scholarly journals Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Regional Office of the World Health Organization (WHO)

2018 ◽  
pp. 582-582 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
World Health Organization ◽  
World Health ◽  
Regional Office ◽  
The World ◽  
Pan American ◽  
Health Organization

World Health Organization

1949 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 546-548
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Western Hemisphere ◽  
World Health ◽  
Director General ◽  
Regional Office ◽  
The World ◽  
Pan American ◽  
Health Organization

On March 22, 1949 Costa Rica ratified the constitution of the World Health Organization and on April 13 WHO was joined by Honduras, thus bringing the membership of the organization to 61.The agreement by which the Pan American Sanitary Organization became the regional office for WHO in the western hemisphere was signed on May 24, 1949 in Washington by Dr. Brock Chisholm, Director General of WHO and Dr. Fred L. Soper, Director of the Pan American Sanitary Office. Under the agreement the office was to adopt and promote health and sanitary conventions and programs in the western hemisphere provided they were “compatible with the policy and programs of the World Health Organization and are separately financed.”

Strengthening Relationship between the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) and the Pan American Health Organization, Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO)

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 75-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lily Schuermann ◽  
Silvia Martinez ◽  
Gloria Weddington ◽  
Linda I. Rosa-Lugo
Keyword(s):  
World Health Organization ◽  
Board Of Directors ◽  
World Health ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Regional Office ◽  
The World ◽  
Pan American ◽  
Strategic Relationships ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Collaboration Project

This article will provide a discussion of the innovative ways ASHA is collaborating with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to improve the delivery of high quality SLP/A services in three of the most impoverished countries in Latin America, Guyana, El Salvador, and Honduras. The ASHA Board of Directors (BOD) established a Strategic Pathway to Excellence with an objective to “Strengthen Strategic Relationships” by engaging with organizations to support ASHA's mission and expand influence worldwide (ASHA, 2012). One priority was to identify opportunities to collaborate with the World Health Organization (WHO). Therefore, BOD approved a joint collaboration project between ASHA and the PAHO, Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), known as the ASHA-PAHO/WHO project.

Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Relief Coordination Program of the World Health Organization (Pan American Health Organization, PAHO)

1985 ◽  
Vol 1 (S1) ◽  
pp. 300-301
Author(s):  
Claude De Ville de Goyet
Keyword(s):  
World Health Organization ◽  
Emergency Preparedness ◽  
Disaster Relief ◽  
Health Agency ◽  
World Health ◽  
Regional Office ◽  
The World ◽  
Pan American ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Health Organization

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has two components: (1) The Pan American Sanitary Bureau (PASB), founded in 1902, serves as the health agency affiliated with the Organization of the American States (OAS); in 1947, the PASB became the Regional office of the World Health Organization for the Americas. (2) The Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Relief Coordination office.In October 1976, the Directing Council of PAHO, “anxious that the international assistance given to countries affected by natural disasters should be better coordinated, rational, and more effective”, requested that the Director set up a “disaster unit with instructions to define the policy of the Organization, to formulate a plan of action for the various types of disasters, to make an inventory of the human and other resources available, to train the necessary personnel, to prepare and disseminate the appropriate guidelines and manuals, and to promote operational research.” In March 1977, a permanent office for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Relief Coordination was established at PAHO Headquarters in Washington, D.C.

scholarly journals Implementation of the World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa Stepwise Laboratory Quality Improvement Process Towards Accreditation

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Bosco Ndihokubwayo ◽  
Talkmore Maruta ◽  
Nqobile Ndlovu ◽  
Sikhulile Moyo ◽  
Ali Ahmed Yahaya ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Improvement ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Continuous Quality Improvement ◽  
World Health ◽  
Regional Office ◽  
Quality Improvement Process ◽  
Continuous Quality ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
World Health Organization Regional

Background: The increase in disease burden has continued to weigh upon health systems in Africa. The role of the laboratory has become increasingly critical in the improvement of health for diagnosis, management and treatment of diseases. In response, the World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (WHO AFRO) and its partners created the WHO AFRO Stepwise Laboratory (Quality) Improvement Process Towards Accreditation (SLIPTA) program.SLIPTA implementation process: WHO AFRO defined a governance structure with roles and responsibilities for six main stakeholders. Laboratories were evaluated by auditors trained and certified by the African Society for Laboratory Medicine. Laboratory performance was measured using the WHO AFRO SLIPTA scoring checklist and recognition certificates rated with 1–5 stars were issued.Preliminary results: By March 2015, 27 of the 47 (57%) WHO AFRO member states had appointed a SLIPTA focal point and 14 Ministers of Health had endorsed SLIPTA as the desired programme for continuous quality improvement. Ninety-eight auditors from 17 African countries, competent in the Portuguese (3), French (12) and English (83) languages, were trained and certified. The mean score for the 159 laboratories audited between May 2013 and March 2015 was 69% (median 70%; SD 11.5; interquartile range 62–77). Of these audited laboratories, 70% achieved 55% compliance or higher (2 or more stars) and 1% scored at least 95% (5 stars). The lowest scoring sections of the WHO AFRO SLIPTA checklist were sections 6 (Internal Audit) and 10 (Corrective Action), which both had mean scores below 50%.Conclusion: The WHO AFRO SLIPTA is a process that countries with limited resources can adopt for effective implementation of quality management systems. Political commitment, ownership and investment in continuous quality improvement are integral components of the process.

scholarly journals European Immunization Week 2008: Progress towards regional goals

2008 ◽  
Vol 13 (16) ◽  
Author(s):  
Collective WHO
Keyword(s):  
World Health Organization ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Political Support ◽  
World Health ◽  
Childhood Immunisation ◽  
Regional Office ◽  
The Public ◽  
National Immunisation ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe established the European Immunization Week (EIW, http://www.euro.who.int/vaccine) in 2005 for three reasons: 1) to raise public awareness of the benefits of immunisation, 2) to support national immunisation systems, and 3) to provide a framework for mobilising public and political support for governmental efforts to protect the public through universal childhood immunisation.

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