56th Directing Council

70th Session of the Regional Committee of WHO for the Americas

Washington, D.C., 23-27 September 2018 

The Council meets once a year in those years when the Conference does not meet. It acts on behalf of the Conference between sessions of the Conference.

Final Report | Diverse Documents | Official Documents | Working Documents | Information Documents | Resolutions

Final Report

• CD56/FR
  - Final Report

Official Documents

• OD356
  - Financial Report of the Director and Report of the External Auditor for 2017

Working Documents

• CD56/1, Rev. 2
  - Agenda
•  CD56/2
  - Annual Report of the President of the Executive Committee
•  CD56/3
  - Annual Report of the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau
• CD56/4
  - Election of Three Member States to the Executive Committee on the Expiration of the Periods of Office of Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, and Chile
•  CD56/5
  - Report of the End-of-biennium Assessment of the PAHO Program and Budget 2016-2017/Second Interim Report of the PAHO Strategic Plan 2014-2019
•  CD56/5, Add. I
  - Report of the End-of-biennium Assessment of the PAHO Program and Budget 2016-2017/Second Interim Report of the PAHO Strategic Plan 2014-2019
• CD56/6
  - Evaluation of the PAHO Budget Policy
• CD56/6, Add. I
  - Evaluation of the PAHO Budget Policy
•  CD56/7
  - Scale of Assessments and Assessed Contributions of the Member States, Participating States, and Associate Members of the Pan American Health Organization for 2019
•  CD56/8, Rev, 1
  - Plan of Action for Women’s, Children’s, and Adolescents’ Health 2018-2030
• CD56/9
  - Plan of Action for Cervical Cancer Prevention and Control 2018-2030
• CD56/10. Rev, 1
  - Plan of Action on Human Resources for Universal Access to Health and Universal Health Coverage 2018-2023
• CD56/11
  - Plan of Action on Entomology and Vector Control 2018-2023
• CD56/12
  - Report on the Collection of Assessed Contributions
•   CD56/12, Add. 1
  - Report on the Collection of Assessed Contributions
• CD56/13
  - Amendments to the Financial Regulations and Financial Rules of PAHO
• CD56/14
  - Selection of Two Member States from the Region of the Americas Entitled to Designate a Person to Serve on the Policy and Coordination Committee of the UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Program of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP)
• CD56/15
  - Election of Three Members to the Advisory Committee of the Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information (BIREME)
• CD56/16
  - Selection of One Member State from the Region of the Americas Entitled to Designate a Person to Serve on the Joint Coordination Board of the UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Program for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR)
• CD56/17
  - PAHO Award for Health Services Management and Leadership 2018
• CD56/18
  - PAHO Award for Health Services Management and Leadership: Changes to the Procedures

