29th PAN AMERICAN SANITARY CONFERENCE 69th SESSION OF THE REGIONAL COMMITTEE OF WHO FOR THE AMERICAS Washington, D.C., USA, 25-29 September 2017 CSP29/FR 29 September 2017 Original: English FINAL REPORT CSP29/FR CONTENTS Page Opening of the Session ........................................................................................................ 6 Procedural Matters Appointment of the Committee on Credentials .............................................................. 6 Election of Officers ......................................................................................................... 6 Establishment of a Working Party to Study the Application of Article 6.B of the PAHO Constitution ......................................................................................... 7 Establishment of the General Committee ....................................................................... 7 Adoption of the Agenda .................................................................................................. 7 Constitutional Matters Annual Report of the President of the Executive Committee ......................................... 7 Reports of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau ............................................................... 8 A. Quinquennial Report 2013-2017 of the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau ................................................................................................................. 8 B. Health in the Americas ...................................................................................... 11 Election of the Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau and Nomination of the Regional Director of the World Health Organization for the Americas ...................................................................................................... 12 Election of Three Member States to the Executive Committee on the Expiration of the Periods of Office of Guatemala, Trinidad and Tobago, and United States of America ........................................................................................ 13 Program Policy Matters Strategic Plan of the Pan American Health Organization 2014-2019 (Amended 2017)...................................................................................................... 13 PAHO Program and Budget 2018-2019 ....................................................................... 15 New Scale of Assessed Contributions........................................................................... 17 Sustainable Health Agenda for the Americas 2018-2030 ............................................. 18 Policy on Ethnicity and Health ..................................................................................... 20 Plan of Action for the Sustainability of Measles, Rubella, and Congenital Rubella Syndrome Elimination in the Americas 2018-2023 ................ 21 Plan of Action for the Strengthening of Vital Statistics 2017-2022 ............................. 23 Strategy on Human Resources for Universal Access to Health and Universal Health Coverage ..................................................................................... 25 Strategy and Plan of Action to Strengthen Tobacco Control in the Region of the Americas 2018-2022 ........................................................................ 28 Update on the Situation and Challenges of Supplying Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine to Maintain Polio Eradication in the Region of the Americas .................. 30 2 CSP29/FR CONTENTS (cont.) Page Administrative and Financial Matters Report on the Collection of Assessed Contributions .................................................... 33 Financial Report of the Director and Report of the External Auditor for 2016 ............ 34 Appointment of the External Auditor of PAHO for 2018-2021 ................................... 36 Selection of Member States to Boards and Committees Election of Two Members to the Advisory Committee of the Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information (BIREME) ....................... 36 Awards PAHO Award for Health Services Management and Leadership (2017) ..................... 36 Matters for Information Update on WHO Reform .............................................................................................. 37 PAHO/WHO Collaborating Centers ............................................................................. 38 Impact of Violence on the Health of the Populations in the Americas: Final Report ............................................................................................................. 39 Regional Strategy and Plan of Action for Cervical Cancer Prevention and Control: Final Report ....................................................................................... 41 Proposed Ten-Year Regional Plan on Oral Health for the Americas: Final Report ............................................................................................................. 44 Implementation of the International Health Regulations (IHR) ................................... 45 Progress Reports on Technical Matters A. Plan of Action on Health in All Policies: Progress Report ............................... 48 B. Chronic Kidney Disease in Agricultural Communities in Central America: Progress Report ................................................................. 49 C. Plan of Action for Universal Access to Safe Blood: Midterm Review............................................................................................. 49 D. Addressing the Causes of Disparities in Health Service Access and Utilization for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Trans (LGBT) Persons: Progress Report .............................................................................................. 50 E. Health and Human Rights: Progress Report ..................................................... 51 F. Plan of Action on Immunization: Midterm Review .......................................... 51 G. Strategy and Plan of Action on Epilepsy: Midterm Review ............................. 52 H. Plan of Action on Mental Health: Midterm Review ......................................... 52 I. Plan of Action on Disabilities and Rehabilitation: Midterm Review ............... 53 J. Plan of Action for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance: Midterm Review............................................................................................. 53 K. Cooperation for Health Development in the Americas: Progress Report .............................................................................................. 54 3 CSP29/FR CONTENTS (cont.) Page Matters for Information (cont.) Progress Reports on Technical Matters (cont.) L. Review of the Charge Assessed on the Procurement of Public Health Supplies for Member States: Progress Report ............................................... 55 M. Status of the Pan American Centers .................................................................. 55 Resolutions and other Actions of Intergovernmental Organizations of Interest to PAHO A. Seventieth World Health Assembly .................................................................. 56 B. Forty-seventh Regular Session of the General Assembly of the Organization of American States ...................................................................... 56 C. Subregional Organizations ................................................................................ 56 Update on the Implementation of the Framework of Engagement with non-State Actors (FENSA) ..................................................................................... 57 Draft Concept Note towards WHO’s 13th General Program of Work 2019-2023 ..................................................................................................... 58 Other Matters .................................................................................................................... 61 Closure of the Session ....................................................................................................... 62 Resolutions and Decisions Resolutions CSP29.R1: Collection of Assessed Contributions ............................................. 62 CSP29.R2: Sustainable Health Agenda for the Americas 2018-2030 ............... 63 CSP29.R3: Policy on Ethnicity and Health ....................................................... 65 CSP29.R4: Plan of Action for the Strengthening of Vital Statistics 2017-2022 .................................................................................... 67 CSP29.R5: Strategic Plan of the Pan American Health Organization 2014-2019 (Amended) ................................................................. 69 CSP29.R6: Program and Budget of the Pan American Health Organization 2018-2019............................................................... 69 CSP29.R7: Appointment of the External Auditor of PAHO for 2018-2021 .................................................................................... 72 CSP29.R8: Election of Three Member States to the Executive Committee on the Expiration of the Periods of Office of Guatemala, Trinidad and Tobago, and United States of America ................... 72 CSP29.R9: Election of Two Members to the Advisory Committee of the Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information (BIREME) ................................................................ 73 4 CSP29/FR CONTENTS (cont.) Page Resolutions and Decisions (cont.) Resolutions (cont.) CSP29.R10: Election of the Director