53rd Directing Council (DC-53) / Regional Committee (PAHO-66), Washington, DC, 29 Sept - 03 Oct 2014

Posted Wed, 2014-10-01 03:18

Official site (DC53, 29 Sept 2014): English; Español; Français; Português

PHM Commentary on the agenda items of the meeting: English; Spanish

MMI-PHM joint statements on selected items of the meeting's agenda:

  • Strategy on Health-related Law: English; Spanish
  • Strategy for Access to Health and Universal Health Action: English; Spanish
  • Plan of Action on Mental Health: English; Spanish

Meeting's Agenda and PHM comments 

1. Opening of the Session

2. Procedural Matters

2.1 Appointment of the Committee on Credentials

2.1 Appointment of the Committee on Credentials 

2.3 Establishment of a Working Party to Study the Application of Article 6.B of the PAHO Constitution

2.4 Establishment of the General Committee

2.5 Adoption of the Agenda

3. Constitutional Matters

3.1 Annual Report of the President of the Executive Committee

3.2 Annual Report of the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau

3.3 Election of Three Member States to the Executive Committee on the Expiration of the Periods of Office of Brazil, Chile, and El Salvador

4. Program Policy Matters

4.1 Final Report of the PAHO Strategic Plan 2008-2013 and End-of-Biennium Assessment of the Program and Budget 2012-2013 OD348

4.2 PAHO Strategic Plan 2014-2019 Amended OD345 (Resolution CE154.R15)

4.3 Strategy for Universal Health Coverage CD53/5, Rev.1 (Resolution CE154.R17)

4.4 Plan of Action for Universal Access to Safe Blood CD53/6 (Resolution CE154.R16)

4.5 Plan of Action on Disabilities and Rehabilitation CD53/7 (Resolution CE154.R5)

4.6 Plan of Action on Mental Health CD53/8 (Resolution CE154.R12)

4.7 Plan of Action for the Prevention of Obesity in Children and Adolescents CD53/9 Rev.1 (Resolution CE154.R2)

4.8 Plan of Action on Health in All Policies CD53/10 Rev.1 (Resolution CE154.R14)

4.9 Plan of Action for the Prevention of Blindness and Visual Impairment CD53/11 (Resolution CE154.R9)

4.10 Plan of Action for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance CD53/12 (Resolution CE154.R11)

4.11 Strategy on Health-Related Law CD53/13

4.12 Advancing toward a Regional Position on the IHR CD53/14

4.13 WHO’s Engagement with Non-state Actors (Regional Consultation) CD53/15

4.14 Post-2015 Development Agenda (Roundtable) CD53/16 CD53/16, Add. I

4.15 PAHO Revolving Fund for Vaccine Procurement: Challenges and Opportunities

5. Administrative and Financial Matters

5.1 Report on the Collection of Assessed Contributions CD53/17 CD53/17, Add. I (Resolution CE154.R1)

5.2 Financial Report of the Director and Report of the External Auditor for 2013 OD347

5.3 Status and Authorized Level of the Working Capital Fund CD53/18 (Resolution CE154.R4)

5.4 Status of the Project for the Modernization of the PASB Management Information System CD53/19 (Resolution CE154.R6)

6. Selection of Member States to Boards and Committees

6.1 Selection of One Member State from the Region of the Americas Entitled to Designate a Person to Serve on the Joint Coordinating Board of the UNICEF/UNDP/ World Bank/WHO Special Program for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) CD53/20

6.2 Election of Two Members to the Advisory Committee of the Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information (BIREME) CD53/21

7. Awards

7.1 PAHO Award for Administration (2014) CD53/22 (Resolution CE154.R13)

8. Matters for Information

8.1 Update on WHO Reform CD53/INF/1

8.2 Draft proposed WHO Programme Budget 2016-2017 CD53/INF/2

8.3 WHO Strategic Budget Space Allocation CD53/INF/3

8.4 Report on the United Nations General Assembly High-level Meeting on the Progress Achieved in the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable DiseasesCD53/INF/4 Rev. 1

8.5 Systematization of PAHO Mandates CD53/INF/5

8.6 Progress Reports on Technical Matters: CD53/INF/6

A. Strategy and Plan of Action on Climate Change (Resolution CD51.R15 [2011])

B. Plan of Action for Maintaining Measles, Rubella, and Congenital Rubella Syndrome Elimination in the Region of the Americas (Resolution CSP28.R14 [2012])

C. Plan of Action to Accelerate the Reduction in Maternal Mortality and Severe Maternal Morbidity (Resolution CD51.R12 [2011])

D. Status of the Millennium Development Goals

E. Elimination of Neglected Diseases and other Poverty-related Infections (Resolution CD49.R19 [2009])

F. Plan of Action on Safe Hospitals (Resolution CD50.R15 [2010])

G. Status of the Pan American Centers

8.7 Resolutions and other Actions of Intergovernmental Organizations of Interest to PAHO: CD53/INF/7

A. Sixty-seventh World Health Assembly

B. Forty-fourth General Assembly of the Organization of American States

C. Subregional Organizations

9. Other Matters

10. Closure of the Session