Port-au-Prince- To meet the enormous health challenges posed by the January 12 earthquake, Haitian authorities, United Nations agencies and donor countries have been providing tons of medicines to scores of health partners on a daily basis through a large-scale coordinated effort run out of the country's pharmaceuticals hub in the capital, Port-au-Prince.
A new report published by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) shows that a large proportion of cancers and other chronic diseases in Latin America and the Caribbean are preventable. The report calls for better public policies, healthier practices in schools and workplaces, and behavior changes among individuals, families, and communities to halt the growing tide of these diseases that were once considered illnesses of the rich.
The Texas Children’s Newborn Center is the first and only pediatric center to be named a World Health Organization Collaborating Centre (WHOCC) for Perinantal/Neonatal Health. To commemorate the milestone, Texas Children’s Hospital hosted a ceremony with Senior Texas Children’s Hospital, Texas Children’s Newborn Center and WHOCC leadership, as well as Dr. Gina Tambini, Family and Community Health Manager, Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), and Dr. Yehuda Benguigui, Neonatal and Child Health Senior Adviser, PAHO/WHO, in attendance.
Countries around the world have shown extraordinary goodwill in responding to the Jan. 12 earthquake in
Haiti, said Dr. Mirta Roses, Director of the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), after returning from a trip to
Haiti and the
Dominican Republic this week.
Two weeks after Haiti’s Jan. 12 earthquake, the need for emergency health care has declined dramatically, but many quake survivors urgently need post-operative care that is now in short supply, say experts at the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO).
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Port-au-Prince- To meet the enormous health challenges posed by the January 12 earthquake, Haitian authorities, United Nations agencies and donor countries have been providing tons of medicines to scores of health partners on a daily basis through a large-scale coordinated effort run out of the country's pharmaceuticals hub in the capital, Port-au-Prince.
A new report published by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) shows that a large proportion of cancers and other chronic diseases in Latin America and the Caribbean are preventable. The report calls for better public policies, healthier practices in schools and workplaces, and behavior changes among individuals, families, and communities to halt the growing tide of these diseases that were once considered illnesses of the rich.
Countries around the world have shown extraordinary goodwill in responding to the Jan. 12 earthquake in
Two weeks after Haiti’s Jan. 12 earthquake, the need for emergency health care has declined dramatically, but many quake survivors urgently need post-operative care that is now in short supply, say experts at the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO). 
