Americas

The Americas make progress in the fight against HIV and syphilis

Published on: May 7, 2024
16:16

Kingston, May 7 (Prensa Latina) Belize, Jamaica and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines were certified here on Tuesday by the World Health Organization (WHO) for eradicating mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis.

United Nations Tourism for the Americas meeting opens in Cuba

Published on: April 30, 2024
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Varadero, Cuba, Apr 30 (Prensa Latina) The 69th meeting of the United Nations Tourism Regional Commission for the Americas (CAM) opened in this resort on Tuesday, as a forum to discuss the trends and prospects of international tourism in the region, other things things.

PAHO urges to recover vaccination coverage in the Americas

Published on: April 19, 2024
16:45

Washington, Apr 19 (Prensa Latina) PAHO urged the countries of the Americas to recover routine vaccination coverage, as today only 15 out of every 100 children in the region are partially protected against preventable diseases.

William LeoGrande: the latest absurdity of US-Cuba policy

Published on: April 2, 2024
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Washington, Apr 2 (Prensa Latina) The latest absurdity of United States-Cuba policy is that a small group of conservative Cuban American legislators, obsessed with reducing the Caribbean island to penury, currently dictate policies that harm broader US interests.

Two Cubans in the Wrestling Hall of Fame in the Americas

Published on: February 27, 2024
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Acapulco, Mexico, Feb 27 (Prensa Latina) Cubans Filiberto Delgado and Eduardo Pérez are celebrating their inclusion in the prestigious Wrestling Hall of Fame of the Americas on Tuesday.

Mexican journalists to attend symposium on Monroe Doctrine in Cuba

Published on: October 14, 2023
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Mexico, Oct 14 (Prensa Latina) Mexican colleagues will attend the Symposium on Political and Media Confrontation in Latin America and the Caribbean 200 years after the Monroe Doctrine, organized by the José Martí International Institute of Journalism in Cuba.

Asian cities for links with Cuba and other countries in the Americas (+Photos)

Published on: September 6, 2023
11:07

Beijing Sep 6 (Prensa Latina) The Asia-Pacific network of United Cities and Local Governments today advocates for an inclusive cooperation that may allow trans-regional links with countries such as Cuba, member of the Belt and Road Initiative.

Child vaccination reaches higher coverage rates in the Americas

Published on: July 18, 2023
16:38

Geneva, Jul 18 (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday reported that child vaccination reached higher coverage rates in the Americas in 2022, having overcome decreases due to Covid-19 times.

A youthful outlook on mental health crisis in the Americas

Published on: July 17, 2023
15:51

Washington, Jul 17 (Prensa Latina) The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) on Monday unfolded the Youth Voices contest in which teenagers and youngsters from 10 to 24 years old will be able to address the mental health crisis in the Americas.

PAHO debates strategies to improve health in the Americas region

Published on: June 27, 2023
10:14

Washington, 27 (Prensa Latina) Strengthening health personnel, prevention and control of non-communicable diseases in child, adolescent and youth populations will be topics to be discussed by the Executive Committee of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).

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