Pan-American Health Organization
- The Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) is a specialized international health agency for the Americas who worked with countries to improve and protect people's health.
- PAHO was established in December 1902, and is based in Washington, D.C. and operates under the leadership of 51 member countries and territories (of which Canada and the United States are part of).
- PAHO is part of the United Nations and the Pan-American Sanitary Bureau (PASB), which is the Secretariat of the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) and is the oldest, continuously functioning, international health agency in the world.
- The relationship between PAHO and the United States of America originates back to the founding of the Organization when 11 countries (including the US) met in Washington, DC in December 1902, at the first General International Sanitary Convention of the American Republics who had a goal to ensure effective cooperation in promoting good health in the Americas.
- Canada has been actively engaged in achieving proper health in the America's since 1971 when they joined PAHO and the World Health Organization.
- Canada has its own PAHO Portal where it discusses health issues in the Americas in a user-friendly space and works alongside Government of Canada institutions who work alongside PAHO regularly.
Citation
"Who We Are." PAHO: Pan American Health Organization. World Health Organization. Accessed on May 24, 2022. https://www.paho.org/en/who-we-are#:~:text=We%20provide%20technical%20cooperation%20to,specialized%20centers%20in%20the%20region.
Further Readings
For Canada's role in PAHO:
https://www.paho.org/en/canada & https://www3.paho.org/canada/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12:paho-canada-about&Itemid=303&lang=en
For the U.S.' role in PAHO: https://www.paho.org/en/united-states-america
Overlapping Topics
Health Care
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Info Note