Connecting for Health – December 2024
From PAHO/WHO
Connecting for Health
Monthly Newsletter | No. 39 | December 2024
On World AIDS Day, PAHO launches Better with PrEP campaign
In the context of World AIDS Day (December 1), the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has launched the ‘Better with PrEP’ campaign, with the goal of expanding access to Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) in Latin America and the Caribbean. The campaign, which places human rights at the center of HIV response, seeks to reduce stigma and promote HIV prevention in populations at higher risk of acquiring it.
PAHO celebrates 100-year anniversary of the Pan American Sanitary Code
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director, Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, convened Ministers of Health and other high-level health authorities for a panel discussion to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Pan American Sanitary Code.
Measles cases rise globally, while the Americas Region regains measles elimination status
While global measles cases surged to an estimated 10.3 million in 2023, a 20% increase from the previous year, the Americas Region has successfully regained its status as free of endemic measles, with Brazil recently re-verified as having eliminated the disease.
PAHO joins Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has joined the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty, an initiative proposed by the Government of Brazil during its G20 Presidency to combat hunger and poverty worldwide.
Urgent action needed as global diabetes cases increase four-fold over past decades
The number of adults living with diabetes worldwide has surpassed 800 million, more than quadrupling since 1990, according to new data released in The Lancet on World Diabetes Day. The analysis highlights the scale of the diabetes epidemic and an urgent need for stronger global action to address both rising disease rates and widening treatment gaps, particularly in low- and middle-income countries.
PAHO calls on countries of the Americas to maintain Mpox surveillance and genomic sequencing
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) continues to urge countries of the Americas to maintain mpox surveillance, including the laboratory detection and genomic sequencing of confirmed cases, following the detection of a Clade I variant case for the first time in the Region, in the United States of America.
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Events
Universal Health Day Celebration 2024
When: 12 December
Improving comprehensive health services for trans women. Experiences of community work.
When: 10 December
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