On World Health Day, PAHO Director calls for equitable pandemic recovery in the Americas
The pandemic has driven between 119 and 124 million more people globally into extreme poverty last year. Fourteen years of...
Why you can't compare Covid-19 vaccines
What a vaccine’s “efficacy rate” actually means. In the US, the first two available Covid-19 vaccines were the ones from...
Jamaica becomes first country in the Caribbean to receive COVID-19 vaccines through the COVAX Facility
Fifteen Caribbean countries will receive just over 2.1 million doses of COVAX vaccines by May, according to allocation figures provided...
COVID-19 vaccine rollout expanded in the Americas, PAHO Director reports
“Nearly 2.3 million COVAX doses will arrive in at least seven countries in our region in the next days and...
CARPHA head praises Caricom leaders in covid19 fight
CARIBBEAN Public Health Agency (CARPHA) executive director Dr Joy St John on Monday praised Caricom heads of government for leading...
Countries in the Americas notified of first COVID-19 vaccine allocations through COVAX
Washington, D.C., Jan. 31, 2021 (PAHO) — COVAX, a coalition led by WHO and Gavi to ensure equitable access to...
WHO Guidance for SARS-Co-V 2 RT-PCR testing
Nucleic acid testing (NAT) technologies that use real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for detection of SARS-CoV-2 Product type: Nucleic acid testing...
‘Nobody Sees Us’: Testing-Lab Workers Strain Under Demand
Laboratory technologists have been working nonstop to help the nation diagnose an ever-growing number of coronavirus cases.. In March, April...
WHO pre-qualifies COVID 19 Ag Tests
List of EUL products eligible for procurement: Instruction for Use (IFUs) Source: WHO...
Free fatty acid binding pocket in the locked structure of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein
Abstract COVID-19, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), represents a global crisis. Key to SARS-CoV-2 therapeutic development is unraveling...
WHO Guidance on Use of Rapid Antigen Tests for SARS-CoV-2
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, laboratories have been using nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs), such as real time...
CMLF’s critical role in the Region’s COVID-19 response
Contributor: Valerie Wilson, Director, Caribbean Med Labs Foundation (CMLF) COVID-19 has undoubtedly changed the world; laboratories are not immune to...
COVID-19 pandemic exacerbates suicide risk factors
Washington, DC, September 10, 2020 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) today warned that the COVID-19 pandemic may...
PAHO Director asks PROSUR leaders to participate in initiative to fast track access to COVID-19 vaccines
Washington, D.C., August 28, 2020 (PAHO) — The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Carissa F. Etienne, yesterday...
The Impact of COVID-19 on HIV Clinical Practice
SARS-COV-2 is an RNA virus from the coronavirus family, the causative agent of COVID-19. With nearly 6,000,000 cases worldwide, 365,000...
WHO: access to HIV medicines severely impacted by COVID-19 as AIDS response stalls
Countries seek innovative ways to mitigate the impact of disruptions and keep services going. Seventy-three countries have warned that they...
HIV Prevention Services During Covid-19
Attached is a presentation made at the PANCAP-PAHO webinar on Delivering HIV Prevention Services during COVID-19 with specific focus on...
COVID-19 and Laboratories
An opportunity for strengthening laboratories and health systems in the region. Diagnostics and Laboratory capacity are essential but often ignored...