SUMMIT IMPLEMENTATION REVIEW GROUP (SIRG) OEA/Ser.E GRIC/O.3/doc.16/11 13 October 2011 Original: Spanish

REPORT OF THE 51st DIRECTING COUNCIL OF THE PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION

III Meeting of the Summit Implementation Review Group Washington, D.C., October 11 and 12, 2011

Report of the 51st Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization

Dr. Juan Manuel SoteloManager, External Relations, Resource Mobilization, and Partnerships

51st Directing Council of the Pan American Health OrganizationWashington, D.C., September 26 to 30, 2011

Thematic Axis: Poverty and Inequality

The progress report on compliance with the health-related MDGs was presented, documenting the achievements and goals attained. However, it noted that:

“Reducing maternal mortality remains a pending issue and most of the countries in the Region will not succeed in meeting the target by the established date.”

Discussion Panel on Safe Motherhood and Universal Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health at the 51st PAHO Directing Council

Plan of Action to Accelerate the Reduction of Maternal Mortality and Severe Morbidity

[RESOLUTION CD51.R12]

To the Member States:To the Member States:• adopt national policies, strategies,

plans, and programs that increase increase women’s access to quality health women’s access to quality health servicesservices

• prioritize women’s lives prioritize women’s lives as a human rights and development issue

• promote the empowermentpromote the empowerment of women and the participation and co-co-responsibility of menresponsibility of men in sexual and reproductive health

• advocate for dedicated public budgets dedicated public budgets based on strategic results

To the Director:To the Director:• promote implementation and promote implementation and

coordination of the Plan of Actioncoordination of the Plan of Action, ensuring its integration into programs

• promote and strengthenpromote and strengthen information information systemssystems and maternal health surveillance

• support the Member States in developingdeveloping maternal and neonatal maternal and neonatal health personnelhealth personnel

• consolidate and strengthen technical technical cooperation with other bodiescooperation with other bodies

United Nations High-Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases, September 19-20, 201166th Session of the United Nations General Assembly

Thematic Axis: Natural Disasters

“A safe hospital saves lives during a disaster”

PAHO has a Plan of Action for Safe Hospitals in the event of disasters

Thematic Axis: Security

President Juan Manuel Santos signed the Citizen Security Law on June 24, 2011

Strategy and Plan of Action on Urban Health [RESOLUTION CD51.R4]

To the Member States:To the Member States: • support support national health promotion health promotion

policies and programs

• include determinants and indicatorsinclude determinants and indicators related to urban health in surveillance in surveillance systems systems

• further the commitment toward healthy healthy urban planning and developmenturban planning and development

• develop transport systemsdevelop transport systems that prioritize safesafe walking, cycling, and public transport

To the Director:To the Director: • produce and disseminate criteria, produce and disseminate criteria,

guidelines, model policies, and legal guidelines, model policies, and legal frameworksframeworks for urban health planning

• collect and disseminate new informationcollect and disseminate new information on the topic

• further develop health promotion and health promotion and health determinantshealth determinants

• support support ministry of health engagementengagement with city and metropolitan authorities and other relevant sectors

Plan Of Action On Road Safety[RESOLUTION CD51.R6]

To the Member States:To the Member States:• prioritize road safetyprioritize road safety through the

development of national, subnational, and local plans for the Decade of Decade of Action for Road SafetyAction for Road Safety

• improve the urban road and highway improve the urban road and highway infrastructureinfrastructure

• reduce reduce the incidence of risk factorsrisk factors

• enforce lawsenforce laws related to road safety

• strengthen the technical and strengthen the technical and institutional capacityinstitutional capacity for providing care to victims

• improve dataimprove data on road traffic injuries

To the Director:To the Director:• support the Member States in their efforts their efforts

to improve road safetyto improve road safety

• facilitate the identification and sharing of sharing of good practicesgood practices

• provide cooperation for the creation of creation of technical and policy-making capacity technical and policy-making capacity

• provide technical assistance to improve technical assistance to improve pre-hospital treatmentpre-hospital treatment for victims

• promote associations and collaboration

Plan of Action to Reduce the Harmful Use of Alcohol

[RESOLUTION CD51.R14]

To the Member States:To the Member States:• identify harmful alcohol consumption harmful alcohol consumption

as a public health priorityas a public health priority

• reduce alcohol-related problems through population-wide policiespopulation-wide policies

• promote prevention programs that promote prevention programs that educate educate children, young people, and those who choose not to drink alcohol about how to resist social pressure

• ensure that effective prevention, ensure that effective prevention, treatment, and care servicestreatment, and care services are available

• allocate allocate financial, technical, and human resources

To the Director:To the Director:• collaborate in the assessment of assessment of

alcohol policies and servicesalcohol policies and services in the national context of countries

• facilitate the dissemination of dissemination of informationinformation and the sharing of experiences

• promote partnershipspromote partnerships

• establish a dialogue with the private dialogue with the private sectorsector to reduce alcohol-related harm

Plan of Action on Psychoactive Substance Use and Public Health

[RESOLUTION CD51.R7]

To the Member States:To the Member States:• identify psychoactive substance use psychoactive substance use

as a public health priorityas a public health priority

• implement national and subnational implement national and subnational plansplans to tackle psychoactive substance use problems

To the Director:To the Director:• support support the Member States in the

preparation and implementation of national preparation and implementation of national and subnational plans and subnational plans on psychoactive substance use

• promote partnershipspromote partnerships

• support the multisectoral responsemultisectoral response required to implement this Plan of Action

Thematic Axis: Access to and Use of Technology

Strategy and Plan of Action on eHealth [RESOLUTION CD51.R5]

To the Member States:To the Member States:• give priority to the use of innovative

tools and methodologies

• interministerialinterministerial policies, plans, policies, plans, programs, and interventionsprograms, and interventions

• work for increased competencesincreased competences among human resources

• promote partnerships promote partnerships and knowledge exchanges, while respecting the while respecting the principles of information principles of information confidentiality, equity, and equalityconfidentiality, equity, and equality

• support the capacity to generate generate information and researchinformation and research

To the Director:To the Director:• facilitate the dissemination of studiesdissemination of studies,

reports, and solutions to serve as models for eHealth

• promote the formation of national, formation of national, municipal, and local partnershipsmunicipal, and local partnerships to facilitate the sharing of capacities

• promote coordinationpromote coordination between the Strategy and Plan of Action and similar initiatives

PAHO’s Commitment to the Sixth Summit of the Americas

With our knowledge and experience from more than 100 years working for the health of the

Americas region, we reiterate our support and assistance for both before and after Cartagena 2012

Thank you very much