We are now at the end of the organisations and cultures course and i want to thank the teacher for all the work she has done. The course was very interesting, and applicable to today´´s situation, it was very interesting the fact of learning about other cultures and countries, the blog was a new activity for me and i personally think that it is a nice tool to learn more about the different topics seen in class, at the same time it leaves a window open for creativity which i think is great!!!
all of the activities done in class were applicable to the course and i think it pushed us a little bit more to make into practice the theory learned.

WHAT IS It?

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According to http://new.paho.org/hq/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=91&Itemid=220
Is an international public health agency with more than 100 years of experience in working to improve health and living standards of the countries of the Americas. It serves as the specialized organization for health of the Inter-American System. It also serves as the Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health Organization and enjoys international recognition as part of the United Nations system.

PAHO COUNTRIES AND CENTERS

Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Aruba
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Bermuda
Venezuela
Bolivia
Brazil
British Virgin Islands (UK)
Canada
Cayman Islands
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Field Office, El Paso TX, USA
French Guiana
Grenada
Guadaloupe
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Martinique
Mexico
Montserrat
Netherland Antilles
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Puerto Rico
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos
United States of America
Uruguay


WHERE IN COLOMBIA IS IT LOCATED?

Colombia
Dr. Cristina Nogueira
PAHO/WHO Representative Colombia

Carrera 7 Nr. 74-21, Piso 9
Edificio Seguros Aurora
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia

Country/City Code: 011-57-1
Telephones: 314-4141 SW
Fax: 254-7070

http://www.paho.org/col

Inside this organization exists those countries called:

The Priority Countries (PC),which are those singled out for special attention, due to the fact that their health status remains unacceptable to the Member States of PAHO. These countries are: Bolivia, Guyana, Haití, Honduras and Nicaragua.
Initially, those are the Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC), where the rate of debt payment leaves little national income for increasing expenditure in the development of the social sectors. In these countries, the health institutions and infrastructure are extremely weak. In the case of Haiti, while not an HIPC, its maternal and infant mortality rates, two of the most sensitive health development indicators, are the highest in the Region and among the highest in the world.

This organization has important governing bodies, in which each one plays an important role, those are:

*The Pan American Sanitary Conference: The Conference is the supreme governing authority and meets every five years to determine its general policies. The Conference also serves as a forum for the interchange of information and ideas relating to the prevention of disease; the preservation, promotion and restoration of mental and physical health; and the advancement of sociomedical measures and facilities for the prevention and treatment of physical and mental diseases in the Western Hemisphere.

*The Directing Council: The Council meets once a year and when the conference does not meet they can act on behalf.

*The Executive Committee: It´s composed of nine Member States of the Organization, elected by the Conference or the Council for periods of three years. The Committee, which meets twice a year, acts as a working party of the Conference or Council.Special meetings are convoked by the Director of the Bureau either on his/her own initiative or upon request of at least three Member States.

*The Committee has an auxiliary advisory body, the Subcommittee on Program, Budget, and Administration: this is an auxiliary advisory body of the Executive Committee with responsibility for aspects of Program, Budget and Administration. It reviews, and makes recommendations to the Executive Committee in these areas. It consists of seven Members.

REFERENCE
http://new.paho.org

INTERESTING WEB SITE TO VISIT IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS ORGANIZATION

http://www.youtube.com/pahopin#p/u

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PROS: *end to illegal immigration
*end of violence in the border and the dieying of millions of immigrants
every day
*more control in terms of immigration and as a result better quality of life
for legal immigrants

CONS: *invitation for harrasment
*discrimination
*violence and crime
*black mail
*corruption
*boycotts