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Official Calendar
2008
2007
2006
Director's Official Travel & Meetings 2007


January / Enero
17-31 Geneva, Switzerland. 120th Session of the Executive Board.
WHO's Director General and Regional Directors meeting looks for improve the Organization functions across all levels.
  
February / Febrero
2 Washington D.C. 7th National Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment: Integrating Environment and Human Health.
Dr. Roses presentation: Improving People’s Health through Healthy Environments
4 Washington D.C. BBC News. Dr. Roses interview on the situation and impact on the region of the avian flu outbreak in UK. / En Español...
5 Washington D.C. Meeting with Dr. Sampaio, UN Special Envoy to Stop TB.
7 Washington D.C., HQ. Rotatory Safe Blood Committee Meeting.
09 Washington, D.C., HQ. Meeting with Dr. Howard Frumkin, Director ATSDR/NCEH/CDC.
12-16 Belize City, Belize. Reunión Subregional de Gerentes
20-21 Washington D.C., HQ. Visit of MOH-Guatemala.
20-23 Miami, Florida. Workshop: PAHO Corporate Capacity Building.
Disaster Risk Reduction.
23-24 Miami, Florida. Obesity Campaign.
25-27 New York. NY. Meeting of Regional Directors Group (RDG) RDT/LAC.
27-28 Nassau, Bahamas. Official Visit.
  
March / Marzo
01-02 Nassau, Bahamas. Official Visit.
04-06 Seattle, Washington. DG & RDs Official Visit to Gates Foundation.
06 Washington, D.C., HQ. WHO DG meet PAHO Senior Staff.
07 Washington, D.C., HQ. PAHO, Canada sign Agreement to Advance International Health Programs.
OPS y Canadá firman acuerdo para el avance de los programas regionales de salud
07 Washington D.C., HQ. Courtesy Visit, Dr. Adrián Vásquez Galvez, Executive Director of Commission for Environmental Cooperation.
08 Washington D.C., HQ. International Women's Day Celebration.
09 Washington D.C., HQ. Courtesy Visit, Dr.José F. Cordero, Decano de la Escuela Graduada de Salud Pública de la Universidad de Puerto Rico.
12 Washington D.C., HQ. Interview by EFE. América vive un momento histórico y apasionante para la salud
13 Washington D.C., HQ. Courtesy Visit, Dr. Richard Walling, Director, Center for Health-System Pharmacy Leadership.
13 Washington D.C., The George Town Club. Global Business Forum.
14 Washington D.C., HQ. Inter-American Coalition for the Prevention of Violence (IACPV) Meeting.
OPS urge compromiso para fortalecer la Coalición Interamericana para la Prevención de la Violencia
14 Washington D.C., OAS. Organización de Estados Americanos. Presentación de la Directora ante el Consejo Permanente de la OEA.
Reduciendo Inequidades en Salud
20-23 Geneva, Switzerland. Senior Staff Global Meeting.
26-28 Washington D.C., HQ. Subcommittee on Program, Budget and Administration.
29-31 Santa Cruz, Bolivia. REMSAA. XXVIII Reunión Ordinaria de Ministros de Salud del Área Andina.
  
April / Abril
02 Washington D.C., HQ. World Health Day / Día Mundial de la Salud
10-11 Cuenca, Ecuador. III Congreso por la Salud y la Vida.
OPS presenta Agenda de Salud para las Américas
12 Cuenca, Ecuador. Iberoamerican Network of Healthy Cities.
13 Quito, Ecuador. Visita Oficial.
14-18 Lima, Perú. Subregional Managers' Meeting.
Contexto Mundial y Regional de la Salud. Rol de OPS. Presentación de la Directora (PDF / PPT)
19-20 Buenos Aires, Argentina. * IV Latin American & Caribbean HIV/AIDS/STI Forum.
* Atención Primaria: Plataforma para el Acceso Universal en VIH
* Discurso clausura de la Directora
21-22 Iguazú, Argentina. V Lanzamiento Campaña de Vacunación de las Américas - Triple Frontera (Brasil/Paraguay/Argentina).
Semana de Vacunación en las Américas 2007
[ 21-28 Abril, 2007 ]
55 millones de gestos de amor Mensaje de la Directora
24 Washington D.C., HQ. PAHEF Board Meeting.
25 Washington D.C., HQ. General Staff Meeting [* Intranet users only]
29-30 Montego Bay, Jamaica. 40o Reunión del Comité Asesor de Investigaciones en Salud (CAIS) / 40th Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Health Research (ACHR) [CAIS / ACHR]
  
