Chronology
of Events
1920 |
Sixth
International Sanitary Conference – Montevideo, Uruguay
Dr. Hugh S. Cumming elected as Director
of the Bureau
|
1922 |
Maiden issue of Boletin
Panamericano de Sanidad, recognized importance of Bureau in facilitating
information exchange with the countries of the regions
|
1923 |
Seventh
Conference – Pan American Sanitary Conference
- name of Bureau changed to Pan
American Sanitary Bureau |
1924 |
Boletin began publishing resolutions
of PASC and monthly journal changed name to Boletin
de la Oficin Sanitaria Panamericana
Director began summarizing the known
health conditions in the countries
|
1926 |
Establishment of a statistics service
and naming of epidemiologic assistants in the countries.
|
1927 |
Eighth
Conference – Lima, Peru
Established Directing Council which
drafted the "Constitution and Status of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau".
|
1934 |
Ninth
Conference
Approved "Constitution and Status"
|
1936 |
National Directors of Health debated
a subject that was to have increasing importance in later years; local
health system
|
1942 |
Meeting of
the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the American Republics
Adopted two resolutions that recognized
the hemispheric accomplishments of the Bureau and ensure the independence
of the Bureau in later years with the creation of the World Health Organziation
Provision of raw materials, services,
and funds by the governments to deal with problems of public health and
sanitation
Use of technical aid and advise of
national health services of each country in cooperation with the Pan American
Sanitary Bureau
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