Regional Stories
In Uruguay, a country of a little over 3.5 million people, more than 70% of the population has already received the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, while 75% have had at least the first dose. Vaccination progress in Uruguay has been accompanied by an abrupt decrease in severe cases of the disease, as well as the total number of active cases.
On August 9, 2021, as populations reeled from the COVID-19 pandemic, global citizens paused to contemplate one of the most consequential documents – The IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report on climate change. The results were in, and the evidence was glaring. It sounded the alarm on what was considered to be a looming fear and quickly accelerated the…
August 9, 2021
In March 2021, Guatemala began vaccination against COVID-19 prioritizing health personnel, including traditional midwives, Mayan women who are part of the group of traditional therapists recognized by the Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance (MSPAS).
Their scope is not minor. Of the 22 Mayan groups in Guatemala,…
August 9, 2021
In the Region of the Americas, the indigenous population is made up of more than 62 million people, with a great diversity of languages, cultures, and traditions.
As of July 2021, 617,000 individuals belonging to indigenous peoples in the region have been infected by COVID-19 and nearly 15,000 have died from complications related…
Coordinated by PAHO and comprised of laboratories from 24 countries in the Region, the COVID-19 Genomic Surveillance Regional Network (COVIGEN) monitors the virus that causes COVID-19 to detect any change in its sequence that may influence its ability to spread, disease severity, vaccine effectiveness, treatments, diagnostics, or other public…