General Committee Permanent Council of the Organization of American States

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General Committee Permanent Council of
theOrganization of American States

• REPORT OF THE PANAMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION TO
  THE PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE OAS
• Mirta Roses Periago
• Director

Washington DC, 12 March 2008
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Reports of the Panamerican Sanitary Bureau
Quinquennial Report 2003-2007 of the Director
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REPORT OF THE PANAMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION TO
THE PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE OAS

• HEALTH, A CRITICAL FACTOR FOR DEVELOPMENT

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HEALTH, A CRITICAL FACTOR FOR DEVELOPMENT

• The institutional transformation
• United Nation reform
• Use of the information and communication
  technologies Illuminate lives, Campus virtual of
  Public Health, e.g.
• International cooperation and new partners in a
  globalized world
• United Nation System
• Inter american system

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REPORT OF THE PANAMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION TO
THE PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE OAS

• THE UNFINISHED AGENDA THE ETHICS OF HEALTH
  AND DEVELOPMENT

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THE UNFINISHED AGENDA THE ETHICS OF HEALTH AND
DEVELOPMENT

• Care of Vulnerable Groups
• Malnutrition and Food Insecurity
• Child and maternal health maternal

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THE UNFINISHED AGENDA THE ETHICS OF HEALTH AND
DEVELOPMENT

• Communicable Diseases
• Tropical and Neglected Diseases

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REPORT OF THE PANAMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION TO
THE PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE OAS

• HEALTH ACHIEVEMENTS AND SOCIAL PROTECTION ON
  HEALTH

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HEALTH ACHIEVEMENTS AND SOCIAL PROTECTION ON
HEALTH

• Extension of Social Protection in Health
• Progress toward the Renewal of Primary Health
  Care in the Region of the Americas
• Human Resources trained have a fundamental Role
  in Health

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HEALTH ACHIEVEMENTS AND SOCIAL PROTECTION ON
HEALTH

• Disaster Preparedness and Other Unforeseen
  Situations Important for Health
• Achievements in the fight against
  vaccine-preventable diseases
• Health Promotion

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Vaccination Week Results 2007
HEALTH ACHIEVEMENTS AND SOCIAL PROTECTION ON
HEALTH

• - Andean Region 11,284,046 persons
• Central America and Spanish-speaking Caribbean
  10,810,337 persons
• - Southern Cone and Brazil 18,347,938 persons
• - Mexico 6,983,224 persons
• - English-and French-speaking Caribbean 162,220
  persons

• TOTAL 47,587,765 persons
• Participation of 45 countries and territories

Canada, the United States, and the majority of
Caribbean countries focused their efforts on
social communication activities.
Source Country Reports 2007
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CARICOM  SUMMIT ON CHRONIC NON-COMMUNICABLE
DISEASES (CNCDs)15 September 2007Port-of-Spain,
Trinidad and Tobago
HEALTH ACHIEVEMENTS AND SOCIAL PROTECTION ON
HEALTH
Health Promotion
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REPORT OF THE PANAMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION TO
THE PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE OAS
HEALTH CHALLENGES OF THE NEXT DECADE AND PAHO
PREPARED FOR FACING THEM

   la
 HUMAN SECURITY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL
REGULATION CLIMATE
CHANGE
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En el marco de la37a. Asamblea General de la OEA
Se realizó el lanzamiento de La Agenda de Salud
de las Américas. Ciudad Panamá, 3 de Junio 2007
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CCS in PAHOs Planning process
WHO General Program of Work 06-15 (Global Health
Agenda)
Health Agenda for the Americas 2008-2017

• WHO Medium-Term Strategic
• Plan 2008-2013
• Strategic Objective (SOs)
• Resultados Previstos a nivel
• de toda la Organización (RPOs)

Regional Priorities
Collectively the CCS guide the planning,
budgeting and allocation of PAHOSs resources to
the countries

• PASB Strategic Plan
• 2008-2012
• SOs are equivalent to the WHO MTSP
• RERs respond to the RPOs

Subregional Priorities
National Priorities
Subregional Cooperation Strategy (SCS)
Country Cooperation Strategy (CCS)
In a specific country, CCS guides the operational
planning and country presence of PAHO
PTB Subregional
PTB PWR

• PTB Plan de Trabajo Bienal
• PEPM Plan Estratégico de Plazo Medio

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Oncoming events

• Vaccination Week in the Americas (VWA) 2008. 19
  26 April 2008.
• 9th World Conference on Injury Prevention and
  Safety Promotion. March 15 -18, 2008, Merida
  México.
• XVII International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2008),
  México, DF.
• 8th Regional Congress on Health Sciences
  Information (CRICS 8). September 16-19, 2008, in
  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 
• Inter-American Meeting, at Ministerial Level, on
  Health and Agriculture (RIMSA). June 9 13,
  2008. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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• Muchas Gracias
• Thank You
• Muito Obrigada
• Merci