“Our goal must be a world in which good health is a pillar of individual well-being, national progress, and international stability and peace. This cannot be achieved without partnerships involving governments, international organizations, the business community, and civil society.”

— Kofi A. Annan, ex-Secretary-General of the United Nations

PAHEF at Work

News and Events

International Development Expert Leads the Pan American Health and Education Foundation

2007-12-31 - The board of trustees of the Pan American Health and Education Foundation welcome Mr. Edward Kadunc as the new executive director. He comes to the foundation with 30 years of experience in international development, largely in Latin America.

Make Every Mother and Child Count!

2006-04-03 - Health workers worldwide are focusing this year on the health of mothers and children in hopes that governments and the international community will commit to making their health a top priority.
Gates Foundation Supports Cervical Cancer Prevention in Peru

2005-06-10 - The Pan American Health and Education Foundation (PAHEF) has received a $1.4 million grant from the Global Health Program of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundationto support cervical cancer prevention efforts of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health Organization in Peru, which has a high incidence of cervical cancer.
Awards for Excellence in Leadership in Inter-American Health and in Bioethics

2005-09-26 - Today, before an international forum of high-level government health officials, ambassadors and other VIPs and on behalf of the board of trustees of the Pan American Health and Education Foundation, Dr. Antonia Novello, Commissioner of Health for the State of New York State and former U.S. Surgeon General, presented a certificate of honor and cash prize to Dr. Ricardo Uauy and Prof. Patricia Sorokin.
Pioneer in Veterinary Health Receives Inter-American Leadership Award

2006-09-25 - Before high-level government health officials, ambassadors and other VIPs Pan American Health and Education Foundation board member, Dr. Frederick Naftolin handed the Abraham Horwitz Award for Leadership in Inter-American Health to Dr. James H. Steele, former Assistant Surgeon General for Veterinary Affairs under Presidents Johnson and Nixon for the US Public Health Service for his outstanding contributions to veterinary public health in the Americas.