Category: Campaigns
World Malaria Day: 25 April 2019
“Zero malaria starts with me” After more than a decade of steady advances in fighting malaria, progress has levelled off. According to WHO’s latest World malaria report, no significant gains were made in reducing malaria cases in the period 2015 to 2017. The estimated number of malaria deaths in 2017, at 435 000, remained virtually unchanged over […]
Vaccination Week in the Americas: 20-27 April 2019
During April 20-27, 2019, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and its partners will celebrate the 17th annual Vaccination Week in the Americas with the slogan “Protect your community. Do your part. #GetVax.” The slogan is a strong call to action to the various publics that celebrate Vaccination Week—the general public, health care workers, […]
World Health Day: 07 April 2019
Universal Health means that all people have access, without any kind of discrimination, to comprehensive quality services, wherever they need them, without facing financial difficulties. It requires the definition and implementation of policies and actions with a multisectoral approach to address the social determinants of health and promote the commitment of the whole society […]
24 March 2019: World Tuberculosis Day
“It’s Time for Action. End TB” Each year we commemorate World TB Day on March 24 to raise public awareness about the devastating health, social and economic consequences of tuberculosis (TB) for those who suffer from this preventable and curable disease and to step up efforts to end the global TB epidemic.This year’s campaign […]
International Day of Universal Health Coverage – 12 dez. 2018
The theme of Universal Health Day this year is United for Universal Health: Now is the time for collective action. Leaving no one behind: So that all people and communities have access, without any kind of discrimination, to comprehensive, appropriate, timely and quality health services. It requires intersectoral policies and actions to address the […]
International Human Rights Day – 12 dez. 2018
Human Rights Day is observed every year on 10 December – the day on which the United Nations General Assembly adopted, in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights empowers us all. The principles enshrined in the Declaration are as relevant today as they were in 1948. We […]
World AIDS Day – 01 Dez. 2018
Since the beginning of the HIV epidemic, the Region of the Americas has contributed with a public health and human rights approach to the global response. In September 2016, Member States of the Pan American Health Organization approved the Plan of Action for the Prevention and Control of HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections 2016 […]
World Mental Health Day 2018
The theme of this year’s World Mental Health Day is “young people and mental health in a changing world”. Half of all mental illness begins by the age of 14, but most cases go undetected and untreated. Our focus is on building mental resilience among young people, to help them cope with the challenges […]
Wellness Week 2018: “Building Healthy Communities for Everyone”
The Wellness Week of the Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization (PAHO / WHO) is an initiative that began in 2011 inspired by the Caribbean Welfare Day, which is celebrated on the second Saturday of September. Inspired by the theme of World Health Day 2018, “Healthy Communities for All”. Under this theme, […]
10 sept. 2018_World Suicide Prevention Day
Communities have an important role to play in suicide prevention. They can provide support to people who are vulnerable and to those who have made an attempt on their life. They can provide comfort to people who have lost someone to suicide and can also help fight stigma. WHO’s Preventing suicide: a community engagement […]
