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
Washington, D.C. September 20, 2021 (PAHO) – At the opening of the Pan American Health Organization's (PAHO) 59th Directing Council today, Director Carissa F. Etienne presented the Organization's Annual Report, which summarizes technical cooperation provided to member countries. The report focuses on assistance to help countries respond…
The meeting will take place virtually from September 20-24. The presidents of Chile and Costa Rica, as well as the highest health authorities of the Americas will speak at the opening session on Monday, which can be followed live on the organization’s channels
Washington, D.C., 17 September (PAHO/WHO)- Ministers of Health and other high-level…
Equal access to vaccines, building resilient health systems, and regional production of health technologies were some of the vital issues at this high-level meeting.
Washington, D.C., 25 June 2021 (PAHO/WHO) –The Pan American Health Organization’s (PAHO) Executive Committee concluded its 168th Session with draft resolutions on key issues such as…
The Americas will most likely experience recurring epidemic waves and outbreaks of COVID-19, interspersed with periods of low-level transmission over the next 24 months, pending a safe vaccine
Washington, D.C., 30 September 2020 (PAHO/WHO) – Health ministers from countries in the Americas yesterday committed…
Washington, D.C., 28 Sept. 2020 (PAHO/WHO) – Since well before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, a key area of the Pan American Health Organization’s (PAHO) technical cooperation was building its member countries’ capacities to prepare for and respond to disease outbreaks and epidemics. Since the pandemic arrived in the Americas, PAHO has…
Health authorities discuss effects of COVID-19 and strategies to combat the pandemic at virtual PAHO Directing Council meeting
Washington, D.C., 28 September 2020 (PAHO/WHO) – Countries must cooperate to fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and adapt, innovate and reorient public health work, the Director of the Pan American…
Health authorities will discuss the region's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and other challenges on Sept.28-29. Colombia's President Ivan Duque and Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley are among the officials scheduled to open the virtual event.
Washington, D.C., 25 September 2020 (PAHO/WHO) - Ministers of Health…
Washington, D.C., 24 June 2020 (PAHO/WHO) - The Executive Committee of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) concluded its 166th session yesterday, in a virtual format, addressing resolutions related to the COVID-19 pandemic in the region of the Americas, PAHO’s governance reforms and other documents relating to the organization's…
Washington D.C., 10 October 2019 - The Plan of Action for Strengthening Information Systems for Health 2019-2023 was approved today by the 57th Directing Council of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau / Pan American Health Organization. The plan was supported by all countries of the Region, and 18 country representatives to the meeting…