At a glance: Panama
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Thousands of children receive life-changing shoes in Panama
PANAMA CITY, Panama, 20 March 2009 – More than 30,000 school-age boys and girls in the indigenous areas of the Ngobe Buglé, Emberá-Wounáan and Kuna Yala, as well as in the Darien province and other emergency-declared areas, received a pair of Crocs footwear as a health promotion intervention, aimed at reducing skin infections, fungus growth and other infectious diseases linked to bare feet.
Latin American pop group Kudai visits Panama to highlight the needs of indigenous populations
PANAMA CITY, Panama, 24 November 2008 – Latin Grammy Award-Nominated Chilean pop group Kudai visited the autonomous territory of Kuna Yala recently in order to highlight the needs and concerns of indigenous and excluded populations.
Panama first in region to provide free HPV vaccine to young adolescent girls
PANAMA CITY, Panama, 28 October 2008 – Panama is the first country in Latin America and the Caribbean to provide the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine to young adolescent girls, free of charge.
UN violence study launched in Latin America and the Caribbean
PANAMA CITY, Panama, 20 November 2006 – A landmark study on violence against children has been presented to government leaders and experts in Panama.
UNICEF and WFP chart ‘a new way’ to achieve development goals in Latin America and the Caribbean
PANAMA CITY, Panama, 10 May 2006 – UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman and World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director James Morris paid their first-ever joint visit to Latin America yesterday for a historic meeting with the heads of both agencies’ regional and country offices. Their focus: to develop a joint plan for accelerating achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and improving the lives of the 118 million children who live in poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Youth group in Panama teaches peers about HIV/AIDS through drama and art
COLON, Panama, 19 April 2006 – Once a week Jose, 16, gets together with some of his friends to hang out, sing, dance and talk, just like teenagers everywhere. Unlike many typical teens, though, Jose and his group mainly discuss HIV/AIDS.
UNICEF brings education to indigenous children in Panama
CHIRIQI, Panama, 17 February 2005 - For many indigenous children in the Mironó district in rural Panama, education is a challenge that goes far beyond the demands of the classroom.
