A special event commemorating the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women will be held at the headquarters of the Pan American Health Organization in Washington, D.C.

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Journalists from Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina won the fourth edition of the Latin American Award for Health Journalism, awarded by Red-Salud. The theme of this year's edition was climate change and its effects on health. A total of 20 stories made it to the final round of the competition.

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Most countries in the Americas are witnessing a rapid change in nutritional habits, with the consumption of food with an ever denser caloric content. This model, plus a sedentary way of life and lack of physical activity, are contributing to the rise in the numbers of overweight and obese people in the Region.

Cases of malaria have declined 32 percent in Latin American and the Caribbean since 2000, and deaths have dropped nearly 40 percent. Yet more than 140 million people in the Region (16 percent of the population) remain at risk of the disease, experts said today in a panel discussion marking Malaria Day in the Americas at the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).