Pan American Alliance for Nutrition and Development: Basic document, conceptual premises and strategic principles

At the meeting of Regional Directors of United Nations agencies, held 24-25 July 2008 at PAHO Headquarters, in Washington, D.C., the creation of the Pan American Alliance for Nutrition and Development was approved.

The purpose of the Alliance is to implement comprehensive intersectoral programs that are both sustainable and coordinated, within the framework of an intercultural rights-based gender approach in order to accelerate achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).