The U.N.-backed Covax program will not meet its target of delivering enough doses this year to Latin America and the Caribbean to vaccinate 20 percent of their people.
Author: DANIEL POLITI
Health Officials are Buying Millions of Vaccines for Latin America
The Pan American Health Organization is working to address inequities in availability by offering doses for sale to countries in need.
North and Central America Are Driving a Hemispheric Coronavirus Surge
Officials pointed to the coronavirus pandemic’s effects on young people in the Americas as especially worrisome.
W.H.O. Warns of Dire Threat of Covid During Pregnancy in Latin America
In Mexico and Colombia, Covid has become the top cause of maternal deaths.
Health officials plead for vaccine donations to Latin America and the Caribbean.
Although every country in the region now has some vaccines, only one person in four there has been fully vaccinated.
The W.H.O. will address inequities by making vaccines in Latin America.
In a region where some populations have extremely limited access to vaccines, public health agencies are taking control of the means of production.
A new initiative will bring more vaccines to Latin America and the Caribbean.
The Pan American Health Organization will start its own vaccine program, stepping in where Covax, the global program for vaccinating developing countries, has fallen short.
Indigenous people face a unique risk that is poorly understood, a W.H.O. official said.
Most countries in the Americas collect no Covid-19 figures on Indigenous people, although that “data is essential to guide effective policies,” the official said.
Other Diseases May Surge in Latin America as Prevention and Treatment Falter
A global health official warned of an avalanche of illness as routine childhood inoculations and other basic medical concerns fall by the wayside.
Argentina Formally Recognizes Nonbinary People, a Latin American First
Argentines no longer have to be identified as female or male on their national identity documents, the latest step in President Alberto Fernández’s push for gender equality.