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Los ministros de energia de ALC acuerdan promover eficiencia energética y energías renovables
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008Synopsis in English: The Energy Ministers of 17 Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) nations, meeting last week in Buenos Aires at the annual Ministerial of the Quito-based Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE), agreed to promote the use of renewable energy and energy efficiency in the region. Their commitment included joint actions toward that end, including [...]
PAHO’s Commitment at the Clinton Global Initiative
Saturday, September 27th, 2008From the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO):
PAHO Joins Clinton Global Initiative to Save Mothers’ and Children’s Lives
Five-year, $60.5 million program will improve maternal and child health through low-cost interventions in 10 Latin American countries
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) announced a new program of proven, low-cost interventions for maternal and child health that will benefit [...]
Nominate a LAC Candidate for the Tourism for Tomorrow Awards
Saturday, September 20th, 2008The deadline for nominating candidates for these awards is 15 December. There are many worthy candidates in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) — my friends at Barbados Free Press, for example, have suggested a worthy one in the hopes that such an award will help boost tourism on that island. I am not [...]
A Dengue Vaccine by December?
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008During the 60th Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Society for the Advancement of Science (Sociedade Brasileira para o Progresso da Ciência- SBPC) last month held in Campinas, São Paulo, it was announced that Brazil probably will go to market first with a vaccine against dengue and that they may start producing it as early as [...]
Progress Toward MDGs in Water in LAC
Saturday, August 16th, 2008One of my first posts here on The Temas Blog concerned the 2006 World Health Organization (WHO) progress report on reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) regarding drinking water and sanitation. So it’s probably fitting as I approach the second anniversary of the The Temas Blog to be discussing the latest update just released [...]
World Breastfeeding Week 2008 in LAC / La Semana Mundial de la Lactancia Materna 2008 en ALC
Friday, August 1st, 2008From the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO):
Mother Support Maximizes Life-saving Benefits of Breastfeeding in all Countries of the Americas and the World
Exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of a child’s life is the best and most cost-effective intervention to provide newborns with the nutrients they need, and to improve infant and children survival rates.
On [...]
The Challenge of Land Degradation / El desafio de la degradación del suelo
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008I must admit that, just as was the case with deforestation, in the past I paid very little attention to the issue of land degradation. I won’t bore you with the explanations and excuses as to why, just suffice it to say that it was not high enough on my list of priority environment [...]
Why is LAC Slow to Tap Carbon Funds?
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008The Dominican Republic’s Environment Secretariat (SEMARENA) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) recently co-hosted an event in Santo Domingo designed to prompt Dominicans into tapping the many international funding opportunities for projects related, directly or directly, to climate change (”carbon markets”).
And well they should! For some [...]
LAC Health Stats, Trends and Trivia
Saturday, June 21st, 2008Which Latin American or Caribbean nation smokes or drinks the most? In which are you more likely to die from cancer than infectious diseases such as malaria or dengue? Which has the highest percentage of obese people? Which spends the most on the health of their citizens?
If you you’ve ever wondered about [...]
Is Vaccination for Rotavirus Gastroenteritis Cost-Effective in LAC?
Thursday, June 19th, 2008A recent issue of the Pan American Journal of Public Health, the scientific journal published by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), contained an article* that looks at the cost-effectiveness of universal rotavirus vaccination program in Brazil among children age five or younger. Brazil introduced such a vaccination program in March 2006 on purely [...]
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