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PAHO and UNICEF Working Together to support LAC Countries
PAHO Press Release. Washington, D.C., April 25, 2008.- Top officials and technical experts from UNICEF visited the Pan American Health Organization to discuss areas of joint collaboration including water and sanitation, nutrition, social support for mothers and children, work in health emergencies and risk communications focusing on pregnant women, children and adolescents.
Dr. Mirta Roses Periago, Director of PAHO and Dr. Nils Kastberg, Director of the UNICEF Regional Office shared the moral imperatives of helping excluded populations to address the unfinished agenda and accelerate progress toward achieving the Millennium Development Goals.
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OPS XXI en acción. Dr. Mirta Roses' presentation at the opening of the meeting. [Spanish version]
PAHO - UNICEF: Comprometidos por la Salud
Poem written by Dr. Nils Kastberg, UNICEF's Director on the occasion of Dr. Roses inauguration ceremony on February 1st, 2008. [Spanish version]
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Director of the Pan American Health Organization opens the first Latin American Conference in Research and Innovation for Health
Global Forum for Health Research. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 15 - 18 April 2008.- In her visit to Brazil, Dr. Mirta Roses fulfilled an extensive agenda, she also accompanied the visit to PANAFTOSA of Dr. Luis Sambo, WHO's Regional Director for Africa, which reflects the history of joint effort from the organizations, and represents an important exchange for the information systems and basic data in Health.
See also: 2o. Congresso da Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa (CPLP) sobre DST-AIDS. Mesa coordenada pela Diretora da Organização Pan-Americana da Saúde (Opas), Mirta Roses Periago.
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PAHO Director at the launching of the VI Vaccination Week in the Americas
April 19-26, 2008.- Vaccination Week in the Americas 2008. Pictures from the launching event.
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PAHO working to improve public health, equity, and health systems at the 42nd Session of the Advisory Committee on Health Research (ACHR/CAIS)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 13 - 15 April 2008.- Dr. Mirta Roses, PASB Director, convened the 42nd Session of the Advisory Committee on Health Research (ACHR) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 13-15 April, 2007.
Although research has been always present in PAHO's activities, this is the first time that the Organization is developing an explicit policy for consultation with member states, to guide its research activities in keeping with international mandates that underline the key role of research in attaining the Millenium Development Goals and in improving public health, equity, and health systems.
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PAHO Director presents the award Champion of Health to Fundación Selva Negra
Washington, D.C., 7 de April del 2008.- The PAHO designation honors Selva Negra's efforts in environmental conservation and social development, causes that are being promoted as part of the 2008 World Health Day campaign, "Protecting Health from Climate Change."
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OUR Planet, OUR Health, OUR Future - They are in OUR Hands.
Washington, D.C. PAHO HQ. April 7, 2008.- "...We need a comprehensive Framework for Action to properly address climate change and its impact on health: addressing Evidence, implementing Adaptation mechanisms in the health sector, and providing Leadership..."
Celebrating World Health Day 2008 at PAHO
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PAHO Walk for Health 2008
Washington, D.C. April 5, 2008.- Successful Walk for Health Event at PAHO HQ. More than 150 staff members and their families joined this saturday walking for health to celebrate World Health Day 2008.
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WHO Global Policy Group (OMS GPG)
Beijing, China, 26-28 March 2008.-
WHO Senior policy-makers meeting.
WHO Director General and Regional Directors met in China in a Global Policy Group Retreat to discuss about WHO main policy issues.
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Building concrete, viable outputs and constructive proposals for injury prevention and safety promotion
Merida, Yucatan, Mexico. March 15, 2008.- We need to target the causes and risk factors for violence and traffic injuries. Director's Speech at the inauguration ceremony at the 9th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion.
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Globalization and injuries in the context of the Americas
Merida. Mexico. Marzo 15, 2008.- Director's presentation during the celebration of the 9th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion at the panel "Globalization and Injury", which had the participation of many ministers of health from the Americas.
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See also: Declaracíón Ministerial sobre Prevención de Violencia y Lesiones en las Américas [Spanish version]
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Report of the Panamerican Health Organization to the permanent council of the OAS
Washington, D.C. March 12, 2008.- Dr. Roses delivered her presentation to OAS Permanent Council, briefing the PAHO health achievements and challenges from the last 5 years as an specialized health agency from the inter-american system.
