WHO Regional Office for the Americas

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World Health Organization regional office international health organization office

The WHO Regional Office for the Americas is the World Health Organization’s regional body responsible for directing and coordinating international health work across North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean, operating in partnership with the Pan American Health Organization.

Aliases (7)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World Health Organization regional office → international health organization office →
alsoKnownAs	AMRO → Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health Organization → WHO/AMRO →
cooperatesWith	United Nations agencies → civil society organizations → international development partners → ministries of health of Member States in the Americas →
country	United States of America →
fieldOfWork	communicable diseases → disease prevention and control → emergency preparedness and response → environmental health → health equity → health promotion → health systems strengthening → immunization → international health → maternal and child health → noncommunicable diseases → public health → universal health coverage →
follows	World Health Assembly resolutions →
governedBy	Directing Council of PAHO → Pan American Sanitary Conference →
hasSubregionalFocus	Caribbean subregion → Central American subregion →
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. →
isIntegratedWith	Pan American Health Organization →
mandate	to implement WHO policies and programs in the Region of the Americas → to support countries in the Americas in achieving the highest possible level of health →
numberOfMemberStates	35 →
officialLanguage	English → French → Portuguese → Spanish →
operatedBy	World Health Organization →
parentOrganization	World Health Organization →
partOf	United Nations system → WHO regional office network →
regionServed	Americas → Caribbean → Central America → North America → South America →
responsibleFor	coordinating international health work in the Americas → directing international health work in the Americas →
sharesSecretariatWith	Pan American Health Organization →
worksInPartnershipWith	Pan American Health Organization →

Referenced by (17)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
AMRO ("Pan American Health Organization") → WHO Regional Office for the Americas ("Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health Organization") → WHO Regional Office for the Americas ("WHO/AMRO") →	alsoKnownAs
World Health Organization regional committee system ("WHO Region of the Americas") →	appliesTo
Institute of Inter-American Affairs ("Pan American Health Organization") →	cooperatedWith
Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission ("Pan American Health Organization") →	cooperatesWith
World Health Organization Member States ("WHO Region of the Americas Member States") →	dividedInto
AMRO →	fullName
Pan American Sanitary Conference ("Pan American Health Organization") →	governs
WHO regional office network →	hasComponent
World Health Organization regional committee system ("WHO Regional Committee for the Americas") →	hasPart
World Health Organization →	hasRegionalOffice
WHO Regional Office for the Americas ("Pan American Health Organization") →	isIntegratedWith
Directing Council of PAHO ("PAHO Headquarters, Washington, D.C., United States") →	meetsAt
AMRO →	role
WHO Regional Office for the Americas ("Pan American Health Organization") →	sharesSecretariatWith
WHO Regional Office for the Americas ("Pan American Health Organization") →	worksInPartnershipWith