Through the awards, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and Pan American Health and Education Foundation (PAHEF) recognize innovative individuals, programs, institutions, and organizations advancing health in the Americas, especially in Latin America and the Caribbean. The awards highlight key aspects of public health...

Tuberculosis patients in the Dominican Republic need better health and social security coverage to cope with the direct and indirect costs of the disease, which tend to increase during illness while patients’ incomes tend to decline. These are the results of a new study published in the latest issue of the Pan American Journal of Public Health.

The Executive Committee of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) began on Monday June 17 its 152th session at the headquarters of the Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health Organization (WHO), with discussion and approval of several initiatives that will be discussed in September by all health ministers from the Americas during the Directing Council.