Pan American Health Organization, the Glossary

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1. 89 relations: Accident, Addiction, Alcohol (drug), Americas, Andes, Cancer, Cardiovascular disease, Caribbean, Carissa Etienne, Carlos Canseco, Central America, Chagas disease, Cholera, Ciro de Quadros, Conservation and restoration of cultural property, David Tejada, Dengue fever, Diarrhea, Donald Henderson, Elimination Initiative, Evidence-Informed Policy Network, Foundation (nonprofit), France, Fred Soper, George Alleyne, Guatemala syphilis experiments, Haemophilus influenzae, Health care, Health systems strengthening, HIV, Hugh S. Cumming, Hurricane Mitch, Infant mortality, Inter-American Development Bank, International organization, Jacinto Convit, Jarbas Barbosa, Junín, Peru, Kingdom of the Netherlands, Latin America, Leprosy, List of specialized agencies of the United Nations, Malaria, María Isabel Rodríguez (government official), Marc Lalonde, Marcos Espinal, Measles, Meningitis, Merceline Dahl-Regis, Michael Lantz, ... Expand index (39 more) »

2. Health sciences organizations
3. Organizations established in 1902

Accident

An accident is an unintended, normally unwanted event that was not directly caused by humans.

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Addiction

Addiction is a neuropsychological disorder characterized by a persistent and intense urge to use a drug or engage in a behavior that produces natural reward, despite substantial harm and other negative consequences.

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Alcohol (drug)

Alcohol, sometimes referred to by the chemical name ethanol, is one of the most widely used and abused psychoactive drugs in the world and falls under the depressant category.

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Americas

The Americas, sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North America and South America.

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Andes

The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America.

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Cancer

Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body.

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Cardiovascular disease

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is any disease involving the heart or blood vessels.

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Caribbean

The Caribbean (el Caribe; les Caraïbes; de Caraïben) is a subregion of the Americas that includes the Caribbean Sea and its islands, some of which are surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some of which border both the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean; the nearby coastal areas on the mainland are sometimes also included in the region.

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Carissa Etienne

Carissa Faustina Etienne (2 November 1952 – 1 December 2023) was a Dominican public health expert.

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Carlos Canseco

Carlos Canseco González (March 17, 1921, in Tampico, Mexico – January 14, 2009, in Monterrey, Mexico) was a Mexican physician and philanthropist.

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Central America

Central America is a subregion of North America.

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Chagas disease

Chagas disease, also known as American trypanosomiasis, is a tropical parasitic disease caused by Trypanosoma cruzi.

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Cholera

Cholera is an infection of the small intestine by some strains of the bacterium Vibrio cholerae.

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Ciro de Quadros

Ciro Carlos Araujo de Quadros (January 30, 1940 – May 28, 2014) was a Brazilian leader in the field of Public Health, in particular, the area of vaccines and preventable diseases.

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Conservation and restoration of cultural property

The conservation and restoration of cultural property focuses on protection and care of cultural property (tangible cultural heritage), including artworks, architecture, archaeology, and museum collections.

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David Tejada

David Alejandro Tejada de Rivero (February 27, 1929 – November 3, 2018) was a Peruvian physician, surgeon, public health advocate and government official.

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Dengue fever

Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne disease caused by dengue virus, prevalent in tropical and subtropical areas.

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Diarrhea

Diarrhea (American English), also spelled diarrhoea or diarrhœa (British English), is the condition of having at least three loose, liquid, or watery bowel movements in a day.

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Donald Henderson

Donald Ainslie Henderson (September 7, 1928 – August 19, 2016) was an American medical doctor, educator, and epidemiologist who directed a 10-year international effort (1967–1977) that eradicated smallpox throughout the world and launched international childhood vaccination programs.

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Elimination Initiative

The Regional Initiative for the Elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV and Congenital Syphilis in Latin America and the Caribbean, also known as the "Elimination Initiative", is a multi-agency effort to integrate the services of prevention and diagnosis of HIV and syphilis within the framework of primary care services, prenatal, sexual, reproductive and family health. Pan American Health Organization and Elimination Initiative are international medical and health organizations.

