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<h2 class="block-title">News</h2> <div class="form-group"><div class="news-grid view view-news view-id-news view-display-id-latest_news_block js-view-dom-id-ed4a3de49e54174ec836a6b997b9d3cea3c353e4ebf19e7dd2457374846ab0b3"> <div class="view-content"> <div id="views-bootstrap-news-latest-news-block" class="grid views-view-grid horizontal"> <div class="row row-1"> <div class="col col-xs-12 col-sm-4 col-md-4 col-lg-4 col-1"> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"><div class="field-content"> <a href="/en/news/2-12-2024-salvador-joins-alliance-primary-health-care-americas" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/4_3_med/public/2024-12/els-soliman-2-1500x941.jpg?h=4fee1582&itok=coE8_GKA" width="770" height="500" alt="Older adultd receives vaccine." class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div></div><div class="views-field views-field-created"><span class="field-content"><time datetime="2024-12-02T16:32:19-05:00">2 Dec 2024</time> </span></div><div 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class="field-content"><a href="/en/news/28-11-2024-world-aids-day-paho-launches-better-prep-campaign" hreflang="en">On World AIDS Day, PAHO launches Better with PrEP campaign</a></span></div> </div> <div class="clearfix visible-xs-block"></div> <div class="col col-xs-12 col-sm-4 col-md-4 col-lg-4 col-3"> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"><div class="field-content"> <a href="/en/news/26-11-2024-paho-calls-countries-americas-maintain-mpox-surveillance-and-genomic-sequencing" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/4_3_med/public/2024-11/mpox-rash.jpg?h=140710cd&itok=TaoV3mOH" width="770" height="500" alt="Hand with Mpox rash" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div></div><div class="views-field views-field-created"><span class="field-content"><time datetime="2024-11-26T18:31:38-05:00">26 Nov 2024</time> </span></div><div class="views-field views-field-title"><span class="field-content"><a 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hope</a></span></div> </div> <div class="clearfix visible-xs-block"></div> <div class="clearfix visible-sm-block"></div> <div class="col col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-4 col-lg-4 col-2"> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"><div class="field-content"> <a href="/en/stories/world-prematurity-day-protecting-lives-and-ensuring-quality-neonatal-care-all" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/4_3_med/public/2024-11/prematurity-day-24-bebe-incubadora-1500x1000.jpg?h=06ac0d8c&itok=Q6Xbk5iu" width="770" height="500" alt="beb茅 en incubadora" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div></div><div class="views-field views-field-title"><span class="field-content"><a href="/en/stories/world-prematurity-day-protecting-lives-and-ensuring-quality-neonatal-care-all" hreflang="en">World Prematurity Day: Protecting lives and ensuring quality neonatal care for all</a></span></div> </div> <div class="clearfix visible-xs-block"></div> <div class="clearfix visible-sm-block"></div> <div class="col col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-4 col-lg-4 col-3"> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"><div class="field-content"> <a href="/en/stories/bolivia-strengthens-social-participation-health-indigenous-populations" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/4_3_med/public/2024-11/bol-cochabamba-indigenous-network.jpg?h=6377f7ce&itok=vI6kwEpc" width="770" height="500" alt="Two men and five women, member of the Information Analysis Committee, Indigenous Network, Cochabamba Tropic region pose for the camera. 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