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🇧🇧 Barbados has achieved a major public health milestone: WHO certification for eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV as a public health problem. Behind this achievement are stories like Sarah’s, who gave birth to a child free of HIV.
🔗 paho.org/es/historias/diagno…
🏫🇧🇿🚰 El acceso a agua potable es esencial para la salud de los niños.
En #Belice, la OPS ayuda a las escuelas a mejorar el acceso a agua potable, prevenir la deshidratación y fomentar que los niños elijan agua en lugar de bebidas azucaradas.
🔗: paho.org/es/historias/como-e…
🏫🇧🇿🚰 Safe drinking water is essential for children’s health.
In #Belize, PAHO is helping schools improve access to potable water, preventing dehydration and encouraging children to choose water over sugary drinks.
🔗: paho.org/en/stories/how-rura…
🇧🇧🎉 Barbados has eliminated mother-to-child transmission of HIV as a public health problem, WHO announced this Friday, marking a major public health milestone resulting from years of sustained efforts to ensure babies are born free of HIV.
🔗 paho.org/en/news/30-10-2026-…
PAHO/WHO retweeted
Congratulations to Barbados 🇧🇧 on the validation of the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV. A major public health achievement and an inspiration for the Caribbean and the Americas. PAHO is proud to support this journey.
A home is more than four walls and a roof. It is about belonging to a community and being able to remain part of it. On #WorldCitiesDay, PAHO supports local governments so that more people can build a home in the neighborhoods they call their own.
How can cities protect the health of their communities in the face of gentrification and housing challenges? Join PAHO’s webinar and take part in this dialogue on housing, neighborhoods, equity, and health.
👉: paho.org/en/events/world-cit…
As population ages, the need for long-term care is growing, but fragmented services and insufficient public financing are leaving families to shoulder much of the responsibility and cost, according to a joint policy brief by PAHO and @el_BID.
🔗: paho.org/en/news/28-10-2026-…
Today is the International Day of Care and Support.
Strengthening long-term care is an investment in health, well-being, and social inclusion.
🔗 More info paho.org/en/topics/long-term…
🦟 On PAHO's website, Jairo Méndez Rico, Regional Advisor on Viral Diseases, explains what is known so far about the #Shamonda virus, the current situation in the Americas, and why continued surveillance is important.
🔗: paho.org/en/news/28-10-2026-…
The PAHO Measles Emergency Response Appeal seeks USD 10.7 million to address immediate priority health needs and implement critical interventions to protect lives and contain the ongoing multi-country measles outbreaks across the Americas 🌎.
🔗: iris.paho.org/items/0350b900…
PAHO/WHO retweeted
PAHO and @ProjectECHO are joining forces to strengthen health emergency workforce capacities across the Americas through #digitallearning, knowledge sharing, and collaboration. 🌎🏥
paho.org/en/news/23-10-2026-…
ALT Representantes de la OPS y Project ECHO posan frente a la sede de la OPS en Washington, D.C., durante una reunión para fortalecer la capacitación digital en emergencias de salud.
PAHO and Special Olympics International (@SpecialOlympics) have signed a Framework Agreement to strengthen cooperation on health systems that are inclusive of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities across the Region of the Americas.
🔗: paho.org/en/news/26-10-2026-…
🇵🇦 A diary entry written during Panama's 1950 polio epidemic reveals how the disease disrupted everyday life, decades before vaccination efforts eliminated wild poliovirus transmission in the Americas 🌎.
🔗: paho.org/en/stories/panama-t…
PAHO/WHO retweeted
Did you know that human health is closely linked to the health of animals, plants, and the environment?
In 2021, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) approved its #OneHealth Policy, which promotes an integrated approach to addressing challenges that affect our health and well-being. This approach recognizes that many health risks require collaboration across different sectors and disciplines.
The policy promotes joint action to prevent and control diseases, strengthen preparedness for epidemics and pandemics, protect human and animal health, and promote healthier ecosystems.
This initiative is part of the #followup and #implementation of the IX Summit of the Americas mandates.
🗓️ Register for this week's PAHO webinars:
- Guidelines for Surveillance of Congenital Rubella Syndrome (Oct. 28)
- Discover the New Regional CEBS Guidance and COMAlerta in the Americas (Oct. 28)
- AI applied to health information (Oct. 29 )
And more 🔗: paho.org/es/eventos
In 1991, the last case of polio caused by wild poliovirus was detected in the Americas. What do we need to know and do today to keep the Region polio-free? 🌎
👉 More info at: paho.org/en/campaigns/world-…
#WPD #EndPolio
The Americas 🌎 mark 35 years without a case of #polio caused by wild poliovirus this World Polio Day, but vaccination coverage remains below the 95% target recommended by PAHO, leaving the Region vulnerable to the reintroduction of the virus.
🔗: paho.org/en/news/23-10-2026-…
