COVID-19 devastating women health, increasing maternal mortality, PAHO Director
The Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) director, Carissa F. Etienne, warns that continued disruption of health services for women due to COVID-19 more than 20 years of progress in reducing maternal mortality and access to family planning in Latin America and the Caribbean.
2025-08-01 17:35:53

Cases and deaths are alarmingly high
Dr Etienne also focused attention to the World Health Organization (WHO) claim that accidents due to COVID-19 were seriously underreported last week. "Coronavirus' true global 2020 death toll is closer to three million people - almost double the figures reported last year," she said. "It is worrying that half of these deaths have occurred here in the Americas, indicating the huge impact this pandemic has had on our region." Last week, more than 1.2 million new COVID-19 cases and 31,000 deaths were reported in the United States.
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