Health agencies whose mandate covers one region or continent rather than the whole world or a single country, coordinating disease surveillance, standards and health policy among the countries of that region, each entry recording its founding, its member countries and its mandate. This subcategory excludes a single country's own health ministry and excludes the worldwide United Nations health agencies, which belong under their own subcategories.
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Era of Emergence All Regional and Continental Health Agencies
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1. Wikipedia: Pan American Health Organization
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The organization was founded in December 1902. It was originally called the Pan-American Sanitary Bureau. It has been described as the world's first international public health organization.
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