The Pan American Health Organization

The publishing enterprise at the Pan American Health Organization.

First, let me welcome you to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). We are always happy to arrange interregional meetings here at PAHO, not only because we like to play host to our colleagues from other parts of the World Health Organization (WHO), but because we all learn so much from the sharing of experiences. Although from time immemorial there have been means of communicating across ...

The Pan American Health Organization and World Diabetes Day.

the eightieth anniversary of the discovery of insulin by Frederick Banting and Charles Best. This year is also the fifth anniversary of the Declaration of the Americas on Diabetes (DOTA), which the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the International Diabetes Federation (IDF), and other partners established to promote better health for people affected by diabetes in the Region of the Amer...

Food protection activities of the Pan American Health Organization.

One of the most widespread health problems in the Caribbean and Latin America is contaminated food and foodborne illness. The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has been a major force in activities to strengthen food protection. The program within the regional Program of Technical Cooperation is administered by the Veterinary Public Health program and under the guidance of the Pan Americ...

PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 13th INTER-AMERICAN MEETING, AT THE MINISTERIAL LEVEL, ON HEALTH AND AGRICULTURE

PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 126th SESSION OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Pursuant to Resolution CE120.R11 of the Executive Committee (1997), which recommends strengthening technical support for specific initiatives aimed at the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases, the PAHO Program on Noncommunicable Diseases has developed an approach that integrates health promotion, primary prevention, and management of noncommunicable diseases. This rationale is bas...