PAHO Leads Regional Workshop in Panama on Medical Evacuation,and Health Operations Logistics

PAHO Leads Regional Workshop in Panama on Medical Evacuation, Infection Control, Clinical Management, and Health Operations Logistics. The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), through its Infectious Hazards Management Unit and Emergency Operations Unit of the Department of Emergencies, in collaboration with the National Emerging Special Pathogens Training and Education Center (NETEC), held a three-day regional workshop in Panama City to strengthen medical evacuation capacities of patients with hemorrhagic viral infections and update protocols for the management of severe influenza, including avian A/H5, in Latin America and the Caribbean.