PAHO award for administration, 2000

PA N A M ERICA N HEA LTH ORGA NIZA TION WORLD HEA LTH ORGA NIZA TION

42nd DIRECTING COUNCIL

Washington, D.C., 25-29 September 2000

Provisional Agenda Item 7.1 CD42/28 (Eng.)

18 July 2000

ORIGINAL: ENGLISH

PAHO AWARD FOR ADMINISTRATION, 2000

The Award Committee of the PAHO Award for Administration, 2000, comprised of Dr. Antonio González Fernández, of Cuba, Ms. Mariángeles Argüello, of Nicaragua, and Ms. Mary Lou Valdez, of the United States of America, met on 28 June during the 126th Session of the Executive Committee. After examining the documentation on the candidates nominated by the Member States, the Committee decided to confer the PAHO Award for Administration, 2000, on Dr. Roberto Fuentes García, of Chile, for his long and fruitful efforts in the field of public health administration, focusing particularly on effective management, quality of care, and user satisfaction, and for his important contribution to the national and international literature in these areas.

The Executive Committee considered the report of the Award Committee and adopted the following resolution (CE126.R14):

THE 126th SESSION OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE,

Having examined the report of the Award Committee of the PAHO Award for Administration, 2000 (Document CE126/6, Add. I); and

Bearing in mind the provisions of the procedures and guidelines for conferring the PAHO Award for Administration, as approved by the 18th Pan American Sanitary Conference (1970) and amended by the 24th Pan American Sanitary Conference (1994) and the 124th Session of the Executive Committee (1999),

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RESOLVES:

1. To note the decision of the Award Committee to confer the PAHO Award for Administration, 2000, on Dr. Roberto Fuentes García, of Chile, for his long and fruitful efforts in the field of public health administration, focusing particularly on effective management, the quality of care and user satisfaction, and for his important contribution to the national and international literature in these areas.

2. To transmit the report of the Award Committee of the PAHO Award for Administration, 2000 (Document CE126/6, Add. I), to the 42nd Directing Council.