Highest health authorities from the Americas during the opening of the 53rd Directing Council of PAHO, September 29, 2014, in Washington, DC Dr. Carissa F. Etienne 53rd Directing Council Opening of the 53rd Directing Council 53rd Directing Council Secretary of Health Sylvia Mathews Burwell - USA Secretary of Health Silvia Mathews Burwell - USA Minister of Health of Ecuador Carina Vance 53rd Directing Council 53rd Directing Council 53rd Directing Council 53rd Directing Council OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza WHO Deputy Director-General Dr. Anarfi Asamoa-Baah Ferdinando Regalia, Social Protection and Health Division Chief IDB 53rd Directing Council Dr. Lorenzo Wilfredo Hidalgo, President of the 53rd Directing Council PAHO/WHO Director and Minister of Public Health of Dominican Republic Opening Ceremony PAHO Director and Minister of Public Health Ecuador First Lady of Puerto Rico Wilma Pastrana Jimenez Dr. James Fitzgerald, Director of Health Systems and Services at PAHO/WHO National Plans on NCDs National Plans on NCDs Premios a la Excelencia en Salud Pública Premio OPS en Administración Premio Abraham Horwitz a la Excelencia en Liderazgo en la Salud Pública Interamericana Premio Velasco Suárez a la Excelencia en Bioética Premio Pedro Acha a la Excelencia en Salud Pública Veterinaria Premio Fred Soper a la Excelencia en Bibliografía de Salud Pública Premio Clarence H. Moore a la Excelencia en Servicio Voluntario Autoridades de Salud junto a Ignacio Mastroleo Secretaria de Salud de México e Ignacio Mastroleo Javier Torres-Goitía Torres e Ignacio Mastroleo Premio Sérgio Arouca a la Excelencia en Atención Sanitaria Universal Dr Jon Andrus recognition Social Good and PAHO Social Good and PAHO Social Good and PAHO Social Good and PAHO Social Good and PAHO Social Good and PAHO First Lady of Puerto Rico First Lady of Puerto Rico First Lady of Puerto Rico Opening Ceremony Opening of the 53rd Directing Council Opening of the 53rd Directing Council Opening of the 53rd Directing Council Opening of the 53rd Directing Council