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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.
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).
Through the annual Malaria Champion of the Americas competition, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the United Nations Foundation, the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health (MISPH), and the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health's Center for Communication Programs (JHU-CCP) (the PAHO Foundation was a previous sponsor of this Forum) seek to ...
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]
This list is derived from World Health Statistics 2011, issued under the auspices of the United Nations by the World Health Organization. You can find the latest WHO statistical reports here . The 2017 Annex listing countries by region can be found here .
Roses Periago took office as director of PAHO on February 1, 2003, for an initial five-year term, the first woman to head the organization as well as the first female Regional Director of the World Health Organization; [2] she was re-elected in 2007. After the end of her second term, she retired and returned to Buenos Aires.
This is a list of recipients of the United Arab Emirates Health Foundation Prize awarded by World Health Organization (WHO). The prize was established in 1993 under the directive of HM Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahayyan (1918–2004). The prize consists of a certified award, a plaque, and up to $40,000 USD.
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