61st Directing Council

Group photo of the delegates of the Americas participating in the 61st Board of Directors

76th Session of the Regional Committee of WHO for the Americas
Washington, D.C., USA, 30 September–4 October 2024  

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.


Official Documents

  • OD370
    - Financial Report of the Director and Report of the External Auditor for 2023
  • OD371
    - Annual Report of the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau

Working Documents 

  • CD61/1, Rev. 1
    - Agenda
  • CD61/2
    - Annual Report of the President of the Executive Committee
  • CD61/3
    - Election of Three Member States to the Executive Committee on the Expiration of the Periods of Office of Argentina, the Plurinational State of Bolivia, and Jamaica
  • CD61/4
    - Report of the End-of-biennium Assessment of the PAHO Program Budget 2022–2023/Second Interim Report on the Implementation of the PAHO Strategic Plan 2020–2025
  • CD61/5
    - Strategy and Plan of Action to Decrease the Burden of Sepsis through an Integrated Approach 2025–2029
  • CD61/6
    - Policy for Strengthening Equity-Oriented Health Sector Action on Climate Change and Health
  • CD61/7
    - Plan of Action for Strengthening Information Systems for Health 2024–2030
  • CD61/8
    - Policy on Long-term Care
  • CD61/9
    - Strategy for Strengthening the Essential Public Health Functions to Accelerate Health Systems Transformation 2024–2034
  • CD61/10
    - Strategy and Plan of Action to Strengthen Tobacco Control in the Region of the Americas 2025–2030
  • CD61/11
    - Strategy on Integrated Emergency, Critical and Operative Care 2025–2030
  • CD61/12, Rev. 1
    - Strategy on Epidemic Intelligence for Strengthening Early Warning of Health Emergencies 2024–2029
  • CD61/13
    - Report on the Collection of Assessed Contributions
  • CD61/13, Add. I
    - Report on the Collection of Assessed Contributions
  • CD61/13, Add. II
    - Report on the Collection of Assessed Contributions
  • CD61/14
    - Programming of the Budget Surplus
  • CD61/15
    - Update on the Status of the Latin American Center for Perinatology, Women and Reproductive Health
  • CD61/16
    - Report on the Charge Assessed on the Procurement of Public Health Supplies for Member States
  • CD61/17
    - 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
  • CD61/18
    - Election of Three Members to the Advisory Committee of the Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information (BIREME)
  • CD61/19
    - PAHO Award for Health Services Management and Leadership 2024

Information Documents 

Resolutions

  • CD61.R1
    - Collection of Assessed Contributions
  • CD61.R2
    - Programming of the Budget Surplus
  • CD61.R3
    - Policy for Strengthening Equity-Oriented Health Sector Action on Climate Change and Health
  • CD61.R4
    - Election of Three Member States to the Executive Committee on the Expiration of the Periods of Office of Argentina, the Plurinational State of Bolivia, and Jamaica
  • CD61.R5
    - Election of Three Members to the Advisory Committee of the Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information (BIREME)
  • CD61.R6
    - Strategy and Plan of Action to Decrease the Burden of Sepsis through an Integrated Approach 2025–2029
  • CD61.R7
    - Plan of Action for Strengthening Information Systems for Health 2024–2030
  • CD61.R8
    - Policy on Long-term Care
  • CD61.R9
    - Strategy on Integrated Emergency, Critical and Operative Care 2025–2030
  • CD61.R10
    - Strategy on Epidemic Intelligence for Strengthening Early Warning of Health Emergencies 2024–2029
  • CD61.R11
    - Strategy for Strengthening the Essential Public Health Functions to Accelerate Health Systems Transformation 2024–2034
  • CD61.R12
    - Strategy and Plan of Action to Strengthen Tobacco Control in the Region of the Americas 2025–2030
  • CD61.R13
    - Update on the Status of the Latin American Center for Perinatology, Women and Reproductive Health
  • CD61.R14
    - Review of the Charge Assessed on the Procurement of Public Health Supplies for Member States

Diverse Documents

  • CD61/LP
    - List of Participants
  • CD61/DIV/2
    - Welcoming Remarks by Dr. Jarbas Barbosa Da Silva Jr., Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau and Regional Director of the World Health Organization for the Americas
  • CD61/DIV/3
    - Presentation of the 2024 Annual Report, Dr. Jarbas Barbosa Da Silva Jr., Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau and Regional Director of the World Health Organization for the Americas
  • CD61/DIV/4
    - Remarks by Dr. Jean Patrick Alfred upon receiving the PAHO Award for Health Services Management and Leadership 2024
  • CD61/DIV/5
    - Closing Remarks by Dr. Jarbas Barbosa Da Silva Jr., Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau and Regional Director of the World Health Organization for the Americas