PHA-Exchange> Mirta Rosas's statement

[Andy Rutherford]

Dear Friends

Here is a summary and access to Mirta Rosas's strong statement

Inequitable Health Care

Unequal access to services and disparities between rural and urban areas 
continue to mar the health systems in North and South America and the 
Caribbean, according to the latest United Nations report on the issue. "The 
search for equity in health is one of the main objectives," Pan American 
Health Organization (PAHO) Director Mirta Roses said in presenting her 
annual report to the organization's 47th Directing Council meeting this 
week in Washington, DC. The report focuses on closing the gaps in health in 
the least protected populations in the Americas, especially in areas where 
poverty is highly concentrated in relation to disadvantaged groups such as 
women, children, indigenous populations, young people and the elderly. "In 
far too many countries, unnecessary poor health conditions persist" and 
evidence shows there are a number of cost-effective interventions to 
improve health conditions, PAHO's former Director George Alleyne told the 
region's health ministers.

To learn more, please go to http://www.paho.org/English/DD/PIN/pr060926.htm.


With very best wishes


Andy Rutherford
Head of International Partnerships
One World Action

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