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Pan American Health Organization Organización Panamericana de la Salud(Spanish) Organização Pan-Americana da Saúde(Portuguese)
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Abbreviation
PAHO OPS OPAS
Formation
1902; 122 years ago (1902)
Type
Specialized agency of the United Nations and Organization of American States
Headquarters
Washington, D.C., United States
Website
www.paho.org
Pan American Health Organization
Membership
35 Member States and 4 Associate Members in the Americas
Leaders
• Director
Jarbas Barbosa
• Deputy Director
Mary Lou Valdez
• Assistant Director
Marcos Espinal
• Director of Administration
Kristan Beck
Establishment
2 December 1902 (1902-12-02)
Website www.paho.org
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) in charge of international health cooperation in the Americas. It fosters technical cooperation among member countries to fight communicable and noncommunicable diseases, strengthen health systems, and respond to emergencies and disasters. It has 35 Member States and four Associate Members in the region.[1] Headquartered in Washington, D.C., PAHO is the regional office for the World Health Organization in the Americas, and the health organization of the Inter-American System. It is known in Latin America as the OPS (Spanish: Organización Panamericana de la Salud) or OPAS (Portuguese: Organização Pan-Americana da Saúde).
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