UN agencies publish maternal mortality findings

WHO described preparation of health staff and monitoring of medicine safety.

Publication date: PAHO reported a meeting on ethnicity, race and gender equity in eye health.

Publication date: PAHO said Indigenous leaders and traditional doctors with eye health experience participated.

Publication date: participants discussed intercultural prevention respectful of communities’ own health approaches.

Publication date: PAHO named participants from Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela.

The agencies reported gains since 2000 but warned that improvement had slowed.

The publication raised concern about aid cuts and access to lifesaving care.

The 7 April announcement discussed estimates for earlier years, including 2023.

Publication date: PAHO discussed the place of ancestral knowledge alongside science and digital tools in public health.

Publication date: the PAHO account foregrounded traditional knowledge in discussions of present-day care.