1. Canadian WHO/PAHO Collaborating Centre Workshop.
PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION
Pan American Sanitary Bureau, Regional Office of the
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
Canadian WHO/PAHO Collaborating Centre Workshop
Strengthening Capacity and Partnerships with PAHO
Jon Kim Andrus, M.D. Deputy Director

2. Chronology of Important Events in the History of PAHO
International Sanitary Bureau formed by The First General International Sanitary Convention of American Republics
ISB renamed Pan American Sanitary Bureau
Adoption of the Pan American Sanitary Code

3. PAHO as a Specialized Agency of the UN and Inter–American System
Regional Office of the World Health Organization
Specialized Agency of the Organization of American States
UN System
PAHO
Inter-American
System

4. Regional Structure EURO Copenhagen, Denmark HQ Geneva, Switzerland
WPRO Manila, Philippines
AMRO Washington, DC USA
EMRO Alexandria, Egypt
SEARO New Delhi, India
AFRO Brazzaville, Rep. Du Congo
Regional Structure

5. PAHO’s Presence in the Region*
Technical representative
CFNI
CAREC
INCAP
CEPIS
PANAFTOSA
Headquarters
BIREME
INPPAZ
CLAP
Country Offices
Centers

6. PAHO in the New Millennium
Promotion of health and protection of life
Focus on and with countries
Focus on the health of the neediest: key countries especially Haiti; special groups such as women and children; and prioritiy technical areas such as AIDS
New era of increased connectivity and interdependency – sustainable human development will require new modalities of technical cooperation, most importantly catalyzing networks of people and maximizing communication technologies

7. PAHO’s Technical Areas:
Health Surveillance, Disease Prevention and Control
Sustainable Development and Environmental Health
Family and Community Health
Technology, Health Care and Research
Knowledge Management and Communication
Health Systems and Services
Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Relief

8. Millennium Development Compact
Collective
intentionality to reduce
poverty by building
on mutual responsibilities:
The Millennium Development
Goals are the first
global development vision
that combines global political
endorsement with a clear
focus on, and means to
engage directly with, the
world’s poor people.

9. The Millennium Development Goals
The Millennium Development Goals are time-bound and measurable goals and targets to be achieved between 1990 and 2015, they include:
1. Halving extreme poverty and hunger
2. Achieving universal primary education
3. Promoting gender equality
4. Reducing under-five mortality by two-thirds
5. Reducing maternal mortality by three-quarters
6. Reversing the spread of HIV/AIDS, malaria, and TB
7. Ensuring environmental sustainability
8. Developing a global partnership for development with targets for aid, trade, and debt relief

10. Mission, Values, Equity and Pan Americanism
To lead strategic collaborative efforts among Member States and other partners to promote equity in health, to combat disease, and to improve the quality of and lengthen the lives of the peoples of the Americas.
Values:
Equity, excellence, solidarity, respect, integrity
Equity and Pan Americanism:
PAHO focuses on equity to improve health for the most vulnerable and to analyze the gaps, which are the world’s largest in the Western Hemisphere. PAHO also seeks cooperation among countries to foster Pan Americanism and reduce the burden of ill health in the Americas.

11. Pan American Health Organization
PAHO/WHO
Collaborating Centers
… supporting WHO programmes
Pan American Health Organization
Pan American Sanitary Bureau, Regional Office of the
World Health Organization

12. Definition
A WHO Collaborating Center is designated by the Director-General to form part of an international collaborative network carrying out activities in support of the Organization’s programs at all levels

13. Role of the Collaborating Centers
To provide strategic support to WHO meeting two primary needs:
To implement WHO’s mandated work and program objectives
To develop and strengthen institutional capacity in countries and regions

14. Collaborating Centers- Functions
Training (human resources, research, etc.)
Research, including biological, clinical, operational
Product Development (guidelines, manuals,
methodologies)
Develop and apply appropriate technology
Information Dissemination (clearinghouse)
While the majority of the WHO Collaborating Centers provide research, training or information dissemination, the functions of many other centers vary. Each center, in consultation with the responsible WHO technical officers, develops a detailed plan of work based on concrete activities to be accomplished within a specific timeframe. These terms of reference may be modified during the four-year period of designation only with the approval of the regional and global technical officers.
Provide reference substances, services
Standardization (terminology, technology, methods)
Focused on a particular technical aspect · may cover multiple functions

15. Eligibility Criteria Scientific and technical standing
Quality of scientific and technical leadership
Stability: personnel, activity and funding
Capacity to work at the country, regional and most importantly, global level
Relevance of the scope of work with WHO’s program priorities and activities
…and influence

16. Distribution of WHO Collaborating Centers
290
182
172 48 85 28
158

17. PAHO/WHO Technical Unit Responsibilities
Overseeing the collaboration based on the four-year work plan
Obtaining annual reports in the proper format (this will change in the new system)
Evaluating the technical cooperation
Communicating recommendations to the WHO/HQ Technical counterpart
…an help coordinate processes when an administrative focal point is available. This will greatly support technical officers in the new system
The collaboration with the CCs is managed by relevant program officers (regional or global office) who initiated the designation process. CCs may work with all parts of the Organization relevant to their agreed plan of work. Even though a CC is geographically located in one region, it may provide expertise and training in another WHO region.

18. PAHO/WHO Technical Units Responsibilities
Site visit & resource evaluation; 2 year plan. Joint preparation of formal applications
Deliver the completed forms
(by the Center and responsible officer)
Obtain 4 yearly annual reports
Develop four-year work plan with the centers
Memo of justification from PAHO Area/Unit
Memo of agreement from WHO/HQ Technical Counterpart
Only if needed, we should have Collaborating Centers; there is a cost of opportunity involved –it drains resources

19. Celebrating 100 Years of Health