Organización Panamericana de la Salud

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American Health Organization administration building
Main auditorium

The Pan American Health Organization (OPS; English Pan American Health Organization , PAHO; German  Pan American Health Organization ) is founded on December 2, 1902 International Organization of the Americas. In addition to the headquarters in Washington, DC, there are 27 country offices in various countries and nine research laboratories and centers.

The OPS is a regional organization of the World Health Organization . According to Article 54 of the Constitution of the World Health Organization of July 22, 1946, the OPS is to be incorporated into the World Health Organization in due course ; However, this was not implemented.

The working languages ​​are English, Spanish, Portuguese and French.

Members

35 American states belong to the organization :

Country accession
Antigua and BarbudaAntigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda 20th September 1982
ArgentinaArgentina Argentina September 27, 1937
BahamasBahamas Bahamas October 8, 1974
BarbadosBarbados Barbados October 2nd, 1967
BelizeBelize Belize 20th September 1982
BoliviaBolivia Bolivia March 22, 1929
BrazilBrazil Brazil October 29, 1929
CanadaCanada Canada September 27, 1971
ChileChile Chile October 3, 1929
ColombiaColombia Colombia June 21, 1933
Costa RicaCosta Rica Costa Rica December 13, 1926
CubaCuba Cuba June 22, 1925
DominicaDominica Dominica September 21, 1981
EcuadorEcuador Ecuador 27 September 1930
El SalvadorEl Salvador El Salvador May 28, 1926
Germany team all GermanAll-German team Germany March 28, 1925
GrenadaGrenada Grenada 29th September 1977
GuatemalaGuatemala Guatemala May 10, 1933
GuyanaGuyana Guyana October 2nd, 1967
HaitiHaiti Haiti June 25, 1926
HondurasHonduras Honduras January 15, 1957
JamaicaJamaica Jamaica 23rd August 1962
MexicoMexico Mexico March 1, 1929
NicaraguaNicaragua Nicaragua December 17, 1927
PanamaPanama Panama March 9, 1929
ParaguayParaguay Paraguay June 14, 1939
PeruPeru Peru November 20, 1926
Dominican RepublicDominican Republic Dominican Republic November 18, 1929
Saint LuciaSt. Lucia St. Lucia September 22, 1980
Saint Kitts NevisSt. Kitts and Nevis St. Kitts and Nevis September 24, 1984
Saint Vincent GrenadinesSt. Vincent and the Grenadines St. Vincent and the Grenadines September 21, 1981
SurinameSuriname Suriname 29th September 1976
Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 20th September 1963
UruguayUruguay Uruguay December 14, 1928
VenezuelaVenezuela Venezuela March 13, 1933

Associate members

Participating States

Observer status

Directors

The following people were

The current director is

  • Carissa F. Etienne (2013-2018)

The directors are elected by the members.

Facilities

BIREME

The Biblioteca Regional de Medicina (BIREME) has existed since 1967 and is located on the campus of the Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Brazil).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.paho.org/hq/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=13&Itemid=270&lang=en
  2. ↑ http://www.paho.org/hq/index.php?Itemid=4245
  3. ↑ http://www.paho.org/hq/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=103&Itemid=40697&lang=en
  4. ↑ http://www1.paho.org/spanish/dpi/100/directors00.htm
  5. ↑ http://www.who.int/dg/adg/etienne/en/
  6. ↑ Silva, Márcia Regina Barros da; FERLA, Luis and GALLIAN, Dante Marcello Claramonte. Uma 'biblioteca sem paredes': história da criação da Bireme. Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos [online]. 2006, vol. 13, n.1, pp. 91-112. ISSN 0104-5970. doi: 10.1590 / S0104-59702006000100006 . 2 2007
  7. ↑ http://www.paho.org/bireme/