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A recent report on cervical cancer in the region of the Americas published by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) urges countries to implement innovations in cervical cancer prevention, testing, and treatment to achieve the elimination goals by 2030.
The Latin America and the Caribbean region accounts for 80% of all cases in the Americas and 84% of deaths, making it the region with the second-highest rates of cervical cancer cases and deaths in the world, after Africa.

As the dengue virus continues to be a grade 3 global health concern in over 100 countries in 2024, an international research team led by Duke-NUS Medical School has identified a critical link between the body's initial immune response, its defense against reinfections and secondary infections, which become risk factors for developing severe disease.

Abbott recently announced the findings from a new survey among leading infectious disease experts. The experts say significant gaps remain in surveillance programs to identify emerging pathogens impacting human health.
For example, these experts identified mosquito-borne pathogens as representing the most significant threat (61%) to people, compared to avian (21%), animal (14%), or tick-born (4%) pathogens.

For many years, the Canadian government has been a vital supporter of the global polio eradication effort, and this support continues today.
On September 23, 2024, the Government of Canada announced a new contribution of approximately $111,657,485 over the next three years to support the work of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI).
This new funding brings Canada's total contributions to the GPEI to about $1 billion.

Over the past 25 years, nearly 18 million Brazilians have been infected with the dengue virus, and according to recent data, 2024 may become the most severe year ever.
To combat the ongoing dengue outbreak, Brazil's Ministry of Health recently promoted a workshop on assistance support, risk stratification, and implementing new vector control technologies through the Secretariat for Health and Environmental Surveillance (SVSA) and the General Coordination of Arbovirus Surveillance of the Department of Communicable Diseases.

Today, the World Committee on Tourism Ethics, which reports to the World Tourism Organization General Assembly, announced World Tourism Day 2024, reflecting on the connection between tourism and peace.
'Sustainable tourism can transform communities – creating jobs, fostering inclusion, and strengthening local economies,' commented António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General, in a media statement on September 27, 2024.