World Health Day 2013 - Remarks of PAHO Director Carissa F. Etienne
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Remarks of PAHO Director Carissa F. EtienneHon. Ambassadors, Mr. Bill Corr, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Distinguished Speakers, Executive Management Team, Colleagues and Media. Good morning, welcome, and thank you all for joining us today for World Health Day! I especially welcome everyone who is participating remotely today from countries around the Americas. World Health Day is a special once-a-year event for us, a kind of birthday of WHO, a celebration to mark the founding of the World Health Organization in 1948. But it’s also a serious occasion... |