Archives for ‘Urban Health’
Strategy and Plan of Action on Urban Health Approved
28 September 2011
Countries in the Region of the Americas, with support from PAHO/WHO, will carry out a series of actions to improve health conditions in cities, where nearly 80 percent of the hemisphere’s population resides. Health ministers from the member countires, gathered in Washington, D.C., this week for the 51st Directing Council meeting of PAHO/WHO, today approved the Strategy and Plan of Action on Urban Health....
Countries of the Americas Study Strategy to Improve Health in Large Cities
26 September 2011
PAHO Member States studied a strategy and plan of action to respond to the health needs of the residents of large urban areas, which currently represent some 80 percent of the Region’s population....
Instant coverage of PAHO’s 51st Directing Council
24 September 2011
The 51st Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) will be held in Washington DC, the nation's capital from 26 to 30 September 2011. This Council is composed of representatives of all the Member States and meets once a year to analyze and determine the general policies of PAHO, acting on behalf of the Pan American Sanitary Conference, which is our supreme authority and meets every five years. To celebrate the importance of PAHO's 51st Directing Council, we have...
