Washington, DC, August 24, 2015 (PAHO). - Health ministers, members of delegations, partners, and members of NGOs will have the opportunity to discuss issues outside the formal agenda of the 54th Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization Health (PAHO), held from September 28 to October 2, at the regional headquarters of the organization in Washington, DC.

These are the parallel events according to the preliminary agenda:

Monday, 28 September 2015

Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the PAHO building

Time: 10 am
Location: Lobby


Opening of the Photo Exhibition on PAHO and the MDGs: Progress on the Health-related Millennium Development Goals

Time: Noon
Location: Second Floor


Panel: Health, the Environment, and the Sustainable Development Goals: From Global Health to Local Development

Time: 1 pm to 2:30 pm
Location: Room A
Virtual: www.livestream.com/paho

Main speakers:

Hon. Ana García de Hernández, First Lady of Honduras 
Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, Director, PAHO/WHO
Hon. John Boyce, Ministry of Health, Barbados
Jane Nishida, Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator, International and Tribal Affairs, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Hon. Anibal Velásquez Valdivia, Ministry of Health, Peru

Moderator:

Alejandra Oraa, "Café CNN," CNN en Español


Tuesday, 29 September 2015

Panel: South-South Cooperation in Health: the Experience of Mais Médicos in Brazil

Time: 12:30 — 2 pm
Location: Room A

Main speakers:

Arthur Chioro, Ministry of Health, Brazil
Marcia Cobas Ruiz, Ministry of Health, Cuba
Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, Director, PAHO/WHO

Moderator:

James Fitzgerald, Director of Health Systems and Services, PAHO/WHO


Onchocerciasis Elimination Stakeholder Recognition

Time: 6 pm
Location: Room A

Main speakers:

Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, Director, PAHO/WHO
Ambassador Mary Ann Peters, CEO, The Carter Center
Dr. Julie Gerberding, EVP for Strategic Communications, Global Public Policy and Population Health at Merck


Wednesday, 30 September 2015

Launching of the World Report on Ageing and Health

Time: 8:30 am
Location: Room A
Virtual: www.livestream.com/paho

Main speakers:

Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-General, WHO
Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, Director, PAHO/WHO
John Beard, Director, Department of Ageing and Life Course, WHO


Panel: Strategic and High Cost medicines: Challenges and opportunities to ensure universal access in the Americas

Time: 6:00 — 8:00 pm
Location: Room B

Main Speakers:

Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, Directora de la OPS/OMS
Eduardo Gonzáles Pier, Ministry of Health, Mexico
Antonio Barrios, Ministry of Health, Paraguay
Violeta Menjívar, Ministry of Health, El Salvador
James Fitzgerald (Moderator), Director of Health Systems and Services, PAHO/WHO


You can follow these side events via our Twitter account @pahowho and the hashtag #PAHODC54.

For more information, visit: www.paho.org/dc54