Director's Presentation
Director's Speech Video [Spanish version]
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PAHO Director: Gender Inequality is Completely Unacceptable
Washington, D.C., March 10, 2008 (PAHO)— More than a third of women in Latin America and the Caribbean have suffered violence at the hands of their domestic partners, more than 22,000 die each year in childbirth from preventable causes, and women and girls account for a growing proportion of all new cases of HIV.
These and similar examples of gender inequality are "completely unacceptable," said Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director Dr. Mirta Roses today at an event celebrating International Women's Day 2008, held at PAHO headquarters in Washington, D.C.
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Gender Equality: Let's Get Real
Director's speech at the celebration of International Women's Day 2008.
"... We need to get real about the persistently high rates of gender based violence, about the stubbornly high and unjust rates of maternal mortality, about the increasing casualties from accidents among our men and boys, about the alarming HIV infections among women and girls, especially in our Caribbean countries, about the essential and unpaid care, about women and men's different needs and realities, about health differences between women and men, about funding women's empowerment ..."
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OMS/OPS : nous sommes engagés à soutenir Haïti
13 février 2008.- En Haïti dans le cadre de la réunion annuelle des représentants de l'OPS/OMS de la Caraïbe, qui se tient pour la première fois en Haïti, la directrice régionale de l'OMS/OPS pour les Amériques, le docteur Mirta Roses, a déclaré : " nous sommes totalement engagés à soutenir Haïti afin qu'il progresse dans la réalisation des Objectifs du Millénaire pour le Développement ". Elle intervenait, en effet, au cours d'une conférence de presse tenue le 13 février à Port-au-Prince.
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Dr. Roses' Opening Remarks at the PAHO consultation meeting on WHO Research Strategy.
Washington, D.C. HQ. February 8, 2008.- The definition of a health research strategy will provide a critical tool for managing and organizing research activities within WHO and its regional offices. It should also guide and support member states in organizing health research.
The governments of the Americas have made research a regional priority as stated in the health agenda for the Americas. PAHO is responding to this call for action by drafting its own health research policy. ."
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Dr. Mirta Roses Inaugural Address as Director of the Pan American Health Organization
February 1, 2008.-
"This is above all a day of commitment. Today I renew my oath to devote myself tirelessly, day by day, hour by hour, to keeping PAHO at the forefront of the response to the regional and global challenges in public health and, particularly, to serve as an instrument for bringing good health to the most neglected, vulnerable, marginalized, and excluded populations."
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WHO Director General, Dr. Margaret Chan at the PAHO's Director sworn ceremony
Washington, D.C. February 1, 2008.-Video speech of Dr. Margaret Chan, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) at the Inaugural ceremony of Dr. Mirta Roses as Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) for a second term.
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Dr. Mirta Roses sworn in for 2nd term at PAHO
Washington, D.C. February 1, 2008. [PAHO Release].- Dr. Mirta Roses, the first woman in charge of the oldest health institution in the world, today begins her second term as Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), saying "As we envision the future, we can dare to dream about events that will become a part of the long history of successes achieved by those who came before us."
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Education, prevention, treatment, testing—essential tools to combat HIV
Washington, D.C. January 29, 2008. [PAHO Release].— Education, prevention, treatment and testing are essential tools to combat HIV in the USA and elsewhere in the Americas, ((PAHO) Deputy Director, Dr. Cristina Beato said today during a keynote speech to the National Latino/Hispanic AIDS Leadership Summit gathered in Washington, D.C.
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WHO Executive Board reappoints Dr Mirta Roses as Regional Director for the Americas
Geneva, January 24, 2008 (PAHO).— Dr Mirta Roses was reappointed as Regional Director for the Americas by the World Health Organization's Executive Board today, and will begin her second five-year term as Regional Director for the Americas after being sworn in at a Washington ceremony February 1.
Dr Roses' Acceptance Speech: English /
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Canada, PAHO sign strategic cooperation framework
Washington, D.C. November 20, 2007.- The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Mirta Roses, and the Permanent Representative of Canada to the Organization of American States (OAS), Ambassador Graeme C. Clark, today signed a master framework document that represents an important step forward in the strategic relationship between PAHO and the Canadian government.
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Partnership for Health Development
Geneva, Switzerland. November 12, 2007.- "The achievement of MDG related with health, is a crucial event to sustain the achievements of others MDGs and to improve life conditions of opulations. Partnerships for Health Development (PHDs) have a major role to play in this endeavour. Indeed, a key reason for establishing such partnerships and funds stemmed from global concern about the burden of disease pandemics, and the need to accelerate action substantially if global targets were to be achieved.
