Mobilizing $30 Million to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases in the Americas / Movilizar US$30 millones para luchar contra enfermedades tropicales desatendidas en las Américas
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009From the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB): IDB, Global Network to mobilize $30 Million to fight neglected tropical diseases Announcement made during Clinton Global Initiative today The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases announced today their commitment to mobilize $30 million from the public and private sectors to fight neglected […]
Brazil Mulls Introducing Anti-pneumococcal Vaccine
Friday, October 12th, 2007Temas Foreword: A few months back, I did a post about the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) nations debating whether they should adopt a region-wide vaccination program against pneumococcal disease, and if so, when and which vaccine to opt for. More specifically, they debated whether it was more costly to vaccinate or not to vaccinate, […]
A Health Agenda for the Americas
Saturday, June 9th, 2007The annual General Assembly (GA) of the Organization of American States (OAS), held this year in Panama just last week, was used as the venue for formally rolling out the “Health Agenda for the Americas” developed over the last two years by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the World Health Organization (WHO). The […]
Vaccination Week in LAC
Monday, April 23rd, 2007This week the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is sponsoring the fifth annual “Vaccination Week” (VWA) throughout Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) to try to substantially improve the region’s immunization levels and coverage. Are you up-to-date on your immunizations? Are your kids? Are the elderly in your life (aunts, uncles, grandparents, elder friends and […]
The Costs of Vaccinating and of Not Vaccinating: The Case of Pneumococcal Disease in LAC
Friday, April 20th, 2007This has been sitting in the backlog queue since December, I am ashamed to say. I wanted to reshape this into a true Temas article (hence the delay), but simply do not have the time. Yet I still consider the issue important and relevant enough to reprint the PAHO press release below. The Second Regional […]
What to Expect from WHO’s New Director-General
Wednesday, November 15th, 2006On Thursday 09 November 2006 the World Health Organization (WHO) elected a new chief executive, and it wasn’t a Latin. Dr. Margaret Chan of Hong Kong (but representing China in the contest) beat out Mexican Health Minister Julio Frenk for the post of Director-General (DG) — first for the WHO Executive Board (EB) endorsement, and […]
The Elections for WHO’s DG: The LAC Connection
Wednesday, November 8th, 2006On Thursday the Geneva-based World Health Organization (WHO) will elect a new chief executive (Director-General – DG) and the campaigning has been more intensely and publicly contested than in prior elections. One of the leading candidates and lightning rods of the campaign is Mexico’s Health Minister, Dr. Julio Frenk. So what? You may ask why […]