By CARICOM His Excellency Joseph Biden – President of the United States of America Heads of State and Government Distinguished Representatives Ladies and Gentlemen We have gathered in the City of Angels. The American city that most reflects the best and worst of the Americas. A city that is home to millions of citizens from […]
Number of migrants in Latin America and the Caribbean has more than doubled since 2005 to 15 million in 2022, highlighting the need to strengthen data-driven policies to protect their right to health
Managua, Nicaragua – June 15, 2019: Two young Nicaraguan girls comfort each other. Sweet children in poor Central American country living in extreme poverty. Girl rests head on friend’s back. (Shutterstock) By PAHO Washington D.C. 16 May 2022 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) today launched the Information Platform on Health and Migration […]
Caracas. February 1, 2017. President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro (center) with First Lady Cilia Flores (left) and Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López (right), in a militar parade. (Shutterstock) By Kristen Martinez-Gugerli, Venezuela Blog On Saturday, March 5, a high-level delegation of U.S. officials including presidential advisor Juan Gonzalez, U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela Jimmy Story, and […]
Sign in front of the Inter-American Development Bank, BID, in Washington. – Washington, D.C. / USA – June 14 2020 (Shutterstock) By IADB The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) today launched the 2021 Call for Proposals for the Regional Public Goods (RPG) Initiative in Latin America and the Caribbean, which supports projects involving three or more countries. The […]
By OECS Op-ed by Carlos Felipe Jaramillo, World Bank Vice President for Latin America and the Caribbean Monday, October 19, 2020 — The digital economy, connectivity and the possibilities offered by remote work have emerged as a shelter from the devastating effects of the Covid-19 pandemic for many social and economic sectors of Latin America and […]
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has announced new guidelines to improve detection and management of Chagas disease, a parasitic infection that claims some 12,000 lives in Latin America and the Caribbean every year. PAHO said an estimated 65 million people living in 21 endemic countries of the Americas are […]