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Advancing health for regional security

Young girl from the Caribbean

Haiti Humanitarian Crisis

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Dengue Resources

Workers eliminating mosquito breeding areas

News

�� Director, Jarbas Barbosa, Ministry of Health of Chile, Ximena Aguilera, and Global Director for Health Nutrition at the World Bank, Juan Pablo Uribe.

22 May 2025

Chile becomes latest country to join the Alliance for Primary Health Care in the Americas

Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, and the Minister of Health of the Kingdom of Spain, Mónica García Gómez, today signed a Letter of Intent to boost cooperation in organ, tissue, and cell donation and transplantation

20 May 2025

�� and Spain's Ministry of Health strengthen cooperation in organ, tissue, and cell donation and transplantation in the Americas

The conclusion of discussions on the Pandemic Agreement in Committee at the World Health Assembly 2025.

20 May 2025

World Health Assembly adopts historic Pandemic Agreement to make the world more equitable and safer from future pandemics

Public Health Stories

child getting vaccinated

With support from Canada and ��, Haiti scales up vaccination and disease surveillance amid security crisis

A patient is taking oral tuberculosis treatment.

New oral treatment facilitates and accelerates recovery for people with drug-resistant tuberculosis in Peru

Dos funcionarios de OPS en el campo.

A Transformative Alliance: �� and Canada Working for the Health and Well-being of the Most Vulnerable Communities in Peru

Latest alerts and epidemiological updates

23 May 2025

Health Risk Assessment associated with the yellow fever situation in the Americas Region - 23 May 2025

15 May 2025

Epidemiological Update Avian Influenza A(H5N1) in the Americas Region - 15 May 2025

2 May 2025

Epidemiological Update Measles in the Americas Region - 2 May 2025

24 Apr 2025

Epidemiological Update yellow fever in the Americas Region - 24 April 2025

Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, �� Director

Dr. Jarbas Barbosa
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Publications

Governing Bodies

Flags of the Americas

Partnership

Health Emergencies

Better Care for NCDs Initiative

Zero preventable maternal deaths

Elimination Initiative

Campaigns

An adolescent with a back-pack and a yellow hoodie, seen from her back, standing in the middel of a bear trap sorrounded by tobacco products, in a blue background with white smoke

World No Tobacco Day 2025

31 May 2025

Events

Webinar HRH ENG

Enhancing Nursing and Midwifery Education for Primary Health Care: The Education Quality Improvement Toolkit

28 May 2025 - 28 May 2025

webinar salud de la mujer ENG

Innovations, Experiences, and Achievements in Women's Health

28 May 2025 - 28 May 2025

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Celebration of the International Workers' Health Day 2025

30 May 2025 - 30 May 2025

From Attraction to Deception: Unmasking the Tobacco Industry’s Product Design and Digital Tactics

From Attraction to Deception: Unmasking the Tobacco Industry’s Product Design and Digital Tactics

4 Jun 2025 - 4 Jun 2025

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Capacity Building Virtual Course in the use of the WASH FIT-Waste Tool for Health Facilities

4 Jun 2025 - 7 Aug 2025