May / Mayo
01-02 Montego Bay, Jamaica. 40o Reunión del Comité Asesor de Investigaciones en Salud (CAIS) / 40th Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Health Research (ACHR) [CAIS / ACHR]
* For PAHO Intranet users
02-07 St. Johns, Antigua. Subregional Managers' Meeting. [* Intranet users only]
09-25 Geneva, Switzerland. 60th World Health Assembly; 121th Executive Board (WHA: 14-23; EB 24-25)
29-31 Washington, D.C. Global Health Council Annual Conference 2007
"Partnerships: Working Together for Global Health"
PAHO Presentations at the Conference:
*Pannel: Strengthening Information Systems. PAHO/USAID/MEASURE Evaluation USA. Strengthening Health Information Systems in Latin America.
*Pannel: Containing Antimicrobial Resistance in South America: An Integrated Approach. PAHO Partnership to Contain Antimicrobial Resistance in Paraguay.
31 Washington, D.C. Celebration of World No Tobacco Day at PAHO/HQ.
Director's Blog article: Let’s Go Smoke-free / Disfrutemos ambientes sin humo
  
June / Junio
02-05 Panamá, Panama. OAS General Assembly.
Lanzamiento de la Agenda de Salud para las Américas 2008-2017.
08-09 Vancouver, Canada. Reunión Determinantes Sociales en Salud.
New Life for Primary Health Care: the Social Determinants of Health
10-11 Vancouver, Canada. 19th IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion.
12-13 Ottawa, Canada. Official Visit.
14 Washington, D.C., HQ. World Blood Donor Day.
22 Washington, D.C., HQ. PAHO's Awards Ceremony.
25-29 Washington, D.C., HQ. Executive Committee*. (* No travel period)
Concluye la 140ª. Sesión del Comité Ejecutivo de la OPS comprometidos con nuevas metas en beneficio de la salud de la Región.
140th Session of the Executive Committee of PAHO Concludes with Commitments to New Goals for Health in the Region
  
July / Julio
02-06 Geneva, Switzerland. Meeting on Chagas.
Global Partners Launch Renewed Battle Against Chagas The "Kissing Bug" Disease.
Nuevo esfuerzo global para eliminar el mal de Chagas
07-11 Santiago, Chile. Reunión MOHs Iberoamérica.
Cohesión Social y Protección Social en Salud para alcanzar sociedades más inclusivas en Iberoamérica
Consenso de Iquique
14-18 Bahía, Brazil. Congreso de Salud Colectiva. ABRASCO 2207.
Equidad, Ética y Derecho a la Salud: Desafíos a la Salud Colectiva en la Globalización
  
August / Agosto
12-15 Montevideo, Uruguay. D and DG's Official Visit.
15-18 Buenos Aires, Argentina. Meeting "Buenos Aires 30/15"
18-21 Brasilia, Brazil. D and DG's Official Visit. (Spanish version)
22-25 Bávaro, Punta Cana. XIII Pan American Congress of Infectious Diseases
Presidente de la República Dominicana condecoró a la directora de la OPS
El rol de la OPS frente a las enfermedades infecciosas en el Continente Americano. Presentación de la Directora.
26-29 Port-au-Prince, Haití. Official Visit.
SANTÉ/COOPÉRATION OPS-HAÏTI / Une visite en Haïti pour évaluer et renforcer le système sanitaire
  
September / Septiembre
09-13 El Salvador. RESSCAD 2007
13-14 Port of Spain, Trinidad. Official Visit
15-16 Port of Spain, Trinidad. Summit on Non-communicable Diseases - HOGs.
20-21 New York, NY. The Rockefeller Foundation (meeting).
24 Washington D.C., OAS HQ. Inter-American Committee for Natural Disaster Reduction (IACNDR)
26 Washington D.C., OAS HQ. Briefing Presentation to the OAS Permanent Council.
28 New York, NY. Official Visits.
  
October / Octubre
01-05 Washington, D.C., HQ. 27th Pan American Sanitary Conference**
12 Washington, D.C. OEA HQ. Recepción en ocasión de la Fiesta Nacional por Embajador ante OEA de España.
15 Washington, D.C. Reunión con Dr. Gabriel Perez Cobo de la Escuela Andaluza de Salud Pública.
16 Washington, D.C. National Alliance for Hispanic Health VIDA Awards.
16 Washington, D.C. PAHO HQ. Meeting with Former Presidente Jorge Sampaio of Portugal.
23-30 Madrid, Spain. Primer Encuentro de Cooperación Española.
Presentación de la Directora [PPT]
Discurso de la Directora
Conclusiones Encuentro de Cooperación Española para el Desarrollo
  
November / Noviembre
09-18 Geneva, Switzerland. Fourth Global Meeting of Heads of WHO Country Offices with DG and RDs.
Director's presentation at the panel Partnerships and WHO
26 Washington, D.C., PAHO HQ. Reunión interagencial del sistema de Naciones Unidas.
28 Washington, D.C., HQ. Retirees Annual Meeting.
29-30 Washington, D.C., HQ. Reunión CAIS.
30 Washington, D.C., HQ. Annual Meeting American Anthropological Association.
  
December / Diciembre
07 Washington, D.C., HQ. Teleconference - COMISCA
07 Washington, D.C., HQ. PAHO HQ Christmas Party.
  
**** All other appointments are internal
    *** 2007 Extended Official Travel only for staff users [On Intranet]
    ** Non-travel periods
      Last Updating: 31-Dec-2007