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‘I will never go back’: Ontario family doctor says new AI notetaking saved her job
Ontario is piloting artificial intelligence software to help doctors take notes and reduce the paperwork they have to do. One doctor says it saved her career. 5/8/2024 7:42:56 AM

PAHO Director statement on the External Evaluation of PAHO’s Results-Based Management Framework Implementation
29 April 2024PAHO’s Results-Based Management (RBM) framework was adopted in 2008. It significantly changed the way PAHO operated, shifting the focus from short-term results within the manageable interests of managers to medium-term results that directly benefit the health of the population in the Region of the Americas. The first external… 5/8/2024 7:42:40 AM

MD Anderson and Pan American Health Organization join forces to support cancer prevention and control in the Americas
Washington, D.C. / Houston, May 1, 2024― The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) today announced the signing of an agreement to strengthen cancer prevention and control initiatives across the Americas. The event took place in Washington, D.C., with leaders from both organizations… 5/8/2024 7:42:40 AM

Belize, Jamaica and St. Vincent and the Grenadines eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV and Syphilis
Kingston, Jamaica, 7 May 2024 – Belize, Jamaica, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines are the latest countries in the Americas to receive certification from the World Health Organization (WHO) for eliminating the mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis (EMTCT). The milestone was marked today at a commemorative event organized by the… 5/8/2024 7:42:40 AM

Governments near agreement on package of amendments to the International Health Regulations (2005)
In the eighth meeting of the Working Group on Amendments to the International Health Regulations (WGIHR), which was suspended yesterday until 16 May, State Parties to the IHR took a major step towards agreeing on the package of amendments which will be put forward to the World Health Assembly, which takes place from 27 May–1 June. 5/8/2024 7:42:37 AM

Rafah incursion would substantially increase mortality and morbidity and further weaken an already broken health system
WHO is deeply concerned that a full-scale military operation in Rafah could lead to a bloodbath. More than 1.2 million people are currently sheltering in the area, many unable to move anywhere else.    5/8/2024 7:42:37 AM

WHO Results Report 2023 shows notable health achievements and calls for concerted drive toward Sustainable Development Goals
The World Health Organization (WHO) Results Report 2023, the most comprehensive to date, showcases achievement of key public health milestones, even amid greater global humanitarian health needs driven by conflict, climate change and disease outbreaks.  5/8/2024 7:42:37 AM

Ford government wins battle to keep health-care staffing shortage figures secret
Ontario's privacy watchdog has sided with the Ford government, finding that releasing estimates of the health-care staffing crisis could harm the province's economic outlook. 4/26/2024 7:10:16 PM

No more sick notes? Why the Ford government wants to eliminate doctors notes for illness
The Minister of Labour will table legislation that would prohibit employers from asking for a sick note for the three days of provincially mandated sick leave. 4/26/2024 7:10:16 PM

PAHO launches Vaccination Week in the Americas 2024
Washington D.C. 22 April 2024 (PAHO) – The 22nd edition of Vaccination Week in the Americas (VWA) 2024 was launched this week under the slogan “Engage now to protect your future #GetVax.” The launch ceremony was led by Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director, Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, as well as other high-level health authorities and regional… 4/26/2024 7:10:08 PM

World Malaria Day – PAHO urges countries to step up access to diagnosis and treatment for vulnerable populations
Washington D.C. 25 April 2024 (PAHO) – With countries of the Americas reporting around 480,000 cases of malaria in 2023, on World Malaria Day, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has called on governments to step up efforts to tackle the disease, which disproportionately impacts indigenous communities, migrant and other vulnerable… 4/26/2024 7:10:08 PM

IDB and PAHO Join Forces to Drive Digital Health and Pandemic Preparedness in Latin America and the Caribbean
The new agreement will focus on three priority areas: health systems strengthening based on primary health care; information systems and digital health; and pandemic prevention, preparedness and response.Washington, D.C., 25 April 2024 (PAHO) - The president of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Ilan Goldfajn, and the director of the Pan-… 4/26/2024 7:10:08 PM

WHO reports widespread overuse of antibiotics in patients 
hospitalized with COVID-19
New evidence from the World Health Organization (WHO) shows the extensive overuse of antibiotics during COVID-19 pandemic worldwide, which may have exacerbated "silent" spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). 4/26/2024 7:10:03 PM

Patient safety key to ensuring trust in health systems, PAHO Deputy Director says
Santiago de Chile, 19 April 2024 (PAHO) – While ensuring the technical quality of health care services is crucial, the Deputy Director of the Pan American Health Organization, Mary Lou Valdez, has called on countries to urgently “protect the basic conditions of hygiene, health, physical safety, and personal dignity,” in clinical settings.Speaking… 4/23/2024 4:14:42 AM

Ontario hospital workers awarded 6% pay increase, new agreement on agency nurses
Around 65,000 hospital workers in Ontario have been given a two-year pay increase in an arbitration decision that also hands the union more insight into agency nursing costs. 4/20/2024 12:51:45 PM

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