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Evidence-Informed Policy Network

Evidence Informed Policy Network (EVIPNet) is a network, sponsored by the World Health Organization (WHO), which attempts to improve public health, especially in developing countries, by coordinating the efforts of policymakers and health researchers. Pan American Health Organization and Evidence-Informed Policy Network are international medical and health organizations and world Health Organization.

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Foundation (nonprofit)

A foundation (also referred to as a charitable foundation) is a type of nonprofit organization or charitable trust that usually provides funding and support to other charitable organizations through grants, while also potentially participating directly in charitable activities.

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France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.

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Fred Soper

Frederick Lowe Soper (December 13, 1893 – February 9, 1977) was an American epidemiologist.

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George Alleyne

Sir George Allanmore Ogarren Alleyne (born in St. Philip, Barbados, on 7 October 1932) served as United Nations Secretary-General's Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean region 2003–2010.

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Guatemala syphilis experiments

The Guatemala syphilis experiments were United States-led human experiments conducted in Guatemala from 1946 to 1948.

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Haemophilus influenzae

Haemophilus influenzae (formerly called Pfeiffer's bacillus or Bacillus influenzae) is a Gram-negative, non-motile, coccobacillary, facultatively anaerobic, capnophilic pathogenic bacterium of the family Pasteurellaceae.

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Health care

Health care, or healthcare, is the improvement of health via the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, amelioration or cure of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in people.

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Health systems strengthening

Health systems strengthening (also health system strengthening, abbreviated HSS) is a term used in global health that roughly means to improve the health care system of a country.

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HIV

The human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) are two species of Lentivirus (a subgroup of retrovirus) that infect humans.

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Hugh S. Cumming

Hugh Smith Cumming (August 17, 1869 – December 20, 1948) was an American physician, and soldier.

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Hurricane Mitch

Hurricane Mitch was the second-deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record.

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Infant mortality

Infant mortality is the death of an infant before the infant's first birthday.

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Inter-American Development Bank

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB or IADB) is an international development finance institution headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States of America, and serving as the largest source of development financing for Latin America and the Caribbean.

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International organization

An international organization, also known as an intergovernmental organization or an international institution, is an organization that is established by a treaty or other type of instrument governed by international law and possesses its own legal personality, such as the United Nations, the World Health Organization, International Union for Conservation of Nature, and NATO.

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Jacinto Convit

Jacinto Convit García (11 September 1913 – 12 May 2014) was a Venezuelan physician and scientist, known for developing a vaccine to prevent leprosy and his studies to treat cancer.

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Jarbas Barbosa

Jarbas Barbosa da Silva Jr. is a public health expert from Brazil who is currently serving as the Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and Regional Director for the Americas of the World Health Organization (WHO); his five-year term in this position starting on 1 February 2023.

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Junín, Peru

Junín is a city in Central Peru, capital of the Junín Province in the Department of Junín.

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Kingdom of the Netherlands

The Kingdom of the Netherlands (Koninkrijk der Nederlanden), commonly known simply as the Netherlands, is a sovereign state consisting of a collection of constituent territories united under the monarch of the Netherlands, who functions as head of state.

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Latin America

Latin America often refers to the regions in the Americas in which Romance languages are the main languages and the culture and Empires of its peoples have had significant historical, ethnic, linguistic, and cultural impact.

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Leprosy

Leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease (HD), is a long-term infection by the bacteria Mycobacterium leprae or Mycobacterium lepromatosis.

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List of specialized agencies of the United Nations

United Nations Specialized Agencies are autonomous organizations working with the United Nations and each other through the co-ordinating machinery of the United Nations Economic and Social Council at the intergovernmental level, and through the Chief Executives Board for co-ordination (CEB) at the inter-secretariat level.

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Malaria

Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease that affects vertebrates.

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María Isabel Rodríguez (government official)

María Isabel Rodríguez (born November 5, 1922) is a Salvadoran physician, academic, and government official.

