Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
Organisation panaméricaine de la santé (OPS)
Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS)
Organização Pan-Americana da Saúde (OPAS)
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Contact Details
URL: http://www.paho.org/
Founded
1947-10 Buenos Aires Argentina
History
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Ensure optimal health for peoples of the Americas; contribute to the wellbeing of their families and communities; lead strategic collaborative efforts among member countries and other partners to promote equity in health, combat disease and improve quality and length of life; encourage cooperation among the people of the Americas in charting a course to sustainable human development, leading to health for all and by all; work with the community to promote and protect health; collaborate with the international community, ministries of health, social security agencies and other government institutions, NGOs, universities, community groups and others to strengthen national and local health systems and improve health and wellbeing; defend the Americas against emerging or re-emerging dangerous infectious diseases; promote efforts leading to healthy public policies, healthy communities and health promotion, including measures to protect such high-risk groups as children, mothers, workers, indigenous peoples, the poor and the elderly.
Events
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Joint programme with WHO: U-XE9656 - Latin American Cancer Research Information Project (LACRIP).
Collaboration and links with:
- H-XF5352 - Andean Cooperation in Health;
- U-XG5650 - Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA);
- F-XF1971 - Caribbean Action Plan (CAR);
- D-XD4579 - Caribbean Community (CARICOM);
- U-XE3454 - Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC);
- E-XE1058 - Comisión Interamericana de Mujeres (CIM);
- D-XD8477 - Comisión Sudamericana para la Lucha contra la Fiebre Aftosa (COSALFA);
- E-XE6950 - Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA);
- E-XE4736 - Consejo de Ministros de Salud de Centroamérica (COMISCA);
- G-XG6835 - DANIDA;
- U-XG7316 - Department for International Development Cooperation;
- U-XG8887 - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ);
- H-XF0022 - Environmental Training Network for Latin America and the Caribbean;
- B-XB0971 - FAO;
- F-XF5032 - Hipólito Unanue Agreement;
- B-XB2183 - ILO;
- E-XE1054 - Inter-American Children's Institute (IIN);
- E-XE4660 - Inter-American Committee on Natural Disaster Reduction (IACNDR);
- H-XF1104 - Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor;
- F-XD1066 - Inter-American Conference on Social Security (ICSS);
- E-XE2432 - Inter-American Council for Integral Development;
- F-XF1069 - Inter-American Development Bank (IDB);
- E-XE0985 - Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission;
- U-XE1082 - Inter-American Indian Institute (IAII);
- H-XE2167 - Intergovernmental Commission for Chagas' Disease;
- B-XB1383 - International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA);
- F-XF1393 - International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD);
- B-XB1791 - International Development Association (IDA);
- E-XE0390 - International Development Research Centre (IDRC);
- E-XD2881 - Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning;
- E-XE6058 - Centro Latinoamericano de Administración para el Desarrollo (CLAD);
- F-XF6646 - Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences;
- S-XS0119 - Meeting of Ministers of Health in the Andean Region;
- G-XG6944 - Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad);
- B-XE2295 - World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH);
- F-XF6504 - OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID);
- E-XE6330 - PAHO/WHO Health Emergencies Department (PHE);
- U-XF1949 - Pan Caribbean Disaster Preparedness and Prevention Project (PCDPPP);
- F-XF2009 - Pharmaceutical Procurement Service (PSS);
- D-XD3154 - Organismo Internacional Regional de Sanidad Agropecuaria (OIRSA);
- H-XF0551 - Regional Nursing Body, CARICOM Community (RNB);
- E-XE2653 - Secretariat of the Basel Convention (SBC);
- F-XF4530 - Sistema Económico Latinoamericano (SELA);
- G-XG6910 - Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida);
- E-XE4161 - UNEP;
- E-XE3381 - UNCTAD;
- E-XE3382 - UNDP;
- B-XB3383 - UNESCO;
- E-XE6224 - UNESCO Regional Bureau for Culture for Latin America and the Caribbean;
- E-XE9580 - UNESCO Regional Bureau for Education in Latin America and the Caribbean;
- E-XE3016 - UNHCR;
- F-XF3380 - UNICEF;
- E-XE4175 - United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC);
- U-XF1522 - United Nations International Emergency Network (UNIENET);
- E-XK2002 - United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR);
- F-XF5606 - United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA);
- F-XF2488 - United Nations University (UNU);
- H-XE0968 - WHO Pan African Emergency Training Centre (PTC-Addis);
- E-XE9798 - WHO Regional Office for Europe;
- F-XE3543 - World Food Programme (WFP).
Links indicated by: F-XF5611 - White Helmets.
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Official links with:
- D-XD0362 - Asociación Latinoamericana de Industrias Farmacéuticas (ALIFAR);
- D-XD1049 - Inter-American Association of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering;
- F-XF5008 - Inter-American College of Radiology (IACR);
- F-XF3098 - InterAmerican Heart Foundation (IAHF);
- B-XB1792 - International Diabetes Federation (IDF) (North, Central and South American Regional Councils);
- F-XF0881 - Latin American and Caribbean Women's Health Network (LACWHN);
- D-XD3274 - Confederación Latinoamericana de Bioquimica Clinica (COLABIOCLI);
- D-XD7896 - Latin American Federation of Hospitals;
- D-XD2878 - Latin American Federation of the Pharmaceutical Industry;
- D-XD3058 - Pan American Federation of Associations of Medical Schools (PAFAMS);
- D-XD6111 - Pan American Federation of Nursing Professionals;
- B-XD8944 - World Association for Sexual Health (WAS).
Instrumental in setting up: F-XJ0752 - Red de Ciclovias Recreativas de las Américas (Red CRA).
Publications
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- Medicine → Pathology
- Living Conditions → Living Conditions
- Health → Health
- Health → WHO Bodies
- Development → Sustainable Development
- Community → Community
- Peace → Humanity
UN Sustainable Development Goals **
UIA Org ID
XE3060
** UN SDGs are linked to the subject classification.
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