Pan American Health Organization

International public health agency for the Americas with its head office in Washington DC, founded in 1902 as the International Sanitary Bureau and the oldest such organisation in the world, serving as the regional office of the World Health Organization for the Americas and as the health agency of the inter-American system. Works with member countries on communicable and noncommunicable disease, immunisation through its revolving fund for vaccine procurement, medicines and health technology regulation and the network of regulatory authorities of the Americas, health systems and emergency preparedness.