The WG produced the first draft of the position paper on the renewal of PHC, which went through a PAHO’s internal review process. During the period of May and June 2005, the second version of the draft (dated March 31st, 2005) was sent to every Member State for review and comments. As of August 2005, 21 national consultations to discuss the position paper were held in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela. The comments received from the countries were incorporated into the third version of the position paper dated July 12th, 2005. Meanwhile, a draft Regional Declaration on PHC was prepared and sent to the Member States for comments during July and early August of 2005

A “Regional Consultation on the Renewal of PHC in the Americas” was held on July 26-29, 2005, in Montevideo, Uruguay. The objectives of the technical consultation were to discuss and make recommendations to the drafts of the Position Paper (draft of July 12th, 2005) and the Regional Declaration (draft of July 22nd, 2005). The Consultation was attend by more than 85 people representing 31 Members States, NGOs, professional associations, universities and other sister U/N/ agencies. Member States represented at the meeting were Anguilla, Antigua, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Colombia, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos, Uruguay and Venezuela.

The technical recommendations that resulted from the Regional Consultation have been incorporated into the drafts of the Position Paper and the Regional Declaration on PHC, and both are posted in this web page. We are also including the summary of the discussions held in relation to the Regional Declaration. (only Spanish)

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