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Marc Lalonde

Marc Lalonde (July 26, 1929 – May 6, 2023) was a Canadian politician who served as a cabinet minister, political staffer and lawyer.

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Marcos Espinal

Marcos Espinal is currently the Director of the at the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health Organization (WHO).

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Measles

Measles is a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable infectious disease caused by measles virus.

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Meningitis

Meningitis is acute or chronic inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord, collectively called the meninges.

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Merceline Dahl-Regis

Merceline Dahl-Regis, CMG OD, is a Bahamian physician and public health expert.

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Michael Lantz

Michael Lantz (born April 6, 1908 – April 25, 1988) was an American sculptor and medalist.

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Mirta Roses Periago

Mirta Roses Periago is an Argentine epidemiologist who served as Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) from 2003 until 2013.

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Modern architecture

Modern architecture, also called modernist architecture, was an architectural movement and style that was prominent in the 20th century, between the earlier Art Deco and later postmodern movements.

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Myrna Cunningham

Myrna Kay Cunningham Kain is a Miskito feminist, indigenous rights activist and medical surgeon from Nicaragua.

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Non-governmental organization

A non-governmental organization (NGO) (see spelling differences) is an organization that generally is formed independent from government.

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Oral rehydration therapy

Oral rehydration therapy (ORT) is a type of fluid replacement used to prevent and treat dehydration, especially due to diarrhea.

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Organization of American States

The Organization of American States (OAS or OEA; Organización de los Estados Americanos; Organização dos Estados Americanos; Organisation des États américains) is an international organization founded on 30 April 1948 to promote cooperation among its member states within the Americas. Pan American Health Organization and organization of American States are international organizations based in the Americas.

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Pan American Journal of Public Health

The Pan American Journal of Public Health (Spanish: Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública; Portuguese: Revista Pan-Americana de Saúde Pública) is a peer-reviewed open-access public health journal covering research and case studies on issues of public health significance, mainly in areas related to national and local health systems, to improve the health of the peoples of the Americas.

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Polio

Poliomyelitis, commonly shortened to polio, is an infectious disease caused by the poliovirus.

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Polio eradication

Polio eradication, the permanent global cessation of circulation of the poliovirus and hence elimination of the poliomyelitis (polio) it causes, is the aim of a multinational public health effort begun in 1988, led by the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the Rotary Foundation.

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Portugal

Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe, whose territory also includes the Macaronesian archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira.

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Primary health care

Primary health care (PHC) is a whole-of-society approach to effectively organise and strengthen national health systems to bring services for health and wellbeing closer to communities.

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Protein–energy malnutrition

Protein–energy undernutrition (PEU), once called protein-energy malnutrition (PEM), is a form of malnutrition that is defined as a range of conditions arising from coincident lack of dietary protein and/or energy (calories) in varying proportions.

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Puerto Rico

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Rabies

Rabies is a viral disease that causes encephalitis in humans and other mammals.

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Román Fresnedo Siri

Román Fresnedo Siri (February 4, 1903 – June 26, 1975) was a Uruguayan architect.

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Rupert Blue

Rupert Lee Blue (May 30, 1868 – April 12, 1948) was an American physician and soldier.

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Ruth Rice Puffer

Ruth Rice Puffer (August 31, 1907 – September 2, 2002) was an American biostatistician who headed the Department of Health Statistics of the Pan American Health Organization, where she led the Inter-American Investigation of Childhood Mortality.

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Save Outdoor Sculpture!

Save Outdoor Sculpture! (SOS!) was a community-based effort to identify, document, and conserve outdoor sculpture in the United States.

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Seal (emblem)

A seal is a device for making an impression in wax, clay, paper, or some other medium, including an embossment on paper, and is also the impression thus made.

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Smallpox

Smallpox was an infectious disease caused by variola virus (often called smallpox virus), which belongs to the genus Orthopoxvirus.

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Smithsonian Institution

The Smithsonian Institution, or simply the Smithsonian, is a group of museums, education and research centers, the largest such complex in the world, created by the U.S. government "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge." Founded on August 10, 1846, it operates as a trust instrumentality and is not formally a part of any of the three branches of the federal government.

