RT @WHO: Almost 9 in 10 deaths from cardiovascular diseases, such as heart disease & stroke, could have been prevented or delayed through p…
RT @WHO: 1 in 6 deaths – that's 9.3 million family and friends dying from cancer every year.
See the situation in your country https://t.…
RT @WHO: ⏱️ Every two seconds, one person under the age of 70 dies of a noncommunicable diseases – such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes…
"Though cases and deaths have been ⬇️ falling, #COVID19 is still among us and there is no indication that it will go away soon.
🚨 The risks are significant 🚨 if we simply let the virus continue to spread freely" @DirOPSPAHO https://t.co/xRe93mPb52
"Let's Make History by Telling Our Stories" is an open call to write stories about health from Latin America and the Caribbean on water quality, handwashing 🧼, or the collection of expired antibiotics 💊.
🗓️ Deadline to apply: 23 September
More info 👉 paho.org/en/call-2022-l… https://t.co/RtYtdpvvm3
🌎 As COVID-19 continues to impact the region of the Americas, dwindling vaccination rates leave countries susceptible to polio and other preventable diseases.
ℹ️ Read more at: paho.org/en/news/21-9-2… https://t.co/xTo8cnjHFI
🌎 Next week, I will have the honor of joining Ministers of Health from across the region at the 30th Pan American Sanitary Conference. #CSP30
A landmark event that brings together the health leadership of our region every five years. paho.org/en/governing-b…
🌎 PAHO has alerted all Heads of States of the Region with regards to the risk and threat and the need to catch up on polio immunization as a matter of urgency 🚨.
We must not take the lifesaving power of vaccines for granted. @DirOPSPAHO
🌎 We urge all countries in the region to strengthen surveillance and proactively reach the unvaccinated with a polio vaccine 🩹. @DirOPSPAHO
🌎 And public health messaging is reaching at-risk communities in their languages.
PAHO is in close contact with the United States, and we have issued several alerts to Member States so that they remain vigilant. @DirOPSPAHO
