Paho Concludes 61St Directing Council with Strategic Agreements

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The Pan American Health Organization held its 61st Directing Council in Washington, DC, from Oct.

3 to Oct.

5, and in a press release, the organization noted that "vital resolutions have been debated and approved" ranging from a policy on climate change and health to a strategy for strengthening health systems.

Among those approved were a plan to strengthen health information systems, a strategy to improve surgical care and intensive and emergency care, a strategy to address the growing demand for long-term care, a strategy on epidemiological intelligence to help countries detect threats early, contain outbreaks, and save lives, and a plan to strengthen tobacco control, "a harmful product whose industry is currently targeting young people through electronic cigarettes."

But it was a plan to eliminate cervical cancer that drew the most attention, with the PAHO noting that "the elimination of cervical cancer, where tools such as HPV testing and vaccines and ablation treatment were discussed, which can save the lives of more than 40,000 women a year in the Americas," could save the lives of an estimated 1.5 million people.

The Guardian reports that the resolution was put forth by the Venezuelan ambassador to the PAHO, who noted that his country is in the process of putting in place the world's first cervical cancer screening program for women under

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