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WORLD ORGANISATIONS
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Washington DC
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Ottawa
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New York
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Mexico
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Detailed explanation-1: -Headquartered in Washington, D.C., PAHO is the regional office for the World Health Organization in the Americas, and the health organization of the Inter-American System. It is known in Latin America as the OPS (Spanish: Organización Panamericana de la Salud) or OPAS (Portuguese: Organização Pan-Americana da Saúde).
Detailed explanation-2: -The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is the specialized international health agency for the Americas. It works with countries throughout the region to improve and protect people’s health.
Detailed explanation-3: -Headquarters. WHO’s global office is located in Geneva, Switzerland.
Detailed explanation-4: -The need to control the spread of epidemics from one country to another to protect people’s health and countries’ economies led to the creation in December 1902 of what is today known as the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).