Pan American Health Organization

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The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is an international public health technical cooperation agency with more than 100 years of experience in working to improve the health and living standards of the people of the Americas. Founded in 1902 as a technical agency for health of the Organization of American States, the organization enjoys international recognition being, since 1946, part of the United Nations system and serving as the Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health Organization (WHO). PAHO has 1,885 full-time employees of which about 800 are scientific and technical experts. About one-third of the staff is based at its headquarters in Washington, D.C., the remaining distributed in 28 country offices and eight scientific centers.

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Pres. Clinton Announces Commitment From Inter-American Development Bank, Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases, and Pan American Health Organization to Mobilize $30 Million to Fight NTDs in the Americas at CGI Conference U.S. Newswire; 9/23/2009 ...and funding for NTD control and elimination in the Americas, supported by technical assistance from the Pan American Health Organization, regional office of the World Health Organization for the Americas. These efforts will work alongside existing... ...more

Research from Pan American Health Organization provides new data about life sciences. Biotech Week; 8/12/2009 ...yielded inconclusive data as a result of extensive DNA degradation," wrote R.L. Ribeiro and colleagues, Pan American Health Organization (see also Life Sciences). The researchers concluded: "This degradation can be significantly reduced... ...more

REMARKS TO PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 10/1/2009 ...am honored to renew our commitment to the promise of this strategic alliance. It's a promise that the Pan American Health Organization has made real since its founding as the Pan American Sanitary Bureau in 1902. I am proud that my country... ...more