News Honduras Health: Honduras advances in strengthening nursing personnel and health workforce governance
Washington, DC, 25 September 2026 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) supported Honduras in a national process aimed at identifying priorities and defining actions to strengthen its health workforce. From 22 to 24 September, a technical mission held meetings with national authorities and institutions and supported the holding of the Policy Dialogue for Strengthening the Nursing Workforce in Tegucigalpa.
News Honduras Health: Honduras detects 8 cases of babies with Zika-related defect
TEGUCIGALPA – Health officials in the Central American nation of Honduras on Tuesday reported eight cases of newborns with microcephaly born to women who were infected with the Zika virus during ...
News Honduras Health: Lobster fishing a poison for divers in Honduras
The latest health ministry statistics ... came too late and now he survives by transporting passengers on the Caratasca lagoon – the largest in Honduras – in his canoe for $8 a day: when there are ...
News Honduras Health: Top Americas rights commission condemns Honduras LGBT+ murders
By Anastasia MoloneyBOGOTA, July 18 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The Americas’ top human rights commission on Thursday called on Honduras to investigate growing violence against trans people in the Central American nation, where three transgender women were killed in the first week of...
News Honduras Health: Mass Protests Erupt in Honduras Over Plans to Privatize Healthcare & Education
Following the announcement of reforms in Honduras in April that would set up government bodies to restructure public education and health services, nationwide protests led by doctors and teachers ...
News Honduras Health: Honduras abortion misery a 'frightening preview' of America's future – study
“Banning abortion does not stop it, but it forces women and girls to put their health and lives at risk to end pregnancies behind closed doors, in fear and desperation and without medical care. ...
News Honduras Health: Honduras stands by abortion ban, mulls shift on morning-after pill
“Honduras’ draconian law is leading to enormous suffering ... in a country where one in every four pregnancies occurs among teenagers. After a 2009 health ministry decree, emergency contraception - or ...
