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Pan American Health Organization [1 record]

Record 1 2010-04-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Hygiene and Health
OBS

Established January 1902, Mexico City as: International Sanitary Bureau - Bureau sanitaire international, at 2nd International Conference of American States. Became known as Pan American Sanitary Bureau (PASB) - Bureau sanitaire panaméricain in 1923, which in 1947, Caracas, became executive organ of Pan American Sanitary Organization - Organisation sanitaire panaméricaine ... Present name adopted ... September-October 1958.

Key term(s)
  • Pan-American Health Organization

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Hygiène et santé

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Higiene y Salud
OBS

Con sede en Washington, la Organización Panamericana de la Salud es un organismo internacional de salud pública dedicado a mejorar la salud y las condiciones de vida de los pueblos de las Américas.

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