CD55/DIV/7 - Annual Report of the Director 2015-2016 - Championing Health for Sustainable Development and Equity: Catalyzing Public Health Action

Speech by Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau, on 26 September 2016, in Washington, D.C., to the 55TH Directing Council of PAHO, 68th Session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Americas.

Honorable President of the 55th Directing Council, Dr. Edna Yolani Batres, 
Honorable Ministers & Secretaries of Health of PAHO Member States, 
Director General of the World Health Organization, Dr. Margaret Chan, 
Deputy Director General of WHO, Dr. Asamoa Baah, 
Distinguished Delegates, 
Distinguished Members of the Diplomatic Corps, 
Representatives of Non-Governmental Organizations in formal relations with the Pan American Health Organization, 
Representatives of the United Nations and Other Specialized Agencies, 
Fellow PAHO and WHO Colleagues, 
Esteemed Ladies & Gentlemen: 

A very good morning to you all.

This morning I have the distinct honor and privilege of presenting to you the 2016 Annual Report of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau, the Secretariat of the Pan American Health Organization. This report provides an account of the Bureau’s technical cooperation with its Member States during the period, July 2015 through June 2016.

As has been our practice, we selected a focus around which to anchor this annual report based on the most salient achievements as well as those significant challenges encountered during the review period...