PAHO is financed through quota contributions from its Member States, WHO allocations, and voluntary contributions from governments, international organizations, and the public and private sectors.
From the Constitution of the Pan American Health Organization:
Article 2. Membership:
A. All American States are entitled to membership in the Organization. (American States which are Members of the Organization are hereinafter called Member Governments.)
B. Territories or groups of territories within the Western Hemisphere which are not responsible for the conduct of their international relations shall have the right to be represented and to participate in the Organization. The nature and extent of the rights and obligations of these territories or groups of territories in the Organization shall be determined in each case by the Directing Council after consultation with the Government or other authorities having responsibility for their international relations (hereinafter called Participating Governments).
It is understood that Member Governments having under their jurisdiction subordinate territories and peoples within the Western Hemisphere will apply the provisions of the Pan American Sanitary Code and of this Constitution to such territories and peoples.
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MEMBER STATES |
DATE OF ADMISSION |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 20 September 1982 |
| Argentina | 27 September 1937 |
| Bahamas | 08 October 1974 |
| Barbados | 02 October 1967 |
| Belize | 20 September 1982 |
| Bolivia | 22 March 1929 |
| Brazil | 29 October 1929 |
| Canada | 27 September 1971 |
| Chile | 03 October 1929 |
| Colombia | 21 June 1933 |
| Costa Rica | 13 December 1926 |
| Cuba | 26 June 1925 |
| Dominica | 21 September 1981 |
| Dominican Republic | 18 November 1929 |
| Ecuador | 27 September 1930 |
| El Salvador | 28 May 1926 |
| Grenada | 29 September 1977 |
| Guatemala | 10 May 1933 |
| Guyana | 02 October 1967 |
| Haiti | 25 June 1926 |
| Honduras | 15 January 1957 |
| Jamaica | 23 August 1962 |
| Mexico | 01 March 1929 |
| Nicaragua | 17 December 1925 |
| Panama | 09 March 1929 |
| Paraguay | 14 June 1939 |
| Peru | 20 November 1926 |
| Saint Lucia | 22 September 1980 |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 21 September 1981 |
| St. Kitts and Nevis | 24 September 1984 |
| Suriname | 29 September 1976 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 20 September 1963 |
| United States of America | 28 March 1925 |
| Uruguay | 14 December 1928 |
| Venezuela | 13 March 1933 |
| PARTICIPATING STATES | DATE OF ADMISSION |
| France | October 1951 |
| The Netherlands | October 1951 |
| United Kingdom | October 1951 |
| ASSOCIATE MEMBERS | DATE OF ADMISSION |
| Aruba | September 2012 |
| Curaçao | September 2012 |
| Puerto Rico | September 1992 |
| Sint Maarten | September 2012 |
| OBSERVER STATES | DATE OF ADMISSION |
| Spain | September 1980 |
| Portugal | September 1986 |