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PAHO Director meets with delegation from the Nippon Foundation in Geneva

The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Mirta Roses, met on May 25 with the delegation from the Nippon Foundation. The director of the organization, Yohei Sasakawa is a Goodwill Ambassador of the World Health Organization (WHO).

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Notes: Friday, 25 May 2012

Committee A approved the decision on WHO reform. Member States welcomed programmatic reforms and emphasized the need to include health determinants and equity in the next Programme of Work and Proposed Programme Budget. On governance reforms, Member States agreed to maintain the...

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World Health Assembly supports WHO reform agenda

Delegates to the World Health Assembly today discussed proposals for reforming WHO in three areas: programmes and priority setting, governance, and management. They expressed broad support for the reform agenda and the five categories of...

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Uruguay is the first country in Latin America free of the insect that transmits Chagas disease

The Pan American Health Organization certified Uruguay as the only country in Latin America free of Triatoma infestans as a public health problem. The insect that transmits Chagas disease, known as the kissing...

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