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Santo Domingo, 16 August 2023 (PAHO)- Laboratory experts gathered this week in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, to discuss increasing the use of tools to detect and monitor mosquito-borne diseases in the Americas. The meeting, led by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), comes as some countries in region face large-scale outbreaks of… 2023-08-25

Washington D.C., 24 July 2024 (PAHO) – In July this year, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) issued an epidemiological alert on an increase in reported cases of Oropouche virus (OROV) in five countries (Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Cuba and Colombia) in the Region of the Americas.We spoke to PAHO experts about this uptick in cases, recent… 2024-07-25

San Jose, Costa Rica, August 16, 2024 (PAHO). The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Latin American Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases (SLIPE) signed a cooperation agreement today aimed at reducing infectious diseases prevalent among children and adolescents in Latin America.Despite a 60% decrease in deaths among children… 2024-08-20

New global report shows that while cases continue to rise in the Americas, improvements in diagnosis and treatment are helping to reduce deaths1 November 2024 – The World Health Organization (WHO) published a new report on tuberculosis (TB) revealing that globally, approximately 8.2 million people were newly diagnosed with TB in 2023 - the… 2024-11-09