A fundamental strategy of Partnerships for Health Development has been to work in new ways to expand effective collaboration – including promoting greater participation by civil society and the private sector - and increase access to resources to serve those in need".
Dr. Roses presentation at the Plenary session on Partnerships and WHO.
Partnerships for Health Development - Background Document
Three Day Policy Dialogue Agenda
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Dr. Chan's opening remarks at the Fourth Global Meeting of Heads of WHO Country Offices
Geneva, Switzerland. 12 November 2007.- "We all know that health problems, and the capacity to address them, vary considerably from region to region. Each country has its own unique set of threats to health. Health is affected by cultural beliefs, such as those that influence the status of women or stigmatize people with certain diseases. Health is influenced by political systems and the quality of governance. Health systems are themselves highly context-specific, shaped by history, and by the social, cultural, and political environment.
These observations lead us to an obvious conclusion: this Organization’s decentralized structure is an asset. It follows a time-honoured principle: delegation of responsibility to the level of greatest operational efficiency."
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Six countries take formal, concrete step towards preventing patient safety problems.
A group of six countries, including two Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Member States, took a bold step today in Washington, D.C., to vigorously develop and implement standardized protocols related to patient safety solutions over the next five years. Dr. Carissa Etienne, Assistant Director along with several PAHO leaders and experts attended the ceremony.
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Seis países acuerdan implementar soluciones para prevenir problemas de seguridad del paciente.
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Serving our hopeful, striving peoples who aspire to better living and health conditions is the purpose of our efforts.
 Director's Election Video
Washington D.C.
October 3, 2007.-
"With humility, unwavering dedication, and the steadfast support that all of you and our partners and allies in health development have given me, I shall continue to advance PAHO’s noble mission on behalf of public health in the Region.
The 27th Pan American Sanitary Conference, the most important meeting of the Governing Bodies of the Pan American Health Organization, today reelected Dr. Mirta Roses Periago as Director of this prestigious health institution serving the Americas for five more years.
Acceptance Speech:
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Hemisphere's Health Authorities to Gather at PAHO in the 27th Panamerican Sanitary Conference.
Washington, D.C., September 27, 2007 (PAHO)— The annual meeting of the Americas' top health authorities is taking place at Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) headquarters in Washington, D.C., on October 1-5. The 27th Pan American Sanitary Conference bring together ministers of health and other high-level delegates from PAHO member countries to discuss health policies and actions to address the region's major health challenges.
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Autoridades de Salud de las Américas se reúnen en la OPS en la 27a Conferencia Sanitaria Panamericana.
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New Initiatives and Opportunities for Global Health
New York, NY. September 20-21, 2007.-
Dr. Mirta Roses, Director of the Pan American Health Organization attented an important meeting last week organized by the Rockefeller Brohers Fund. The Director participated in a Panel named Pandemic threats & public health surveillance, under the Public Health subject.
Emerging infectious diseases have caused significant global human and economic loss and disproportionately threaten the health and livelihoods of poor people.
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Dr. Roses' Talking Points at the Regional Summit on Chronic Non_Communicable Diseases.
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. September 15, 2007. - "I am honored to have been invited to this special Summit of CARICOM Heads of Government. Let me congratulate you for the leadership and strategic vision you are demonstrating in uniting to stop the chronic disease epidemic that is undermining human and economic development prospects of economies which can ill afford them. It is clear that for the Caribbean, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) need to include NCDs, since the current epidemic also needs to be curbed before 2015."
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Social Cohesion and Protection in Health, important objectives for constructing more inclusive societies in Ibero-America
Iquique, Chile. Julio 9-10, 2007.- The Ministers of Health of Ibero-America have concurred that health "constitutes one of the pillars" of social cohesion, and affirmed their support for equal access to this right on the first day of the IX Ibero-American Conference of Ministers of Health, held in Iquique, Chile.
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140th Session of the Executive Committee of PAHO Concludes with Commitments to New Goals for Health in the Region
Washington, D.C. PAHO HQ. Junio 25-29, 2007.- Relevant health topics were highlighted in the 140th Session of the Executive Committee of PAHO, an important meeting of the Organization's Governing Bodies preceding the 27th Pan American Sanitary Conference, scheduled for October 1-5. The Interim Financial Report of the Director for 2006, the Proposed Program Budget for 2008-2009, and the Proposed Strategic Plan for 2008-2012 were also important organizational topics that were discussed.