Information Documents

• CD56/INF/1
  - Final Evaluation of the Health Agenda for the Americas 2008-2017
• CD56/INF/2, Rev. 1
  - Process for the Development of the PAHO Strategic Plan 2020-2025
• CD56/INF/3
  - Report on Strategic Issues between PAHO and WHO
• CD56/INF/4
  - Proposed WHO Programme Budget 2020-2021
• CD56/INF/5, Rev. 1
  - Presentation of the Methodology used to Develop the Indicators to Measure Progress in Implementation of the 13th General Programme of Work, and Review of the Resulting Indicators and Targets
• CD56/INF/6
  - Regional Consultation on the WHO Global Strategy on Health, Environment, and Climate Change
• CD56/INF/7
  - Report of the Advisory Committee on Health Research
• CD56/INF/8
  - Report of the Commission on Equity and Health Inequalities in the Americas
• CD56/INF/9
  - Implementation of the International Health Regulations (IHR)
• CD56/INF/10
  - Update on the Situation and Challenges of Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine Supply to Maintain Polio Eradication in the Region of the Americas
• CD56/INF/11, Corr.
  - Report of the Director on Addressing the Causes of Disparities in Health Services Access and Utilization for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Trans (LGBT) Persons
• CD56/INF/12
  - PAHO's Response to Maintaining an Effective Technical Cooperation Agenda in Venezuela and Neighboring Member States
• CD56/INF/13
  - Plan of Action on Road Safety: Final Report
• CD56/INF/14
  - Plan of Action to Accelerate the Reduction in Maternal Mortality and Severe Maternal Morbidity: Final Report
• CD56/INF/15
  -Strategy and Plan of Action for Integrated Child Health: Final Report
• CD56/INF/16
  - Strategy and Plan of Action on Climate Change: Final Report
• CD56/INF/17
  - Strategy and Plan of Action on eHealth: Final Report
• CD56/INF/18
  - Strategy and Plan of Action on Knowledge Management and Communication: Final Report
• CD56/INF/19
  - Health and International Relations: Linkages with National Health Development: Final Report
• CD56/INF/20
  - National Institutions Associated with PAHO in Technical Cooperation: Final Report
• CD56/INF/21
  - Bioethics: Towards the Integration of Ethics in Health: Final Report
•  CD56/INF/22
  - Progress Reports on Technical Matters:
  •   A. Strategy and Plan of Action on Strengthening the Health System to Address Violence against Women: Progress Report
  • B. Plan of Action for the Prevention of Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Midterm Review
  • C. Strategy and Plan of Action on Urban Health: Midterm Review
  • D. Plan of Action on Antimicrobial Resistance: Midterm Review
  • E. Plan of Action for the Prevention and Control of Viral Hepatitis: Midterm Review
  • F. Plan of Action for the Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis: Midterm Review
  • G. Plan of Action for the Prevention and Control of HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections 2016-2021: Midterm Review
  • H. Plan of Action for Malaria Elimination 2016-2020: Midterm Review
  • I. Plan of Action for Disaster Risk Reduction 2016-2021: Progress Report
  • J. Review of the Charge Assessed on the Procurement of Public Health Supplies for Member States: Progress Report
  • K. Status of the Pan American Centers
•  CD56/INF/23
  - Resolutions and other Actions of Intergovernmental Organizations of Interest to PAHO:
  • A. Seventy-first World Health Assembly
  • B. Forty-eighth Regular Session of the General Assembly of the Organization of American States
  • C. Subregional Organizations
  • A. Strategy and Plan of Action on Strengthening the Health System to Address Violence against Women: Progress Report

Resolutions

• CD56.R1
  - Collection of Assessed Contributions
• CD56.R2
  - Plan of Action on Entomology and Vector Control 2018-2023
• CD56.R3
  - Election of Three Member States to the Executive Committee on the Expiration of the Periods of Office of Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, and Chile
• CD56.R4
  - Election of Three Members to the Advisory Committee of the Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information (BIREME)
• CD56.R5
  - Plan of Action of Human Resources for Universal Access to Health and Universal Health Coverage 2018-2023
• CD56.R6
  - Scale of Assessments and Assessed Contributions of the Member States, Participating States, and Associate Members of the Pan American Health Organization for 2019
• CD56.R7
  - PAHO Award for Health Services Management and Leadership: Changes to Procedures
• CD56.R8
  - Plan of Action for Women’s, Children’s, and Adolescents’ Health 2018-2030
• CD56.R9
  - Plan of Action for Cervical Cancer Prevention and Control 2018-2030

Diverse Documents

• CD56/DIV/LP
  - List of Participants
• CD56/DIV/1
  - Decisions
• CD56/DIV/2
  - Opening Remarks by the Outgoing President of the PAHO Directing Council, Dr. Octavio Sanchez Midence, Secretary of Health of Honduras
• CD56/DIV/3
  - Welcoming Remarks by Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau and Regional Director for the Americas of the World Health Organization
• CD56/DIV/4
  - Opening Remarks by Hon. Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of Health and Human Services of the United States of America
• CD56/DIV/5
  - Opening Remarks by Ambassador Néstor Méndez, Assistant Secretary-General of the Organization of American States
• CD56/DIV/6
  - Opening Remarks by Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, Deputy Director-General for Programmes of the World Health Organization
• CD56/DIV/7
  - Presentation of the 2017 Annual Report, Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, Director of the Pan American Health Organization and Regional Director for the Americas of the World Health Organization
• CD56/DIV/8
  - Remarks by Dr. Natalia Largaespada Beer upon receiving the PAHO Award for Health Services Management and Leadership 2018
• CD56/DIV/9
  - Closing Remarks by Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau and Regional Director for the Americas of the World Health Organization