57th Directing Council, 71st Session of the Regional Committee of WHO for the Americas

Washington, D.C., 30 September - 4 October 2019 

The Council meets once a year in those years when the Conference does not meet. It acts on behalf of the Conference between sessions of the Conference.

Final Report | Diverse Documents | Official Documents | Working Documents | Information Documents | Resolutions


Official Documents

  • OD357 - Financial Report of the Director and Report of the External Auditor for 2018
  • OD359 - Strategic Plan of the Pan American Health Organization 2020-2025
    • OD359, Add. I - Strategic Plan of the Pan American Health Organization 2020-2025
  • OD358 - Program Budget of the Pan American Health Organization 2020-2021
    • OD358, Add. I - Program Budget of the Pan American Health Organization 2020-2021
    • OD358, Add. II - Program Budget of the Pan American Health Organization 2020-2021

Working Documents 

  • CD57/1, Rev. 2
    - Agenda
  •  CD57/2
    - Annual Report of the President of the Executive Committee
  • CD57/3, Rev. 1
    - Annual Report of the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau
  •  CD57/4
    - Election of Three Member States to the Executive Committee on the Expiration of the Periods of Office of Brazil, Colombia, and Panama
  •  CD57/5
    - PAHO Budget Policy
  •  CD57/6
    - Scale of Assessed Contributions for 2020-2021
  • CD57/7
    - PAHO Disease Elimination Initiative: A Policy for an Integrated Sustainable Approach to Communicable Diseases in the Americas
  • CD57/8
    - Plan of Action for the Elimination of Industrially Produced Trans-Fatty Acids 2020-2025
  •  CD57/9, Rev, 1
    - Plan of Action for Strengthening Information Systems for Health 2019-2023
  •  CD57/10
    - Strategy and Plan of Action on Health Promotion within the Context of the Sustainable Development Goals 2019-2030
  •  CD57/11
    - Strategy and Plan of Action on Donation and Equitable Access to Organ, Tissue, and Cell Transplants 2019-2030
  •  CD57/12
    - Strategy and Plan of Action to Improve Quality of Care in Health Service Delivery 2020-2025
  • CD57/13, Rev. 1
    - Strategy and Plan of Action on Ethnicity and Health 2019-2025
  •  CD57/14
    - Expanded Textbook and Instructional Materials Program (PALTEX)
  •  CD57/15
    - Report on the Collection of Assessed Contributions
  • CD57/15, Add. I
    - Report on the Collection of Assessed Contributions
  •  CD57/16
    - PAHO Award for Health Services Management and Leadership 2019

Information Documents

  •  CD57/INF/1
    - Report on Strategic Issues between PAHO and WHO
  •  CD57/INF/2
    - Regional Consultation on the Results Framework of the Thirteenth General Programme of Work 2019-2023 of the World Health Organization
  •  CD57/INF/3
    - Monitoring of the Resolutions and Mandates of the Pan American Health Organization
  •  CD57/INF/4
    - Implementation of the International Health Regulations (IHR)
  •  CD57/INF/5
    - Primary Health Care for Universal Health
  • CD57/INF/6
    - Report of the Commission on Equity and Health Inequalities in the Americas
  •  CD57/INF/7
    - PAHO’s Response to Maintaining an Effective Technical Cooperation Agenda in Venezuela and Neighboring Member States
  •  CD57/INF/8
    - Strategy and Plan of Action on Adolescent and Youth Health: Final Report
  •  CD57/INF/9
    - Plan of Action on the Health of Older Persons, Including Active and Healthy Aging: Final Report
  • CD57/INF/10
    - Progress Reports on Technical Matters:
    • pdf A. Plan of Action for the Elimination of Neglected Infectious Diseases and Post-elimination Actions 2016-2022: Midterm Review
    • pdf B. Plan of Action for the Sustainability of Measles, Rubella, and Congenital Rubella Syndrome Elimination in the Americas 2018-2023: Progress Report
    • C. Chronic Kidney Disease in Agricultural Communities in Central America: Progress Report
    • D. Cooperation for Health Development in the Americas: Progress Report
    • E. Plan of Action on Immunization: Progress Report
  •  CD57/INF/11
    - Resolutions and other Actions of Intergovernmental Organizations of Interest to PAHO:
    •   A. Seventy-second World Health Assembly
    •   B. Forty-ninth Regular Session of the General Assembly of the Organization of American States
    •   C. Subregional Organizations
  •  CD57/INF/12
    - Potential Health Effects of Sargassum

Resolutions

  • CD57.R1
    - Collection of Assessed Contributions
  • CD57.R2
    - Strategic Plan of the Pan American Health Organization 2020-2025
  • CD57.R3
    - PAHO Budget Policy
  • CD57.R4
    - Scale of Assessed Contributions for 2020-2021
  • CD57.R5
    - Program Budget of the Pan American Health Organization 2020-2021
  • CD57.R6
    - Assessed Contributions of the Member States, Participating States, and Associate Members of the Pan American Health Organization for 2020-2021
  • CD57.R7
    - PAHO Disease Elimination Initiative: A Policy for an Integrated Sustainable Approach to Communicable Diseases in the Americas
  • CD57.R8
    - Election of Three Member States to the Executive Committee on the Expiration of the Periods of Office of Brazil, Colombia, and Panama
  • CD57.R9
    - Plan of Action for Strengthening Information Systems for Health 2019-2023
  • CD57.R10
    - Strategy and Plan of Action on Health Promotion within the Context of the Sustainable Development Goals 2019-2030
  • CD57.R11
    - Strategy and Plan of Action on Donation and Equitable Access to Organ, Tissue, and Cell Transplants 2019-2030
  • CD57.R12
    - Plan of Action for the Elimination of Industrially Produced Trans-Fatty Acids 2020-2025
  • CD57.R13
    - Strategy and Plan of Action to Improve Quality of Care in Health Service Delivery 2020-2025
  • CD57.R14
    - Strategy and Plan of Action on Ethnicity and Health 2019-2025
  • CD57.R15
    - Expanded Textbook and Instructional Materials Program (PALTEX)

Diverse Documents

  • CD57/DIV/LP
    - List of Participants
  • CD57/DIV/WP, Rev. 2
    - Preliminary Program of Meetings
  • CD57/DIV/1
    - Decisions
  •  CD57/DIV/2
    - Opening Remarks by the Outgoing President of the PAHO Directing Council, Hon. Dr. Duane Sands, Minister of Health of Bahamas
  •  CD57/DIV/3
    - Welcoming Remarks by Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau and Regional Director for the Americas of the World Health Organization
  •  CD57/DIV/4
    - Opening Remarks by Hon. Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of Health and Human Services of the United States of America
  •  CD57/DIV/5
    - Opening Remarks by Hon. Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization
  •  CD57/DIV/6
    - Presentation of the 2019 Annual Report, Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, Director of the Pan American Health Organization and Regional Director for the Americas of the World Health Organization