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href="/en/stories/julia-paredes-mexican-nurse-who-crossed-mountains-bring-vaccines-and-hope"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/2_1_small/public/2024-11/mex-nurse-julia-horse-back.jpg?h=6acbff97&itok=9ocYkxVS 400w, /sites/default/files/styles/flexslider_thumbnail/public/2024-11/mex-nurse-julia-horse-back.jpg?h=6acbff97&itok=UBFYRYJ3 770w, /sites/default/files/styles/flexslider_full/public/2024-11/mex-nurse-julia-horse-back.jpg?h=6acbff97&itok=NDuDPOL0 1420w" sizes="(min-width: 770px) 33vw, (min-width: 380px) 380px, 100vw" width="770" height="385" src="/sites/default/files/styles/flexslider_full/public/2024-11/mex-nurse-julia-horse-back.jpg?h=6acbff97&itok=NDuDPOL0" alt="Julia on horse back reaches remote indigenous community to vaccinate " class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div></div><div class="views-field views-field-created"><span class="field-content"><time datetime="2024-11-18T15:56:24-05:00">18 Nov 2024</time> </span></div><div class="views-field views-field-title"><span class="field-content"><a href="/en/stories/julia-paredes-mexican-nurse-who-crossed-mountains-bring-vaccines-and-hope" hreflang="en">Julia Paredes: The mexican nurse who crossed mountains to bring vaccines and hope</a></span></div><div class="views-field views-field-body"><span class="field-content">November 2024"Death was present every minute, and people were lying around, infected with measles—especially children, the most defenseless—due to the lack of something as essential as vaccines," recalls nurse Julia Paredes López. At the age of 17, she was in a Mexican state locality called Loreto, in the state of Chihuahua, where she witnessed…</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"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/2_1_small/public/2024-11/prematurity-day-24-bebe-incubadora-1500x1000.jpg?h=06ac0d8c&itok=6FhN9p5r 400w, /sites/default/files/styles/flexslider_thumbnail/public/2024-11/prematurity-day-24-bebe-incubadora-1500x1000.jpg?h=06ac0d8c&itok=k46eQqyo 770w, /sites/default/files/styles/flexslider_full/public/2024-11/prematurity-day-24-bebe-incubadora-1500x1000.jpg?h=06ac0d8c&itok=V5uELyTV 1420w" sizes="(min-width: 770px) 33vw, (min-width: 380px) 380px, 100vw" width="770" height="385" src="/sites/default/files/styles/flexslider_full/public/2024-11/prematurity-day-24-bebe-incubadora-1500x1000.jpg?h=06ac0d8c&itok=V5uELyTV" alt="bebé en incubadora" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div></div><div class="views-field views-field-created"><span class="field-content"><time datetime="2024-11-15T15:21:06-05:00">15 Nov 2024</time> </span></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 class="views-field views-field-body"><span class="field-content">World Prematurity Day is celebrated every November 17th as a day to raise awareness of the challenges faced by premature babies and the critical need for quality neonatal care. In the context of this day, powerful stories emerge of families struggling to provide their premature children with the best possible care. PAHO emphasizes that quality…</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"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/2_1_small/public/2024-11/bol-cochabamba-indigenous-network.jpg?h=6377f7ce&itok=wc7cQwS8 400w, /sites/default/files/styles/flexslider_thumbnail/public/2024-11/bol-cochabamba-indigenous-network.jpg?h=6377f7ce&itok=iWIgxD8d 770w, /sites/default/files/styles/flexslider_full/public/2024-11/bol-cochabamba-indigenous-network.jpg?h=6377f7ce&itok=THxCuhuO 1420w" sizes="(min-width: 770px) 33vw, (min-width: 380px) 380px, 100vw" width="770" height="385" src="/sites/default/files/styles/flexslider_full/public/2024-11/bol-cochabamba-indigenous-network.jpg?h=6377f7ce&itok=THxCuhuO" alt="Two men and five women, member of the Information Analysis Committee, Indigenous Network, Cochabamba Tropic region pose for the camera. " class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div></div><div class="views-field