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December 30, 2002
INTERNATIONAL IMMUNIZATION NEWS
"PAHO at the Forefront of Immunization and Disease Elimination" American Journal of Public Health (www.ajph.org) (12/02) Vol. 92, No. 12, P. 1886; Tarantola, Daniel
The Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO), which was established in 1902 and hosts the Regional Office of the World Health Organization, has led major immunization campaigns against smallpox, polio, and measles. With the successful elimination of smallpox from the Americas by 1971, PAHO set out to target six diseases: tuberculosis, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, and measles, with its Expanded Program on Immunization. Polio has since been eradicated from the Americas, and now the organization and its partners are focusing on measles. The effort has already reduced cases of measles in the Americas by 99 percent. Dr. Daniel Tarantola, International Associate Editor of the American Journal of Public Health, notes that "PAHO has not only a bright past in immunization and disease elimination but a promising future" as well.
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