Coverage of the Governing Bodies
Governing Bodies of the Pan American Health Organization comprises the following: The Pan American Sanitary Conference, the Directing Council, and the Executive Committee. The auxiliary advisory body to the Executive Committee is the Subcommittee on Program, Budget, and Administration.
News Related to Meetings of the Governing Bodies
Nine-member governing body endorses a strategy to advance universal health coverage, which will be submitted for approval by PAHO's 53rd Directing Council in September
Washington, D.C., 20 June 2014 (PAHO/WHO) — The Executive Committee of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) concluded its 154th session on 20 June with the approval of a…
Washington, D.C., 12 June 2020 (PAHO/WHO) - Ambassadors and representatives to the Organization of American States (OAS) were briefed today by Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director Carissa F. Etienne on the upcoming meeting of PAHO's Executive Committee (16-20 June 2014).
The Executive Committee is one of PAHO's Governing Bodies and…
Washington, DC, June 21 2013 (PAHO/WHO) — The Executive Committee of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) finished its 152th session at the headquarters of the Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health Organization (WHO), with the approval of several resolutions that will be discussed in September by all health ministers from the…
Washington, D.C., 24 September 2012 (PAHO/WHO) — Health authorities from throughout the Americas agreed on a series of joint public health actions during the 28th Pan American Sanitary Conference, held last week at the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) in Washington, D.C.
The conference, held every five years,…
Washington, D.C., 20 september 2012 (PAHO/WHO) - Representatives of Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) member countries today discussed options for maintaining support from the GAVI Alliance for acquisition of new vaccines, strengthening health systems and other vaccine-related interventions in six countries that have been benefiting from…
Dr. Etienne will begin her five-year term on 1 February 2013, succeeding Dr. Mirta Roses Periago of Argentina, who has been PAHO Director since 2003.
Washington, D.C., 19 September 2012 (PAHO/WHO) — Dr. Carissa Etienne, a native of Dominica, will be the new Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). She was elected today by PAHO…
Washington, D.C., 18 September 2012 (PAHO/WHO) — The Member States of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) will elect a new Director of the Organization on Wednesday, Sept. 19, during the 28th Pan American Sanitary Conference, which is being held this week in Washington, D.C.
According to the rules governing the election of the Director,…
Washington, D.C., 18 September 2012 (PAHO/WHO) - Several distinguished public health leaders and organizations were honored last night during the fourth annual Awards for Excellence in Inter-American Public Health. The awards, sponsored by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Pan American Health and Education Foundation (PAHEF), are…
During the past 110 years, health in the Americas has improved significantly, but inequalities persist, says the 2012 PAHO/WHO report Health in the Americas
Washington, D.C., 18 September 2012 (PAHO/WHO) — Average life expectancy in Latin America and the Caribbean rose from 29 years in 1900 to 74 years in 2010, and today 98% of children live to…