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PAHO steps up COVID-19 surveillance and vaccine procurement to fight surging infections, PAHO Director reports Format 31 Mar 2021 Genomic Surveillance Network is expanded to track variants while more than 2.5 million vaccine doses procured through COVAX arrive in 17 countries. Washington, DC, March 31, 2021 (PAHO) – Pan American Health Organization Director Carissa F. Etienne said PAHO has increased virus surveillance, vaccine procurement, and supply of equipment to help countries in the Americas combat the COVID-19 pandemic. But the virus continues to take a heavy toll, with 19.7 million c...

English News and Press Release on Jamaica and 14 other countries about Health and Epidemic; published on 15 Mar 2021 by PAHO

'Baptism of fire': Tested Caribbean trailblazer leads COVID response in the Americas Miami Herald (FL) Latin America and the Brazil, and mobilized a regional response against the threat of Ebola. A medical doctor by training, Carissa Etienne's leadership during public health outbreaks as head of the World Health Organization's Americas office is rooted in years of handling crises, starting with the trailblazing reconstruction of her hurricane-battered Caribbean nation's health care system more than four decades ago. But it is COVID-19, the virus first recorded in multiple Latin America a...

Three more countries in the Americas receive COVID-19 vaccines made available through COVAX, PAHO reports Format PAHO is moving quickly to ensure delivery to more countries in coming weeks. Washington, D.C. March 12, 2021 (PAHO) – In the last few days, three more countries in the Americas have received their first doses of COVID-19 vaccines procured through COVAX, a global effort between the Coalition for the Promotion of Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), the Gavi Vaccine Alliance (Gavi), UNICEF, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the World Health Organization (WHO). Pe...

Three more countries in the Americas receive COVID-19 vaccines made available through COVAX, PAHO reports 12 Mar 2021 PAHO is moving quickly to ensure delivery to more countries in coming weeks. Washington, D.C. March 12, 2021 (PAHO) – In the last few days, three more countries in the Americas have received their first doses of COVID-19 vaccines procured through COVAX, a global effort between the Coalition for the Promotion of Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), the Gavi Vaccine Alliance (Gavi), UNICEF, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the World Health Organiza...