views-field-created"><span class="field-content"><time datetime="2024-11-11T15:45:51-05:00">11 Nov 2024</time> </span></div><div class="views-field views-field-title"><span class="field-content"><a href="/en/stories/bolivia-strengthens-social-participation-health-indigenous-populations" hreflang="en">Bolivia strengthens social participation in health for indigenous populations</a></span></div><div class="views-field views-field-body"><span class="field-content">November 2024Rocio Lazcano is an indigenous leader and President of the Social Health Council in the Department of Pando in Northern Bolivia, an area of rainforest that borders Brazil. She is passionate about ensuring the health of the indigenous population by advocating and representing the needs of the community.“It is very important for the…</span></div> </div> <div class="clearfix visible-xs-block"></div> <div class="clearfix visible-sm-block"></div> <div class="clearfix visible-md-block"></div> <div class="clearfix visible-lg-block"></div> </div> <div class="row row-2"> <div class="col col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-4 col-lg-4 col-1"> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"><div class="field-content"> <a href="/en/stories/digital-hope-how-telemedicine-improving-quality-care-pregnant-women-rural-areas-honduras"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/2_1_small/public/2024-10/ops-telemedicina-amazonas-148.jpg?h=6acbff97&itok=-X5B8xd7 400w, /sites/default/files/styles/flexslider_thumbnail/public/2024-10/ops-telemedicina-amazonas-148.jpg?h=6acbff97&itok=e230jNPz 770w, /sites/default/files/styles/flexslider_full/public/2024-10/ops-telemedicina-amazonas-148.jpg?h=6acbff97&itok=f18MgiRm 1420w" sizes="(min-width: 770px) 33vw, (min-width: 380px) 380px, 100vw" width="770" height="385" src="/sites/default/files/styles/flexslider_full/public/2024-10/ops-telemedicina-amazonas-148.jpg?h=6acbff97&itok=f18MgiRm" alt="Madre carga a su hija bebé y la eleva" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div></div><div class="views-field views-field-created"><span class="field-content"><time datetime="2024-10-30T10:09:42-04:00">30 Oct 2024</time> </span></div><div class="views-field views-field-title"><span class="field-content"><a href="/en/stories/digital-hope-how-telemedicine-improving-quality-care-pregnant-women-rural-areas-honduras" hreflang="en">Digital Hope: How Telemedicine is Improving Quality of Care for Pregnant Women in Rural Areas of Honduras and Peru</a></span></div><div class="views-field views-field-body"><span class="field-content">October 2024A round 8,400 women die each year in the Americas due to preventable complications during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period. The main causes of maternal mortality in the region are hemorrhage (23.1%) and pregnancy-induced hypertension (22.1%). Insufficient contact between women and the healthcare system during pregnancy…</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/colombian-vaccination-team-donated-boat-makes-all-difference"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/2_1_small/public/2024-10/bote-putumayo-1_1.jpg?h=2e111cc1&itok=5nmxmLo- 400w, /sites/default/files/styles/flexslider_thumbnail/public/2024-10/bote-putumayo-1_1.jpg?h=2e111cc1&itok=ME-_CEuY 770w, /sites/default/files/styles/flexslider_full/public/2024-10/bote-putumayo-1_1.jpg?h=2e111cc1&itok=p0ONHsEe 1420w" sizes="(min-width: 770px) 33vw, (min-width: 380px) 380px, 100vw" width="770" height="385" src="/sites/default/files/styles/flexslider_full/public/2024-10/bote-putumayo-1_1.jpg?h=2e111cc1&itok=p0ONHsEe" alt="Personas en un bote de madera en la orilla de un río. Las personas tienen chalecos salvavidas." class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div></div><div class="views-field views-field-created"><span class="field-content"><time datetime="2024-10-22T10:16:40-04:00">22 Oct 2024</time> </span></div><div class="views-field views-field-title"><span class="field-content"><a