The
Pan American Sanitary Bureau (PASB), the oldest international health
agency in the world (created in 1902), is the Secretariat of the Pan
American Health Organization (PAHO) and it is the Regional Office of
the World Health Organization (WHO) in the Americas. The Bureau is
committed to providing technical support and leadership to PAHO Member
States as they pursue their goal of Health for All and the values
therein. The United States-Mexico Border Office (USMBO) facilitates
border binational cooperation and builds alliances and consensus
between federal, state, and local entities in order to guarantee PAHO’s
values and accomplish its vision and mission at the border.
PAHO/WHO United States-Mexico Border Office (USMBO)
Established in 1942, it continues to facilitate and promote border
collaboration with public and private binational institutions and
entities involved in improving the health of the population at the
Border. In an uninterrupted fashion, the Office has facilitated the
process of collaboration within a context of impartiality, neutrality
and ethics; developing community forums and transborder dialogue focused
on the analysis of the health situation where alternatives for the
solution of health and environmental problems can be discerned.
Given the multilateral character of PAHO/WHO, its United States-Mexico
Border Office develops technical cooperation in close alliance with
strategic institutions that also have a mandate across the border, such
as the United States-Mexico Health Commission (USMBHC), the United
States-Mexico Border Health Association (USMBHA), the Border
Environment Cooperation Commission (BECC), the Conference of Border
Governors, the Conference of Border Legislators, as well as other
academic and research institutions and NGOs.
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