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The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) in charge of international health cooperation in the Americas. It fosters technical cooperation among member countries to fight communicable and noncommunicable diseases, strengthen health systems, and respond to emergencies and disasters.
Etienne was the Assistant Director of PAHO from 2003 to 2008. [6] She served as the Assistant Director-General of Health Systems and Services at the World Health Organization in 2008–12. [7] [8] She was elected PAHO director in September 2012 and took up the position, which has a five-year term, in February 2013. [8]
Homer Airport (IATA: HOM, ICAO: PAHO, FAA LID: HOM) is a state-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) east of the central business district of Homer, [1] a town in the Kenai Peninsula Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska.
The Pan American Journal of Public Health (Spanish: Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública; Portuguese: Revista Pan-Americana de Saúde Pública) is a peer-reviewed open-access public health journal covering research and case studies on issues of public health significance, mainly in areas related to national and local health systems, to improve the health of the peoples of the Americas. [1]
At PAHO, among several duties, he oversaw departments of Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Relief; and Knowledge Management and Communication. Prior to that, he was the lead technical advisor for PAHO's immunization program, providing oversight and guidance for PAHO's technical cooperation to member countries.
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UFHI (Uniting for Health Innovation), formerly the PAHO Foundation, is a non-government organization whose purpose is to respond to existing and emerging health threats in the Americas. [ 1 ] UFHI was established by the Pan American Health Organization on September 5, 1968 under the name Pan American Health and Education Foundation (PAHEF).
Brazil, Argentina, and Chile were engaged in a hospital accreditation program in the 1990s in collaboration with PAHO. [3] [4] Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) [3]