AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoPope’s Latin America Tour: In Uruguay, Pope Leo XIV urged universal healthcare and timely diagnosis after his recent lung cancer surgery, and highlighted the country’s high suicide rate. His 12-day trip also includes Argentina and Peru. Caribbean Health: WHO says Barbados has eliminated mother-to-child HIV transmission. PAHO is also advancing plans to speed malaria elimination and put health at the center of climate action across the Americas. Medicines: Brazil has approved Dr. Reddy’s generic semaglutide injection, an alternative to Ozempic. Healthcare Workforce: Belize has ended its 36-year medical agreement with Cuba but will retain Cuban doctors. Women’s Health: A former patient donated an ultrasound machine worth more than US$18,000 to Jamaica’s Hugh Wynter Institute, strengthening reproductive-health diagnosis and specialist training.
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