Dr. Alleyne currently serves as director emeritus of PAHO. Dr. Carissa F. Etienne and the minister of Health of Brazil, Luiz Henrique Mandetta, discussed challenges and achievements in vaccine production, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The PAHO Director highlighted the rapid expansion of COVID-19. The health authorities of PAHO's Member States set PAHO's technical and administrative policies through its Governing Bodies. “It took our region three months to reach one million cases, but less than three weeks to nearly double that number,” she said. She was re-elected by PAHO Member States during the Pan American Sanitary Conference on September 2017. The admission made by Director of the PAHO … Ms. Mary Lou Valdez, a U.S. citizen and former official of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), became the Deputy Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) in February of 2020. Before the first reported covid19 in the Americas, one in three people in theregion did not have enough to eat, said director of the Pan American Health Organization director (PAHO) Dr Carissa F Etienne. Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and Regional Director for the Americas of the World Health Organization (WHO), formally began her second five-year term on 1 February 2018. She was also named Regional Director for the Americas for WHO by the WHO Executive Board in Geneva in late January 2018. Mirta Roses Periago - 2003-2013 Mirta Roses Periago, Director Emeritus, was born in Argentina on October 20, 1945, and graduated as a surgeon from the National University of Cordoba in 1969. PAHO has scientific and technical expertise at its headquarters, in its 27 country offices, and its three Pan American centers, all working with the countries of the Americas in dealing with priority health issues. Advances have been made in the strengthening of national health systems and services and in the progress toward universal health. Pan American Health Organization Director Dr Carissa F. Etienne said there has been an increase in COVID-19 cases in the Caribbean. WASHINGTON, CMC – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is appealing to Caribbean and other nationals to avoid travel and large gathering during the holidays. Efforts to prevent and control the chronic non-communicable diseases through legislative and regulatory mechanisms gained considerable traction as more countries have enacted legislation on the labelling of food products, while others have introduced taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages at the national level. © Pan American Health Organization. Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and Regional Director for the Americas of the World Health Organization (WHO), formally began her second five-year term on 1 February 2018. Dr. Etienne was first elected Director of PAHO by the countries of the Americas in September 2012 during the 28th Pan American Sanitary Conference. She was speaking today during a virtual PAHO media briefing on COVID-19 in the Americas. The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) on Wednesday highlighted several countries of the American continent for learning from key lessons to control the COVID-19 pandemic. (CMC) — Director of the Pan American health Organization, (PAHO), Dr Carissa Etienne, on Wednesday urged countries in the Americas, including the … Washington, DC, 30 July 2018 (PAHO)- Brazilian Doctor, Jarbas Barbosa da Silva has been named the new assistant director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Regional Office for the Americas. Of historic note, seven countries and territories in the Region achieved dual elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and congenital syphilis. In meeting with Dr. Duane Sands, Minister of Health of Bahamas, Dr. Carissa F. Etienne referred to the health care workers as the silent heroes of the relief response to the Hurricane Dorian. PAHO Director in Rio de Janeiro highlights achievements and challenges in vaccine production, UN Declaration on Universal Health Coverage: PAHO advocates for health system transformation, PAHO Director, in Bahamas, offers support to health authorities, IAS 2019: PAHO Director calls for new approach to HIV response in order to end the epidemic by 2030, PAHO Director highlights regional health priorities in presentation to OAS, Directora de OPS llamó a traducir en acciones los resultados del Foro sobre Atención Primaria en República Dominicana, Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health Organization 525 Twenty-third Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037, United States of America. Doctor Carissa F. Etienne was elected by the Member States of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) for a second term as the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau on 27 September 2017, during the 29th Pan American Sanitary Conference. Washington D.C., Dec. 9, 2020 (PAHO) – The Americas has been experiencing “the highest levels of COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic” and health authorities should issue clear guidance to protect communities and act to boost hospital capacity in affected areas, the Director of the Pan American Health Organization Dr. Carissa Etienne warned today. Held at the HYATT Regency in Trinidad and Tobago, from October 15-17, 2019, PAHO was a pivotal collaborator in the planning of the Congress, along with a consortium of Caribbean regional and national partners. PAHO successfully led preparedness and response efforts to the Zika and chikungunya epidemics in the Region as well as to the cholera and yellow fever outbreaks in Haiti and Brazil, respectively, while significantly improving the Organization's response to all declared emergencies and disasters in the Region to within 48 hours. © Pan American Health Organization. "The world is eight billion people." Pablo Marin, Senior Ministry of Health Officials and various stakeholders. All rights reserved. She graduated as a surgeon and doctor from the National University of Cordoba in 1969. Deliveries by skilled birth attendants increased from 95% to nearly 100% and, for the first time, the Region of the Americas reached the recommended target of 25 physicians and nurses per 10,000 Twenty-five countries now have comprehensive financing strategies for universal health coverage. The Caribbean Congress on Adolescent and Youth Health (CCAYH), was borne from the urgent need to sustainably improve investments in the health and well- being of adolescents and youth in the Caribbean. Assistant Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, says approval of Pfizer Incorporated’s COVID-19 vaccine by the United Kingdom’s regulatory health authorities on December 2, has further raised the hope of one … Dr. “I will continue to work tirelessly to make sure that our young people have the opportunities and support they need to live healthy, happy and productive lives.” Carissa F. Etienne, during the First Caribbean Congress on Adolescent and Youth Health.