Menopause Weight Gain: Why It Happens and What To Do About It in Ashtip

Santiago/Washington DC/Geneva, 14 September 2026 (PAHO/WHO)– Chile has become the first country in South America to receive the World Health Organization (WHO) validation for eliminating dog-transmitted rabies as a public health problem. The recognition highlights more than 50 years of progress without a human case of rabies and confirms the… 09/14/2026

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Hormonal changes, a slower metabolism and muscle loss can make weight gain more common around menopause — healthy habits can help you manage it 09/14/2026

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Symptoms include chronic exhaustion, overstimulation and skill loss 09/14/2026

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Aging and hormonal changes around menopause can shift where your body stores fat, depositing it around your midsection 09/14/2026

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Since 2022, the Postgraduate Diploma and Certificate in Health Policy and Health Systems has helped strengthen regional capacity to address challenges such as health workforce shortages, migration and growing demand for health services.Bridgetown, Barbados, September 11, 2026 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and The University… 09/11/2026

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The Organization is supporting Colombia’s health authorities to maintain essential services, strengthen disease surveillance and address the evolving health needs of affected communities.Bogotá, Colombia, 10 September 2026 (PAHO/WHO) - One month after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck western Colombia, the Pan American Health Organization /… 09/11/2026

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Washington, D.C., 10 September 2026 (PAHO) – On World Suicide Prevention Day, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) highlighted progress achieved during the first year of its Regional Suicide Prevention Initiative, a technical cooperation platform that supports countries across the Americas in strengthening suicide prevention efforts… 09/10/2026

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The World Health Organization has appointed Dr Vanessa Kerry as the WHO Director-General’s Special Envoy for Health Resilience. Building on her previous role as WHO’s first Director-General Special Envoy for Climate Change and Health, Dr Kerry will help advance a broader agenda focused on building resilient, integrated and sustainably-financed health systems capable of responding to day-to-day challenges and emerging threats from climate change, health emergencies and other complex global challenges. 09/09/2026

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The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Bhutan’s elimination of dog-transmitted rabies as a public health problem in the country. Bhutan is the first country in the WHO South-East Asia Region to achieve this success. 09/04/2026

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The methodology provides a practical and adaptable approach to estimating dog and cat populations, improving the planning of vaccination campaigns, disease surveillance, and other public health interventions.Rio de Janeiro, September 3, 2026 (PANAFTOSA/VPH-PAHO/WHO) – The Pan American Center for Foot-and-Mouth Disease and Veterinary Public Health… 09/03/2026

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The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Timor-Leste as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem. Trachoma is the world's leading infectious cause of blindness. Timor-Leste was the last country in WHO’s South-East Asia Region with suspected endemic trachoma. With this validation, trachoma has been eliminated as a public health problem throughout the region. 09/03/2026

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The Director-General (DG) of the World Health Organization (WHO) is hereby transmitting the report of the second meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) Emergency Committee (Committee) regarding the epidemic of Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus (BVD) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), held on Tuesday, 18 August 2026, from 12:00 to 17:00 CEST. 08/28/2026

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The 45th meeting of the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations (IHR or Regulations) on the international spread of poliovirus was convened by the WHO Director-General on 14 May 2026 via video conference with affected countries, supported by the WHO Secretariat. The Emergency Committee reviewed the latest epidemiological data on wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) and circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses (cVDPV) in the context of the global targets to interrupt endemic WPV1 transmission in 2026 and to stop cVDPV2 outbreaks by 2028 with subsequent certification of WPV1 eradication and cVDPV2 elimination. Technical updates were received about the situation in the 08/25/2026

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The Ministry of Health has launched a 30-day consultation on allowing the sale and use of certain devices that function as hearing aids, without a prescription. 07/26/2026

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An Ontario couple who disembarked from the remote South Atlantic island of St. Helena are isolating in Grey Bruce. A third who may have been exposed on a flight is in Peel Region. 07/26/2026

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