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The outage disrupted the digital lives of small-business owners, politicians, aid workers and others. But for some, it was a welcome reprieve.
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.
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.
In Global First, El Salvador Adopts Bitcoin as Currency
President Nayib Bukele has promoted the cryptocurrency as a path to financial freedom, but economic experts and many Salvadorans worry the move brings great risks.
In Global First, El Salvador Adopts Bitcoin as Currency
President Nayib Bukele has promoted the cryptocurrency as a path to financial freedom, but economic experts and many Salvadorans worry the move brings great risks.
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.