Speeches from PAHO Directors HUMAN SECURITY: A Public Health Perspective El Paso, Texas, USA. June 5, 2009.- Dr. Mirta Roses' presentation at the LXVII Annual Meeting USMBHA /AFMES (Human Security: A New Border Response). Human security means protecting the vital freedoms. It means protecting the people exposition to threats and to certain situations, strengthening its strength and aspirations. It also means creating systems that facilitate for people the basic elements of survival, dignity, and life. The threats to the safety of the people in general, to women, to communities, to the ethnic groups, were not sufficiently assessed as potential threats to the safety in general, neither the poverty, the spread of diseases, the destruction of the environment, the lack of access to water, the maternal health, the not to have a permanent work. Until the end of the cold war the states and governments, had not considered priority the daily insecurities that have to support common people, because the greatest threats were seen outside the borders within the framework of the confrontation among the large potencies. Hunan security means the equitable access to education, work, and health, as well as the respect of the human rights, as essential components of the security, this without denying the obligation of guaranteeing national security by of the governments. Presentation » . Seventh Vaccination Week in the Americas April 25, 2009 - May 02, 2009.- Vaccination Week in the Americas is an unparalleled effort led by the member countries of the Pan American Health Organization to vaccinate millions of people. In 2009, the seventh Vaccination Week in the Americas will happen between the 25th of April and May 2nd. This year, Vaccination Week will emphasize vaccination of the whole family, and the immunization of health workers. A Message from PAHO Director » Massive Multi-Country Drive Aims to Vaccinate 30 Million People [PAHO Press Release] . SAFE HOSPITALS and DISASTERS Washington, DC. PAHO. 7 April 2009.- Director's article published in several countries in the region (Guatemala, Costa Rica, Barbados, República Dominicana, Caribbean Net News, Bolivia, Nicaragua) When a disaster strikes, our most immediate concern is to save lives, help the injured, and restore well-being to the affected communities. This cannot be accomplished without a vital element: our hospitals. However, more than half of them--that is, over 8,000 in Latin America and the Caribbean, are located in high-risk areas. If these health facilities cease their operations because of a disaster, the repercussions will be infinitely worse. This year, therefore, World Health Day underscored the need for safe hospitals. World Health Day 2009, PAHO DArticle_SafeHospitals_April09.htm ... more speeches.

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BASIC DOCUMENTS of the Pan American Health Organization, 16th edition This publication includes the basic documents pertaining to the governance of the Pan American Health Organization, including the Pan American Sanitary Code; the constitutions of the Pan American Health Organization and of the World Health Organization; the Rules of Procedure of the Pan American Sanitary Conference, the Directing Council, and the Executive Committee; and the Financial Regulations of the Pan American Health Organization. OD_308.htm OD_308.pdf Charting the Future for Health in the Americas. Quadrennial Report of the Director, Centennial Edition The report describes the work of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) in recent years. It highlights the Organization's century-long work bringing the accounting of its actions to the present. It traces a path for PAHO to continue to chart and steer a steady course in order to reach its goal: health in the Americas. The report describes the human and technical resources employed, the impact of PAHO technical cooperation, and activities for enhancing health and human development, preventing and controlling diseases, promoting health, protecting the environment, strengthening health systems and services, and assessing the regional health situation. ops98-02_ch01.htm Promoting Health in the Americas (Annual Report of the Director 2001) Available in PDF, the full text of the 2000–2001 annual report on technical cooperation activities of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau, Regional Office of the World Health Organization. Within the context of the strategic and programmatic orientations for the 1999–2002 quadrennium, defined by the Governing Bodies of the Pan American Health Organization, the report analyzes the salient activities of the Organization’s technical cooperation program during this period. The report is complemented by the Interim Financial Report of the Director for the Year 2000. od302.htm Annual Report of the Director, 2000: Advancing the People's Health Entitled “Advancing the People’s Health,” the new PAHO Annual Report provides an overview of the health situation in the Americas and a description of the technical cooperation activities of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau. The report is complemented by the Interim Financial Report of the Director for the Year 1999. AnnReport_00.htm Annual Report of the Director, 1998: Information for Health The report analyzes the salient activities of the Organization's technical cooperation program during 1998. The report is complemented by the Interim Financial Report of the Director for the Year 1998. AnnReport_98.htm ... more .

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