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[UNOSSC @UNOSSC]

Watch the India-UN Fund Ninth Annual Event: “South-led Solutions, Shared Results” live on UN Web TV.

UNOSSC is pleased to highlight this occasion to recognize the Fund’s contributions to South-South cooperation and the role of South-led solutions in advancing sustainable development.

📅 22 October 2026
🕥 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
📍 Conference Room 8, UN Headquarters

📺 Watch the proceedings live:
https://t.co/sXTkbtu7iD

@PMOIndia @MEAIndia @IndiaUNNewYork @UNinHindi #IndiaUNFund #SouthSouthCooperation #SustainableDevelopment

[PAHO/WHO @pahowho]

👣 Clubfoot can be treated.

Build your skills in early detection, referral, and family support through this self-paced course on clubfoot and the Ponseti Method, helping more children access timely, life-changing care.

🔗: https://t.co/U2pbah8a0C

[Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública @rpsp_pajph]

A new review of human New World screwworm cases in the Americas highlights common clinical presentations, vulnerable populations, and priorities for surveillance and response.
🔗 https://t.co/TYg46JPQTb
#Screwworm #PublicHealth #OneHealth #Americas

[PAHO/WHO @pahowho]

Register for this week's PAHO webinar:

- Virtual Seminar Series for the 2026 Ibero-American Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (Oct. 22 and 23).

🔗: https://t.co/78GZTiFx2t

#HealthForAll

[PAHO/WHO @pahowho]

Lead remains a threat to the health of millions of people, especially children. Today marks the start of the 2026 Ibero-American Lead Poisoning Prevention Week. PAHO will address this issue through a series of three webinars.

👉 https://t.co/2MwWGdEg5C

[PAHO/WHO @pahowho]

🇰🇷🤝🇵🇪 With funding from the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), a project led by Peru's Ministry of Health and PAHO/WHO aims to strengthen health services to provide timely, inclusive care for migrants and refugees.

🔗: https://t.co/coDfjv6GDh

[Jarbas Barbosa @DirOPSPAHO]

Building on our five-year agreement with @EC_HERA, we discussed strengthening wastewater surveillance, expanding cooperation on innovative vector control and exploring how PAHO’s Revolving Funds experience can help improve access to critical medical supplies.

[Jarbas Barbosa @DirOPSPAHO]

In Brussels, I met again with Florika Fink-Hooijer, Director-General of @EC_HERA.

[PAHO/WHO @pahowho]

🌎 PAHO Director @DirOPSPAHO called for countries and regional institutions to have a stronger role in shaping ongoing reforms of the global health system during the World Health Summit 2026 in Berlin 🇩🇪.

🔗: https://t.co/5anOQzW0Ts

[PAHO/WHO @pahowho]

🇵🇦 PAHO/WHO delivered 20 emergency response backpacks, donated by @DirectRelief, to Panama’s Ministry of Health to support health teams providing care in communities affected by the 9 October earthquake.

🔗 https://t.co/GxHkYCs66K

[Jarbas Barbosa @DirOPSPAHO]

Our EU–PAHO partnership is delivering results: with DG ECHO support, we are sustaining essential health services in Cuba, responding to diphtheria in Haiti, and supporting health care in Venezuela.
Together, we are turning commitments into action for the 🌎.

#EUHumanitarianAid

[Jarbas Barbosa @DirOPSPAHO]

Today in Brussels, I met with EU 🇪🇺 Commissioner @HadjaLahbib at the Conference on the Protection of Humanitarian Aid Workers.

As she emphasized, “There is no humanitarian aid without the people who deliver it.”

Protecting health and humanitarian workers is a shared priority.

[Jarbas Barbosa @DirOPSPAHO]

Looking to 2027, we discussed strengthening cooperation, linking humanitarian aid with longer-term health investments, and exploring emerging needs in Central America, including migration, violence and food insecurity. Grateful for the EU’s continued partnership.

[Jarbas Barbosa @DirOPSPAHO]

In Brussels, I met with Alberto Garralón of @eu_echo to review our longstanding partnership supporting PAHO’s humanitarian health response in Haiti, Venezuela and Cuba, including essential services, disease outbreaks and recent emergencies.

[Jarbas Barbosa @DirOPSPAHO]

@IARCWHO Digital technologies & AI offer new ways to make this information more accessible and support informed decisions about care. Equity and quality must guide their use. By sharing experiences, 🇪🇺 & the🌎can help more people access reliable information throughout their cancer journey

[Jarbas Barbosa @DirOPSPAHO]

In Brussels, I met with Christian Burgsmueller of @eu_eeas to discuss shared priorities, building on 12 EU 🇪🇺 - funded health projects in the Americas and on how PAHO can support implement the EU–CELAC health commitments.

[Jarbas Barbosa @DirOPSPAHO]

Cancer literacy plays an important role in prevention, early detection and informed decisions about care.

At #CancerLiteracyDay, hosted by @negrescuvictor at @Europarl_EN, I shared the perspective of the Americas, where cancer caused around 1.5 million deaths in 2024.

[Jarbas Barbosa @DirOPSPAHO]

Making reliable information accessible is part of our response.

PAHO and @IARCWHO developed the Latin America and the Caribbean Code Against Cancer, with 17 evidence-based recommendations adapted to our Region to help people understand and reduce their cancer risk.

[Jarbas Barbosa @DirOPSPAHO]

In Haiti, Venezuela and Cuba, EU support is important to PAHO’s humanitarian response.

We discussed protecting civilians, health workers and facilities, and sustaining health assistance in prolonged crises as the EU prepares its next long-term budget.

@lpajin @Europarl_EN

[Jarbas Barbosa @DirOPSPAHO]

Good to reconnect with @lpajin Pajín at the @Europarl_EN in Brussels.

Building on her longstanding ties with the Region of the Americas, we reviewed our work with the EU, focusing on health priorities and humanitarian challenges in the Americas.