/WHO)—Ministries of health from the Caribbean are meeting in Jamaica this week with experts from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to support country...
Sociedades Justas: Equidad en la salud y vida digna - Informe de la Comisión de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud sobre Equidad y Desigualdades en Salud en las Américas
Las inequidades impiden lograr buenos resultados de salud para todos en la Región de las Américas Washington, D.C., 1 de octubre del 2019 (OPS/OMS). Las inequidades se encuentran en el centro mismo...
Just Societies: Health Equity and Dignified Lives - Report of the Commission of the Pan American Health Organization of Equity and Health Inequalities in the Americas
Persistent inequity prevents achievement of health for all in the Americas, says new report Washington, D.C, 1 October 2019 (PAHO/WHO) – Inequity lies at the very heart of poor health outcomes in the...
Justes sociétés: équité en santé et vie digne: Rapport de la Commission de l’Organisation panaméricaine de la Santé sur l’équité et les inégalités en santé dans les Amériques
Ces dernières décennies, la santé dans la Région des Amériques s’est considérablement améliorée, et pourtant de nombreuses personnes sont encore laissées pour compte. Dans ce contexte, l’OPS a créé...
World + 1 more
Hurricanes show urgent need for action on climate change, say health leaders at PAHO ministerial meeting
Washington, D.C., 30 September 2019 (PAHO/WHO) − One month after Hurricane Dorian devastated the Bahamian islands of Abaco and Grand Bahama, Minister of Health Dorian Sands urged fellow health...
Ministers of Health of the Pacific and the Caribbean to join forces on climate change and health, regulatory frameworks, health security and NCDs
Geneva, Switzerland, May 23, 2019 (PAHO/WHO) - Ministers of Health of the Pacific and the Caribbean met to discuss opportunities for cooperation and exchange regarding good practices in climate...
Nuevo plan de acción para el Caribe convoca a poner a la salud en el centro de los planes para enfrentar el cambio climático
Santa Lucía., 3 de mayo de 2019 (OPS/OMS) - Un plan de acción desarrollado por países y territorios del Caribe y que establece una hoja de ruta para garantizar que la salud esté al frente y en el...
New Action Plan on Health and Climate Change calls for health to be front and center of climate change planning in the Caribbean
St. Lucia., 3 May 2019 (PAHO/WHO) – An Action Plan developed by countries and territories of the Caribbean, establishes a roadmap to ensure that health is front and center of national climate change...
Plan de acción del Caribe sobre la salud y el cambio climático
El Plan de acción del Caribe sobre la salud y el cambio climático se elaboró en consulta con los países durante las reuniones preparatorias y con la participación de los líderes regionales de los...
Caribbean Action Plan on Health and Climate Change
The Caribbean Action Plan on Health and Climate Change was developed in consultation with countries through preparatory meetings and by convening regional health and environment leaders of the...