Health Program of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas. Action Plan 2005–2007
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[Introduction]: Within the framework of the efforts that the countries and peoples of
the Americas develop in order to achieve equity, the Pan American Health
Organization (PAHO) has implemented systematic actions with regard to
indigenous health in compliance with Resolutions CD37.R5 (1993) and
CD40.R6 (1997). The PAHO technical cooperation and the actions of the
Member Countries are based on the principles of the Health of the
Indigenous Peoples Initiative, which demand the permanent
involvement of the indigenous peoples themselves and the recognition and
respect of their ancestral wisdom.
Based on the Health of the Indigenous Peoples Initiative experience,
the “Health of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas Program” was
proposed as a new space to revise, expand, and consolidate the
development of the health of the indigenous peoples of the Region. Since
2004 the Program is being implemented from the Health Services
Organization Unit of the Technology and Health Services Delivery
Area (THS/OS). The Program considers the strengths of the countries and peoples of
the Americas; thus, it takes into account approaches and methodologies
that combine both the institutional and community vision. The goal is to
contribute to the achievement of equity in the Americas in the context of
recognition and respect of cultural diversity; the purpose is to strengthen
the local, national, subregional, and regional capacity to promote health
improvement of the Region’s indigenous peoples in a way that integrates
the framework of the intercultural approach and human development. The
full involvement of all social actors is required to adhere to the Program’s
multisectoral and multidisciplinary approach, which takes into consideration
health as a human right and the gender and generational approach...
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