Achievements, Challenges and Leadership, is the subject Dr. Roses addressed during the presentation of her proposed candidacy to the accredited members of the Executive Committee of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau.
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Health is essential for sustainable democracy in Americas.
Washington, D.C. PAHO HQ. June 20, 2007.- Ambassadors' pronouncement during the presentation of Dr. Mirta Roses Periago, Director of the Pan American Health Organization to the OAS Ambassadors Permanent Council on the upcoming 140th Session of PAHO's Executive Committee, which will be held next week at PAHO HQ.
Director's presentation. Briefing Session to the Permanent Ambassadors to the Organization of American States.
[Release is available in Spanish, English version will be updated soon]
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Fulbright-PAHO Interns in Public Health and Interns from the PAHO Internship Program meet the Director
Washington, D.C. PAHO HQ. June 21, 2007.- "Senior PAHOs Interns" as the Director called them meet to celebrate the second year of the Fulbright-PAHO Internship in Public Health. The Pan American Health Organization has a 23 years history of developing international public health professionals through their International Public Health Professional Program and more recently their Internship and Fulbright Internship Programs. Several hundred professionals have graduated from these programs that are an invaluable partner for the work and leadership of the Organization in the region and across the world.
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New Life for Primary Health Care: the Social Determinants of Health.
Vancouver, Canada. 7-9 June 2007.- Director presentation at the 8th Commissioners' meeting of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health. Any approach to improve health should be linked within a broader economic, social and political context, and should allow for the inclusion of multiple actors and sectors. PAHO understands Primary Health Care (PHC) as an integral part of the development of Health Systems.
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Latin America and the Caribbean: United in Diversity toward Universal Access
Buenos Aires, Argentina. 20 April 2007.- Turn the HIV epidemic around through an integrated response… prevention, care, and treatment, in a social environment marked by respect and the exercise of human rights, including the right to health, inclusion, and zero tolerance for stigma and discrimination. Closing remarks of Dr. Mirta Roses, PAHO's Director at the IV Latin American and Caribbean Forum on HIV/AIDS/STI.
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We welcome you to the daily struggle to ensure that together we do live out the Organization's values to the fullest.
Washington, D.C., HQ. April 27, 2007.- Welcome remarks Dr. Cristina Beato's swearing in ceremony delivered by Dr. Carissa Etienne, PAHO's Assistant Director.
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Let us each do our part to ensure that the future for girls is bright, equal, safe and rewarding.
Washington, D.C., HQ. March 8, 2007. - Director's speaking notes at the celebration of International Women's Day at PAHO HQ. Dr. Roses welcome the ambassadors, delegations and personalities that gather today in PAHO to celebrate the 2007 International Women's Day,- "a date when women around the world, celebrate their achievements and take stock of progress made towards achieving gender equity".
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RDG on HIV/AIDS scaling up regional responses in Latin America and the Caribbean.
New York, NY. February 26, 2007. - Dr. Mirta Roses Periago, Director of the Pan American Health Organization lead the PAHO delegation that participated in the Regional Directors Group Meeting on HIV/AIDS (LAC RDG on HIV/AIDS) at UNDP HQs. The LAC RDG on HIV/AIDS have long recognized that HIV/AIDS is a global crisis, which calls for an immediate response. PAHO will work closely with other agencies in the implementation of the work plan 2007.
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PAHO and NCEH(CDC) strengthen cooperation to improve environmental health in the Region.
Washington, D.C. February 9, 2007. - Dr. Howard Frumkin, Director of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registries (ATSDR) of the National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH), meet Dr. Mirta Roses Periago, PAHO's Director. Dr. Luis Galvao, PAHO's Sustainable Development & Environmental Health Area Manager, accompained the Director to the meeting.
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Improving People’s Health through Healthy Environments
Washington, D.C. February 2, 2007. - Millions of families in the world exist – or struggle to survive – in environmental hazards. They are exposed to harsh weather, poor ventilation, little light and the need for constant repair. These conditions are especially oppressive for children – their bodies, their growth and development and their dreams. We need to find the ways to strengthen linkages between health and environment, and integrate our work to improve quality of life in the region.
