Infectious diseases – also known as contagious diseases, transmissible diseases or communicable diseases – are caused by ...

Responsibility for public health protection from communicable diseases exists at three government levels in the U.S. (federal, state/tribe, and local/municipal), with states having the authority to ...

GUYANA, GEORGETOWN, 4 APRIL 2024-The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) collaborates with the Guyana’s Ministry of Health in eliminating several communicable ...

New York, 22 September 2025 (PAHO) – The urgent need to address the interplay between infectious diseases and non-communicable diseases (NCDs), which together pose the greatest public health ...

The Health Promotion, Disease Prevention and Control(DPC) Cluster, WHO Regional Office for Africa, is delighted to share the 2025 report on responding to communicable and noncommunicable diseases in ...