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PAHO Director Carissa Etienne underlined Wednesday during a press conference that the especially contagious Delta variant was already “predominant” in the American continent and hence the need ...
Cases are down 31% from last week,” PAHO Director Dr Carissa Etienne said in her weekly press conference. PAHO experts warned, however, that the Omicron variant deaths due to COVID-19 last week ...
According to PAHO Director Carissa Etienne, the United States continues to have the highest numbers of new infections in the region, despite a recent decrease in overall cases, while deaths were ...
World Health Organization regional director Carissa Etienne warned. Coronavirus cases in Colombia’s border area with Venezuela have increased ten-fold in the last two weeks, Etienne said in a ...
Pan American Health Organization Director Carissa F. Etienne warned that 75% of the population in Latin America and the Caribbean has yet to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and reported that ...
Pan American Health Organization Director Carissa Etienne Wednesday said the monkeypox scenario in the region was worrisome, albeit moderate, and that vaccines were nearly non-available worldwide.
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Thursday announced candidates from Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Panama, Haiti, and Uruguay were vying to succeed Dominica's Carissa Etienne of Dominica as ...
The letter, signed by PAHO Director Carissa Etienne, whom Salinas hopes to succeed, goes as follows: “We understand that the Ministry of Health in your charge has decided to abide by the court ...
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director Carissa F. Etienne called for overcoming barriers to ensure “fair and equitable access.” With COVAX delivery of new vaccines expected soon in ...
“COVID-19 vaccines work and are very safe,” PAHO Director Carissa F. Etienne said, as she urged unvaccinated people to take their doses and make sure their loved ones are also injected.