The Candidates' Forum for the post of Director of the Pan American Sanitary was held today with Member States of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), in which the candidate, Carissa Faustina Etienne, from Dominica, presented her proposed platform for the next five years.
Washington, DC, June 30, 2017 (PAHO / WHO) - The Candidates' Forum for the post of Director of the Pan American Sanitary was held today with Member States of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), in which the candidate, Carissa Faustina Etienne, from Dominica, presented her proposed platform for the next five years.
PAHO Member States will elect the next Director of PASB at the 29th Pan American Sanitary Conference, to be held from September 25 to 29, 2017, at its headquarters in Washington, D.C.
The person elected will assume a five-year term on February 1, 2018. Dr. Etienne has been the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau since February 1, 2013. According to the PAHO Constitution, she can be reelected for a second five-year term. Her candidacy was the only one that was presented by Member States.
The President of the PAHO Executive Committee, Ruben A. Nieto of Argentina, moderated the forum in which Dr. Etienne presented her platform, her policy priorities and the financial and programmatic direction she proposed for the Organization. Dr. Etienne made a 30 minute oral presentation, which was followed by an hour question and answer session with Member States, in accordance with the Rules Governing the Election of the Director
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