A selection of photographs from the 53rd Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization


Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, PAHO/WHO Director with Dr. Jarbas Barbosa da Silva, President of the 154th Executive Committee (10/03/2014)

PAHO and Gates Foundation meeting - Understanding the current global vaccine market and its dynamics (10/03/2014)

Closure of the 53rd Directing Council - Dr. Francisco Becerra, PAHO/WHO Assistant Director; Andres Coitiño, Director of International Relations and Cooperation of Uruguay; Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, PAHO/WHO Director; Dr. John Boyce, Barbados Minister of Health and Vice President of the 53rd Directing Council; Dr. Jarbas Barbosa da Silva, Brazil Secretary of Health Surveillance; Dr. Jon Andrus, PAHO/WHO Deputy Director (10/03/2014)

53rd Directing Council - Panel assessment on accountability for the health of women and children (IErg) (10/03/2014)

Closure of the 53rd Directing Council (10/03/2014)

Health authorities starting the 5th (an last) day of the 53rd Directing Council (10/03/2014)

Admiral Boris D. Lushniak, U.S. Surgeon General and Dr. Jon Andrus, PAHO/WHO Deputy Director (10/02/2014)

Dra. María Elena López, Costa Rica Minister of Health (10/02/2014)

Dr. Sylvain Aldighieri, Head of PAHO's IHR and epidemic response team; Dr. Carissa Etienne, PAHO/WHO Director; Dr. Lorenzo Hidalgo, Ministry of Health of the Dominican Republic and President of the 53rd Directing Council; Dr. Jon Andrus, PAHO/WHO Deputy Director; Andres Coitiño, Director of International Relations and Cooperation of Uruguay; Dr. Jarbas Barbosa da Silva, Brazil Secretary of Health Surveillance (10/02/2014)

Mr. Esteban M. Alzamora, PMIS Project Manager and Mr. Gerald Anderson, PAHO Director of Administration addressing the Directing Council on the status of the project for modernization of the PASB Management Information System (PMIS) (10/02/2014)

Hon. John Boyce, Barbados Minister of Health (10/02/2014)

Dr. Ciro Ugarte, PAHO/WHO Director of Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Relief; Dr. Carissa Etienne, PAHO/WHO Director; Dr. Freddy Hidalgo, Minister of Health of the Dominican Republic and President of the 53rd Directing Council; Dr. Jon Andrus, PAHO/WHO Deputy Director; Andres Coitiño, Director of International Relations and Cooperation of Uruguay; Dr. Jarbas Barbosa da Silva, Brazil Secretary of Health Surveillance    (10/02/2014)

Dr. Cuauhtemoc Ruiz Matus, PAHO/WHO Director of Family, Gender and Lifecourse; Dr. Juan Carlos Silva, PAHO/WHO Regional Advisor for Visual Health; Dr. Carissa Etienne, PAHO/WHO Director; Dr. Freddy Hidalgo, Minister of Health of the Dominican Republic and President of the 53rd Directing Council; Dr. Jon Andrus, PAHO/WHO Deputy Director; Andres Coitiño, Director of International Relations and Cooperation of Uruguay; Dr. Jarbas Barbosa da Silva, Brazil Secretary of Health Surveillance   (10/02/2014)

Dr. Lorenzo Freddy Hidalgo, Minister of Health and Social Welfare of the Dominican Republic is recognized for his work as President of the 53th Directing Council (10/02/2014)

Ebola and Chikungunya Informative Session: Dr. Marcos Espinal, PAHO/WHO Director of Communicable Diseases and Health Analysis (10/02/2014)

Ebola and Chikungunya Informative Session: Dr. Sylvain Aldighieri, PAHO/WHO Unit Chief of Communicable Diseases and Health Analysis (10/02/2014)

Informative Session on Ebola and Chikungunya and its implications for the Region (10/02/2014)

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Mexican Agency for International Development Cooperation (AMEXCID) signed a protocol of intent for cooperation to improve health in the Americas (10/02/2014)

Mirta Roses, Board Member of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria for Latin America and the Caribbean, and Director Emeritus of PAHO (10/01/2014)

Ebola Protective Gear Display (10/01/2014)

