In 2009, the Workshop was awarded the "Champion of Health" award by PAHO for its efforts.
PAHO, in its Regional Immunization Vision and Strategy, shares this goal [ 12].
PAHO asks Mexico's focal point if it can post a notice about the outbreak in WHO's surveillance network's Event Information System (EIS).
Doing so leads to Indigenous Peoples viewing PAHO's actions as patronizing, and its program as governed by outsiders.
PAHO has led evolution of the CEH program in the Americas (PAHO 2011, 2012b).
PAHO's initial efforts could yield some positive mental health outcomes, granted it is willing to: ▪ Avoid overenthusiastic statements on what could be done, and focus on what can be achieved.
It organizes 'Vaccination Week in the Americas' with high profile events in PAHO countries.
PAHO made an unexpected move eleven years ago with its unique mental health services meeting in Bolivia.
The eradication program organized by PAHO was discontinued in the early 1970s, and the mosquito was reintroduced in countries from which it had been previously eradicated [ 96].
According to PAHO, the region spends nearly US$3 billion each year on pesticides (PAHO 2011).