Dr. Roses presentation in the plenary session at the 7th National Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment (NCSE), with focus on Integrating Environment and Human Health.
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WHO's Director General and Regional Directors meeting looks for improve the Organization functions across all levels.
Geneva, Switzerland. January 22-30, 2007. - The Executive Board began its 120th Session with reports from the Director-General, Dr. Margaret Chan. Dr. Roses, PAHO's Director headed the PAHO's delegation that participates in the 120th session of the WHO Executive Board.
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Dr. Roses at the 120th WHO Executive Board session.
Geneva, Switzerland. January 22-30, 2007. -Dr. Roses heads a delegation from PAHO to participate in the 120th WHO Executive Board. /
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The obesity epidemic in Latin America. Healthy Eating and Active Living: A Public Health Priority.
Fundraising Obesity Campaign. Miami, Florida. October 27, 2006. The Pan American Health Organization, improving public health through healthy eating and physical activity. Dr. Roses promoting PAHO anti-Obesity Campaign.
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The UN and You: Making a Difference Together. PAHO Director presentation.
Washington, D.C., October 26, 2006. - During the celebration of the United Nations Week 2006 at George Washington University, College of Public Health, the Director of the Pan American Health Organization, Dr. Mirta Roses Periago deliver a presentation at a special panel to discuss : Meeting the Millennium Development Goals: The Shortage of Health Workers and other Public Health Challenges.
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Consolidated income plans, donor engagement plans, and resource mobilization action plans to commit a virtual WHO's GRM Network.
Main objective of the WHO's Global Resource Mobilization Team (GRMT) Annual Meeting, hosted by PAHO/WHO. Washington, D.C., PAHO-HQ, October 11-13, 2006. - Dr. Mirta Roses, PAHO's Director welcome the participants to the meeting, and noted that the organization is moving toward resource mobilization, and its important to be transparent in information, good in planning instruments, and show the benefits of good resource mobilization policies. The meeting's opening was also chair by Dr. Anders Nordstrom, WHO's acting Director-General; Mrs. Namita Pradhan, PRP Director/WHO; and Dr. David Heymann, WHO Resource Mobilization Framework via Videolink.
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PAHO Director met U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Washington, D.C., October 23, 2006. - The Director of the Pan American Health Organization, Dr. Mirta Roses Periago met the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Mr. Mike Leavitt. The meeting took place at the U.S. Secretary of Health. Main issues discussed were guided toward the commitment to collaborate and work together to improve the health in the Region.
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Leaders and Experts in Mental Health meet in PAHO in a Special Forum. World Mental Health Day 2006.
Dr. Mirta Roses Periago, Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), address today the Opening Remarks at the Special Forum of Panel Presentations to commemorate officially the "World Mental Health Day 2006. Theme: "Building Awareness - Reducing Risk: Mental Illness and Suicide", taken the opportunity to focus the attention on suicide as a major health public problem and its link to mental disorders.
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PAHO/WHO's Collaborating Center on Public Health, Law and Human Rights at Georgetown and Johns Hopkins Universities.
PAHO's Director Dr. Mirta Roses Periago addressed the assemblage celebrating the launching of the Center for Law and the Public's Health as a PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center. The event took place at Georgetown University Law Center.
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Faces & Places: Empowering Vulnerable Communities.
Dr. Roses presentation at the 47th Directing Council. September 25, 2006.
Director's closing presentation at the Panel Discussion of Strategic Alliance for the Attainment of the Development Goals of the United Nations Millennium Declaration.
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Close the Gap of Health in the Least Protected Population.
Annual Report of the Director - 2006.
"The search for equity in health is one of the main objectives that guide" the Pan American Health Organization actions in the Americas, PAHO Director Dr. Mirta Roses said today, presenting her annual report to the organization's 47th Directing Council, an annual summit of health ministers who meet to discuss crucial public health issues. The report focuses on closing the gaps in health in the least protected populations in the Americas.
Annual Report of the Director 2006
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Working Together for the Health of the Americas.
Director's Annual Report - 2005.
In accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of the Pan American Health Organization, I have the honor to present the 2004-2005 annual report on the activities of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau, Regional Office of the World Health Organization. The report highlights the major events that have taken place during the period in the course of carrying out the program of technical cooperation within the framework of the Strategic Plan for the Pan American Sanitary Bureau, 2003-2007, defined by the Governing Bodies of the Pan American Health Organization.
Annual Report of the Director 2005
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