href="/en/stories/colombian-vaccination-team-donated-boat-makes-all-difference" hreflang="en">For a Colombian vaccination team, a donated boat makes all the difference </a></span></div><div class="views-field views-field-body"><span class="field-content">About 80% of the population in Colombia’s Putumayo Department lives in dispersed rural areas. Reaching them requires navigating rivers for five to six hours. “This makes it difficult for the population to travel to the health posts, and very difficult for the vaccines to reach all the communities and for the vaccination schedules to be complete,”…</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/canine-vaccination-advances-and-challenges-rabies-elimination-bolivia"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/2_1_small/public/2024-09/vacunacionrabia3.jpg?h=8416f378&itok=FLuS1hlb 400w, /sites/default/files/styles/flexslider_thumbnail/public/2024-09/vacunacionrabia3.jpg?h=8416f378&itok=UNDc2ZMx 770w, /sites/default/files/styles/flexslider_full/public/2024-09/vacunacionrabia3.jpg?h=8416f378&itok=QzBKmIpR 1420w" sizes="(min-width: 770px) 33vw, (min-width: 380px) 380px, 100vw" width="770" height="385" src="/sites/default/files/styles/flexslider_full/public/2024-09/vacunacionrabia3.jpg?h=8416f378&itok=QzBKmIpR" alt="Health worker in Bolivia vaccinates a dog on the street while its owner holds it" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div></div><div class="views-field views-field-created"><span class="field-content"><time datetime="2024-09-27T14:09:29-04:00">27 Sep 2024</time> </span></div><div class="views-field views-field-title"><span class="field-content"><a href="/en/stories/canine-vaccination-advances-and-challenges-rabies-elimination-bolivia" hreflang="en">Canine Vaccination: Advances and Challenges to Rabies Elimination in Bolivia</a></span></div><div class="views-field views-field-body"><span class="field-content">In the context of World Rabies Day, the recent vaccination campaign for dogs and cats in Bolivia is an outstanding example of an effort to combat this disease. Countries in the Region of the Americas have reduced human cases by almost 98%, from 300 in 1983 to seven in 2023.— September 2024 —</span></div> </div> <div class="clearfix visible-xs-block"></div> <div class="clearfix visible-sm-block"></div> <div class="clearfix visible-md-block"></div> <div class="clearfix visible-lg-block"></div> </div> <div class="row row-3"> <div class="col col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-4 col-lg-4 col-1"> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"><div class="field-content"> <a href="/en/stories/utopias-iztapalapa-spaces-inclusion-and-community-health-mexico-city"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/2_1_small/public/2024-09/utopia-meyehualco.jpg?h=10d202d3&itok=spLtRYt7 400w, /sites/default/files/styles/flexslider_thumbnail/public/2024-09/utopia-meyehualco.jpg?h=10d202d3&itok=WcHJ0mx8 770w, /sites/default/files/styles/flexslider_full/public/2024-09/utopia-meyehualco.jpg?h=10d202d3&itok=KYDREI_5 1420w" sizes="(min-width: 770px) 33vw, (min-width: 380px) 380px, 100vw" width="770" height="385" src="/sites/default/files/styles/flexslider_full/public/2024-09/utopia-meyehualco.jpg?h=10d202d3&itok=KYDREI_5" alt="Women of different ages do Tai chi in Meyehualco" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div></div><div class="views-field views-field-created"><span class="field-content"><time datetime="2024-09-25T10:00:25-04:00">25 Sep 2024</time> </span></div><div class="views-field views-field-title"><span class="field-content"><a href="/en/stories/utopias-iztapalapa-spaces-inclusion-and-community-health-mexico-city" hreflang="en">UTOPIAS in Iztapalapa: Spaces for Inclusion and Community Health in Mexico City</a></span></div><div class="views-field views-field-body"><span class="field-content">T he 14 UTOPIAS in Iztapalapa, Mexico City, offer accessible public spaces, community kitchens, cultural centers, and sports activities to more than 1.8 million people. 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