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Smoking

Smoking is a practice in which a substance is combusted and the resulting smoke is typically inhaled to be tasted and absorbed into the bloodstream of a person.

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Southern Cone

The Southern Cone (Cono Sur, Cone Sul) is a geographical and cultural subregion composed of the southernmost areas of South America, mostly south of the Tropic of Capricorn.

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Spain

Spain, formally the Kingdom of Spain, is a country located in Southwestern Europe, with parts of its territory in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and Africa.

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Tabaré Vázquez

Tabaré Ramón Vázquez Rosas (17 January 19406 December 2020) was a Uruguayan politician and oncologist who served as the 39th and 41st President of Uruguay from 2005 to 2010 and from 2015 to 2020.

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Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis (TB), also known colloquially as the "white death", or historically as consumption, is an infectious disease usually caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) bacteria.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.

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United Nations

The United Nations (UN) is a diplomatic and political international organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and serve as a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations. Pan American Health Organization and United Nations are intergovernmental organizations established by treaty.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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Uniting for Health Innovation

UFHI (Uniting for Health Innovation), formerly the PAHO Foundation, is a non-government organization whose purpose is to respond to existing and emerging health threats in the Americas.

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Uruguayans

Uruguayans (uruguayos) are people identified with the country of Uruguay, through citizenship or descent.

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Vaccination Week In The Americas

Vaccination Week In The Americas (VWA) is an annual public health campaign by the member states of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to promote equity and access to immunization.

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Vaccine-preventable disease

A vaccine-preventable disease is an infectious disease for which an effective preventive vaccine exists.

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Walter Wyman

Walter Wyman (August 17, 1848 – November 21, 1911) was an American physician and soldier.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.

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Western Hemisphere

The Western Hemisphere is the half of the planet Earth that lies west of the Prime Meridian—which crosses Greenwich, London, England—and east of the 180th meridian.

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World Bank

The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of low- and middle-income countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects.

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World Health Organization

The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. Pan American Health Organization and World Health Organization are health sciences organizations, intergovernmental organizations established by treaty and international medical and health organizations.

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Zilda Arns

Zilda Arns Neumann (25 August 1934 – 12 January 2010) was a Brazilian pediatrician and aid worker.

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See also

Health sciences organizations

• Center for Research and Development in Health Sciences
• Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials
• Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences
• Gunma Prefectural College of Health Sciences
• Pan American Health Organization
• Statens Serum Institut
• World Health Organization
• Yamagata Prefectural University of Health Sciences

Organizations established in 1902

• AAA Contest Board
• African People's Organisation
• American Automobile Association
• American Road and Transportation Builders Association
• Berkeley Faculty Club
• British Homeopathic Association
• Carnegie Institution for Science
• Classical Association of Scotland
• Daughters of the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World
• Det norske Myrselskap
• Deutscher Verband für Frauenstimmrecht
• Dickens Fellowship
• Dutch Kennel Club
• Federation of Icelandic Cooperative Societies
• Free Speech League
• Goodwill Industries
• HKD Napredak
• International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
• Liberal League (United Kingdom)
• Macedonian Scientific and Literary Society
• Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland
• National Farmers Union (United States)
• National Service League
• Navy League of the United States
• Nursing Council of New Zealand
• Pan American Health Organization
• Pilgrims Society
• Portland Cement Association
• Royal Economic Society
• Sögufélag
• Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders
• Solvay Institute of Sociology
• Swedish Employers' Confederation
• Tall Cedars of Lebanon
• Union of Jewish Women
• Vienna Psychoanalytic Society
• Voliere Zürich

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_American_Health_Organization

Also known as 10.26633, 10.37774, Constitution of the Pan American Health Organization, PAHO, Pan American Bureau, Pan American Health Organisation, Pan American Sanitary Bureau, Pan-American Health Organisation, Pan-American Health Organization, Pan-American Sanitary Bureau, Panamerican Health Organization.

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