| Descriptor English: | Pan American Health Organization |
| Descriptor Spanish: | Organización Panamericana de la Salud |
| Descriptor Portuguese: | Organização Pan-Americana da Saúde |
| Descriptor French: | Organisation panaméricaine de la santé |
| Entry term(s): |
PAHO |
| Tree number(s): |
N03.540.514.718.800.628 SH1.010.020.030.040 SP1.021.137.168.044.020 |
| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010175 |
| Scope note: | WHO regional office for the Americas acting as a coordinating agency for the improvement of health conditions in the hemisphere. The four main functions are: control or eradication of communicable diseases, strengthening of national and local health services, education and training, and research. |
| Annotation: | CATALOGER: Use NAF entry |
| Allowable Qualifiers: |
EC economics HI history OG organization & administration |
| Previous Indexing: |
International Agencies (1966-1972) World Health Organization (1966-1972) |
| Public MeSH Note: | 73 |
| History Note: | 73 |
| Entry Version: | PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGAN |
| DeCS ID: | 10363 |
| Unique ID: | D010175 |
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents |
| Date Established: | 1973/01/01 |
| Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 |
| Revision Date: | 2015/06/05 |
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Pan American Health Organization
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| Concept UI |
M0015786 |
| Scope note | WHO regional office for the Americas acting as a coordinating agency for the improvement of health conditions in the hemisphere. The four main functions are: control or eradication of communicable diseases, strengthening of national and local health services, education and training, and research. |
| Preferred term | Pan American Health Organization |
| Entry term(s) |
PAHO |
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