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PAHO Director Mirta Roses Periago with WHO Director-General Jong-Wook Lee, who attended PAHO's 44th Directing Council meeting in Washington, D.C., in September. (All photos by Armando Waak/PAHO

Bahamas' Minister of Health Marcus Bethel (left), president of PAHO's 44th Directing Council, speaks with Antonio González Fernández from Cuba's Ministry of Health.

PAHO Director Mirta Roses consults with U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona (center) and Rear Admiral Richard Walling of the U.S. Public Health Service.

PAHO Deputy Director Joxel García (left) confers with Claudia Guerrero, head of international affairs in Panama's Ministry of Health, at the 44th Directing Council meeting.

Former ministers of health Javier Tórres Goitia of Bolivia (left) and David Tejada de Rivero of Peru were special guests at PAHO's 44th Directing Council meeting. Tejada organized the 1978 Alma-Ata conference on primary health care as then assistant director of WHO.