Webinar: Air Pollution and Hearth Health / 19 April 2024, 10:00-12:00pm (ET)

Webinar: Air Pollution and Hearth Health / 19 April 2024, 10:00-12:00pm (ET)

Photo courtesy: PAHO Context This webinar is jointly organized by the Climate Change and Environmental Determinants of Health Unit, which belongs to PAHO’s Department of Social and Environmental Determinants for Health Equity, and the Subregional Coordination Program for the Caribbean (SPB-CRB), WHO Air Quality, Energy and Health Unit, and the World Health Federation. The event will be […]

Restructuring and Scaling Up Mental Health Care for Impactful Change

Restructuring and Scaling Up Mental Health Care for Impactful Change

Photo courtesy: PAHO Join us on Wednesday, April 17, 20234, at 11:00 a.m. (EST) for the webinar Restructuring and Scaling up Mental Health Care for Impactful Change, an event to promote a community-based mental health approach. The event will incorporate insights and recommendations from key documents such as the World Mental Health Report, “Transforming Mental Health for All,” […]

Webinar: National Quality and Patient Safety Policies within the Framework of the Primary Health Care Strategy

Webinar: National Quality and Patient Safety Policies within the Framework of the Primary Health Care Strategy

Photo courtesy: PAHO This meeting, which is part of the Series of seminars on Primary Health Care with a territorial perspective, will discuss national quality and patient safety policies within the framework of the Primary Health Care strategy and the experiences and challenges for the Region of the Americas. Date and Time: Wednesday, 10 April, 2024, […]

World Health Day 2024: My Health, My Right

World Health Day 2024: My Health, My Right

When: April 7, 2024 Around the world, the right to health of millions is increasingly coming under threat. Conflicts are devastating lives, causing death, pain, hunger and psychological distress. The burning of fossil fuels is simultaneously driving the climate crisis and taking away our right to breathe clean air, with indoor and outdoor air pollution claiming […]

Opportunities and Challenges Towards Tuberculosis Elimination in the Americas

Opportunities and Challenges Towards Tuberculosis Elimination in the Americas

By PAHO Globally, tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of death from infectious disease. According to the World Health Organization’s Global TB Report 2023, an estimated 10.6 million cases were reported worldwide, with 1.3 million deaths, of which around 167,000 were among people living with HIV. Global efforts to combat TB have saved approximately 75 […]

Caribbean Investment Forum 2024

Caribbean Investment Forum 2024

From July 10-12, 2024 the Caribbean Export Development Agency, in colloboration with the Government of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, the European Union, and the CARICOM Secretariat will host the 2024 Caribbean Investment Forum (CIF2024). The event will take place at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre. Visit caribbeaninvestmentforum.com to learn more and pre-register.

Sir J. Q. Charles’ Legacy Lives on 79 Years after Incorporation

Sir J. Q. Charles’ Legacy Lives on 79 Years after Incorporation

Saint Lucia’s best know locally owned company marked its 79th year of incorporation on Saturday November 25th. The corporate giant was incorporated by its founder Sir Joseph Quintin Charles on his birthday November 25th in 1944 as World War II was about to shift momentum with the allies apparently defining victory as ‘completely vanquishing Germany […]

The First Black Professional Soccer Coach in the USA will receive the Marcus Garvey Lifetime Achievement Award at CARAH Awards

The First Black Professional Soccer Coach in the USA will receive the Marcus Garvey Lifetime Achievement Award at CARAH Awards

Photos Courtesy: CARAH awards The CARAH Awards is presented by the Institute of Caribbean Studies (ICS), the leading Caribbean-American advocacy organization responsible for securing the Presidential Proclamation of June as National Caribbean-American Heritage Month. The prestigious honors recognize the contributions and accomplishments of Caribbean leaders in various fields while celebrating Caribbean pride and the great […]

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