48th Directing Council - Improving Blood Availability and Transfusion Safety in the Americas

48th Directing Council - Integrated Vector Management: A Comprehensive Response to Vector-Borne  Diseases

48th Directing Council - Panel on Primary Health Care: Addressing Health Determinants and Strengthening Health Systems

Panel on Primary Health Care: Addressing Health Determinants and Strengthening Health Systems - Provisional Agenda

48th DIRECTING COUNCIL - Population-Based and Individual Approaches to the Prevention and Management of Diabetes and Obesity

The first Ministerial Meeting of the Americas on Violence and Injury Prevention convened by Mexico's Minister of Health and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) in Merida, Mexico, 14 March 2008, adopted the Ministerial Declaration on Violence and Injury Prevention in the Americas (Annex A), emphasizing the need for additional efforts to solve this serious public health/developmental problem.

48th Directing Council - Preventing Violence and Injuries and Promoting Safety: a Call for Action in the Region

48th DIRECTING COUNCIL - Provisional Agenda

48th Directing Council - Public Health, Innovation, and Intellectual Property: A Regional Perspective

48th Directing Council - Regional Contribution to Global Ministerial Forum on Research for Health

48th Directing Council - Regional Contribution to Global Ministerial Forum on Research for Health

48th Directing Council - Regional Plan of Action for Strengthening Vital and Health Statistics

48th DIRECTING COUNCIL - Regional Strategy and Plan of Action for Cervical Cancer Prevention and Control

48th DIRECTING COUNCIL - Regional Strategy and Plan of Action for Neonatal Health within the Continuum of Maternal, Newborn, and Child Care

48th Directing Council - Regional Strategy and Plan of Action for Neonatal Health within the Continuum of Maternal, Newborn, and Child Care

48th Directing Council - Regional Strategy for Improving Adolescent and Youth Health

The Director has the honor to present a report on the status of quota contributions as of 31 July 2008. Collections are shown by Member State and by date of payment.

48th Directing Council - Report on the Collection of Quota Contributions

48th Directing Council - Report on the Collection of Quota Contributions

To provide the Directing Council with the latest information, a revised report on the status of quota contributions as of 22 September 2008 is presented herewith.

Annex

15th Inter-American Meeting at the Ministerial Level on Health and Agriculture (RIMSA): "Agriculture and Health: Alliance for Equity and Rural Development in the Americas" (Resolution CD48.R13)

Regional Plan of Action for Strengthening Vital and Health Statistics (Resolution CD48.R6)

15th INTER-AMERICAN MEETING, AT THE MINISTERIAL LEVEL, ON HEALTH AND AGRICULTURE (RIMSA): "AGRICULTURE AND HEALTH: ALLIANCE FOR EQUITY AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE AMERICAS"

48th Directing Council - Roundtable on Climate Change and its Impact on Public Health: A Regional Perspective – Background

48th Directing Council - Roundtable on Climate Change and its Impact on Public Health: A Regional Perspective Final Report

48th Directing Council - Roundtable on Climate Change and its Impact on Public Health: A Regional Perspective - Provisional Agenda

Salary of the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau and Amendment to Staff Regulation 4.3 (Document CD48/23)

Summary of the Panel on Primary Health Care: Addressing Health Determinants and Strengthening Health Systems –  Information document: WHO Global and Regional Meetings and Initiatives in Support of the Renewal of Primary Health Care

48th Directing Council - Summary of the Panel on Primary Health Care: Addressing Health Determinants and Strengthening Health Systems – Provisional Agenda

48th Directing Council - Toward the Elimination of Onchocerciasis (River Blindness) in the Americas

48th Directing Council - Who Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: Opportunities and Challenges for its Implementation in the Americas