PAHO and countries of the Americas seek to establish an intersectoral commission to prevent and control avian influenza
Río de Janeiro, Brazil, 14 March 2024 – In order to strengthen surveillance, prevention and control of avian influenza in both animals and humans, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) convened its 35 member states in Brazil this week to establish a regional commission to combat the disease. The meeting took place at a time […]
Reunión de Coordinación Regional del PIP destaca avances en Preparación contra futuras pandemias de Influenza en Las Américas
Washington, D.C., 15 de noviembre de 2023 — Del 6 al 7 de noviembre de 2023, la Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS), con el apoyo de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS), llevó a cabo la Reunión Regional del Marco de Preparación contra Influenza Pandémica de la OMS (PIP, por sus siglas en […]
Countries in the Americas Analyze how to Strengthen their Preparedness, Response, and Resilience to Future Health Emergencies
Bogotá, Colombia, October 26, 2023 (PAHO/WHO). Public health authorities from Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, and Saint Lucia participated in the regional workshop on Preparedness and Resilience against Emerging Threats (PRET), held in Bogotá from October 10 to 12 and organized by the Health Emergencies Department of the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO). […]
Taller de Manejo Clínico fortalece la respuesta ante Enfermedades Respiratorias Graves en Latinoamérica y el Caribe
SARINET Plus & REVELAC-i’s 10th Anniversary: Advancing Vaccine Effectiveness in Latin America and the Caribbean
Strengthening Respiratory Virus Surveillance in the Caribbean Sub-region
A workshop organized by PAHO’s influenza and other respiratory viruses team was held in Providenciales, Turks & Caicos with the goal to address the integration of SARS-CoV-2 into routine surveillance systems for respiratory viruses in the Caribbean and Atlantic Ocean Islands. The workshop aimed to enhance the surveillance systems for respiratory viruses, including SARS-CoV-2, influenza, […]
The effectiveness and impact of public health and social measures (PHSMs)
Public health and social measures (PHSMs) are a key strategy to reduce the transmission of pathogens with epidemic or pandemic potential. PHSMs include non-pharmaceutical interventions that can be taken by individuals, institutions, communities, local and national governments and international bodies to slow or stop the spread of an infectious disease, such as COVID-19. Individuals can, for […]
4th SARInet /SARInet plus Caribbean meeting
From December 13 to 16, the Fourth Meeting of SARInet of the Caribbean will be held in the City of Miami, and the first under the name of SARInet plus. This meeting will be coordinated by the PAHO Influenza Team and will include the participation of Caribbean Member States and technical experts from PAHO and WHO, the U.S.A CDC and CARPHA, among others. One of the fundamental objectives of this meeting is to identify the interdependencies that the different units that make up the surveillance systems have for optimal performance of their functions.
Regional meeting of SARInet and REVELA-i – Barbados
From May 17-19, 115 SARInet and REVELAC-i members from 28 countries and territories attended this joint meeting, including collaborators from PAHO regional and country offices, WHO, COMISCA, CARPHA, and the Collaborating Center for WHO at US CDC During the virtual meeting, participants discussed the way forward to strengthen SARInet, effectively sharing opportunities and lessons learned from integrating SARS-CoV-2 surveillance in the surveillance platform for influenza and other respiratory viruses, and leveraging the use of data obtained through sentinel surveillance to estimate the burden of disease, vaccine efficacy, and impact.