Dr. Francisco Becerra, PAHO/WHO Assistant Director with Homero Hernandez, GAVI (10/01/2014)

Minister Of Health of Costa Rica, María Elena López and Dr. Amalia Del Riego, PAHO/WHO (09/30/2014)

Dr. Francisco Becerra, PAHO Assistant Director (09/30/2014)

Carissa Etienne, Director of PAHO/WHO at OAS Secretary General Breakfast (09/30/2014)

Albert Ramdin Assistant Secretary General OAS (09/30/2014)

Carissa Etienne, PAHO/WHO Director with Jon Andrus, PAHO/WHO Deputy Director (09/30/2014)

Carissa F. Etienne, PAHO/WHO Director and Carina Vance, Minister of Public Health of Ecuador (09/29/2014)

PAHO/WHO Director and Minister of Public Health of Dominican Republic (09/29/2014)

Carissa F. Etienne opens +Social Good broadcast (09/30/2014)

Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, PAHO/WHO Director with Water with Blessings, PAHO Foundation Award Winner. (09/30/2014)

Dr. Mercedes Juan, Mexico Secretary of Health; Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, PAHO/WHO Director; Ambassador Jimmy Kolker, US Department of Health and Human Services; Ignacio Mastroleo, PAHO Foundation Award Winner. (10/01/2014)

Ignacio Mastroleo, of Argentina, received the Manueal Velasco Suárez Award for Excellence in Bioethics from PAHO and the PAHO Foundation (09/30/2014)

Virginia Micaela de la Puente León, a graduate of the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia in Lima, received the Pedro N. Acha Award for Excellence in Veterinary Public Health from PAHO and the PAHO Foundation (09/30/2014)

Mario Alberto Rodríguez Pérez, of Mexico, received the Fred L. Soper Award for Excellence in Public Health Literature from PAHO and the PAHO Foundation (09/29/2014)

Miguel Ángel Lezana Fernández, of Mexico, was presented the PAHO Award for Administratio for his leadership in the field of epidemiological surveillance and health information systems (09/29/2014)

Water with Blessings, a nonprofit organization based in the United States, won the Clarence H. Moore Award for Excellence in Voluntary Service, presented by PAHO and the PAHO Foundation (09/29/2014)

Javier Torres-Goitía Torres, of Bolivia, is the winner of the Sérgio Arouca Award for Excellence in Universal Health Care and the Abraham Horwitz Award for Excellence in Inter-American Leadership in Public Health (09/29/2014)

First Lady of Puerto Rico, Wilma Pastrana Jiménez (09/29/2014)

The Minister of Public Health and Social Welfare of the Dominican Republic, Freddy Hidalgo, was elected president of the 53rd Directing Council (09/29/2014)

Anarfi Samoa-Baah, Deputy Director-General of the World Health Organization, during his speech at the opening of the 53rd Directing Council of PAHO (09/29/2014)

The Secretary General of the Organization of American States, José Miguel Insulza, during the opening of the 53rd Directing Council of PAHO (09/29/2014)

Sylvia Mathews Burwell, United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, during the opening of the 53rd Directing Council of PAHO (09/29/2014)

PAHO Director, Carissa F. Etienne, addresses the plenary of the 53rd Directing Council of PAHO during the opening session (09/29/2014)

Minister of Health of Ecuador and outgoing president of the PAHO Directing Council, Carina Vance, during her address to the highest health authorities from the Americas (09/29/2014)

Ferdinando Regalia, Social Protection and Health Division Chief at the Inter-American Development Bank, spoke at the opening of the 53rd Directing Council of PAHO (09/29/2014)

The highest authorities of Health of the Americas were present at the opening of the 53rd Directing Council of PAHO, 29 September 2014, in Washington, DC (09/29/2014)

PAHO Director (left) and Sonia Merlyn Johnny, St Lucia Ambassador and President of the OAS Permanent Council (09/26/2014)

PAHO Director Dr. Carissa F. Etienne met with OAS Ambassadors to inform them about the topics to be addressed at the 53rd Directing Council (09/26/2014)

Special Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) meeting
 at PAHO, with the participation of CARICOM Health Ministers

Meeting of the Special Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) at PAHO, with the participation of CARICOM Health Ministers