Category: Guatemala

An Important Partnership in Central America

On the streets of Tegucigalpa or San Salvador or Santo Domingo or in the capitals of five other Central American countries, few people would be able to provide an answer to this question: What is the Council of Ministers of Health of Central America’s (COMISCA)? Despite the understandable lack of awareness, COMISCA has emerged Read More >

September 2, 2014 by Dr. Nelson Arboleda, CDC Central American Regional Office DirectorLeave a comment

health systems strengthening

Belize, Caribbean, Central America, Costa Rica, disease surveillance, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, HIV/AIDS, Honduras, influenza pandemic, Latin America, Nicaragua, Panama

CDC Supports the Ministry of Health in Guatemala in the Creation of a National Public Health Institute

Guatemala National Public Institute Director, Ministry of Health Guatemala, Mayari Centeno MD, MPH (left) and CDC - Central American Regional Office Director, Nelson Arboleda, MD, MPH (right) meet with CDC Director Tom Frieden, MD, MPH (center) in CDC-Atlanta, February 2014.

Big things often start small. So do success stories. For proof, simply look to CDC’s work – and history – in Central America. From a single field station established more than 40 years ago in El Salvador by CDC’s Division of Parasitic Diseases; CDC today has a broad and respected presence across Central America and Read More >

March 31, 2014 by Nelson Arboleda, MD MPH, Director - CDC Central American Regional Office2 Comments

health systems strengthening

Central America, Guatemala, IANPHI, NPHI