It is with great sorrow that the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) informs of the passing of Director Emeritus Dr. Carissa F. Etienne.
Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, a native of Dominica, served as Director of PAHO and World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for the Americas from February 2013 to January 2023.
“Carissa was a dear friend and colleague, and under her steadfast leadership and guidance, PAHO achieved significant milestones for the region of the Americas while facing one of our greatest public health challenges with COVID-19,” PAHO Director Dr. Jarbas Barbosa said.
“I am very saddened by her passing, and my thoughts are with her family, friends and all of us at PAHO who cared deeply for her.”
During Dr. Etienne’s tenure, PAHO led the response to the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic in the region of the Americas, as well as efforts to control Zika and chikungunya epidemics and cholera and yellow fever outbreaks in Haiti and Brazil, while significantly improving the Organization’s response to emergencies and disasters within 48 hours.
Under her leadership, the Americas eliminated the endemic transmission of measles, rubella, and congenital rubella syndrome, and made considerable strides in the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases.
Legislative and regulatory mechanisms gained traction, as countries enacted legislation on the labelling of food products and introduced taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages.
Advances were also made in strengthening national health systems and in progress toward universal health. In the last five years of Dr. Etienne’s mandate, deliveries by skilled birth attendants increased from 95% to nearly 100% and, for the first time, the Region of the Americas reached the recommended target of 25 physicians and nurses per 10,000 people.
Prior to becoming PAHO Director, from March 2008 to November 2012, Dr. Etienne served as Assistant Director-General for Health Systems and Services at the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland.
Before that, she served as Assistant Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau from July 2003 to February 2008, where she led five technical areas: Health Systems and Services; Technology, Health Care, and Research; Health Surveillance and Disease Management; Family and Community Health; and Sustainable Development and Environmental Health.
During her tenure at both WHO and PAHO, Dr. Etienne directed efforts to renew and strengthen health systems based on primary health care.
She has also spearheaded policies for reducing health inequalities, increasing people-centered care, and integrating health into broader public policies.
“We have lost a great public health champion,” Dr. Barbosa said. “Dr. Etienne’s invaluable experience will be sorely missed in global health discussions to improve the lives of people and to ensure better preparedness for global health emergencies.”
Dr. Etienne began her career in her native Dominica as a medical officer at the Princess Margaret Hospital and was later appointed as the Chief Medical Officer of that country.
She has also served in other high-level posts in Dominica, including as Director of Primary Health Care Services, Coordinator of the National AIDS Program, Disaster Coordinator for the Ministry of Health, and Chair of the National Advisory Council for HIV/AIDS.
Dr. Etienne received her medical degree (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery-MBBS) from the University of the West Indies, Jamaica, and her Master of Science Degree (MSc) in Community Health in Developing Countries from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London.
SOURCE: Pan American Health Organization
What was her cause of death .ah beg
Conspiracy clowns incoming.
Plenty people dying since de pandemic. Just saying. Sympathy to her family.
Oh Really December 1, 2023 At 3:34 pm
The term conspiracy theory was coined by the CIA in the wake of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy to debunk any claims contrary to the government narrative. One such was he was killed by the CIA after his promise to disband the organisation. Recently, information has come to light to throw doubt on official claims on who shot him. Moreover, there is enough evidence to show the CIA was in fact responsible for his killing.
So yes while the term “conspiracy theory” conjures up negativity in the unlearned from its origins it has been shown to be a misleading phrase with many conspiracies proven correct over time. We are know hearing about UAPs. Covid originating from a lab was also a conspiracy theory. Covid vaccines causing injury was a conspiracy theory. Covid vaccines causing death was also a conspiracy theory. All of these have been proven true.
This term is used to hide or manipulate information the government finds inconvenient. Unfortunately people with wanting intelligence tend to fall for government lies over and over and make zero effort to educate themselves.
Apparently no one died before the pandemic. As sad as it is people die everyday for different reasons, we just end up hearing about celebrities and persons in authority through the media, stop looking for some secret meaning behind it.
@Branch Covidian, do some research will you. “Ever since the term ‘conspiracy theory’ was first popularized by the philosopher Sir Karl Popper in the 1950s, conspiracy theories have had a bad reputation”. Source: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00131857.2021.1917364.
JFK was assassinated in 1963 and yes the word came up a lot during that time, and yes the truth was covered up for some reason. And while I am not disputing all conspiracies, its not healthy to think everything you cannot explain is a lie. Lastly you must realize that all humans lie, they make up stories for many reasons including politics and financial gains and the internet helps spread these stories all over.
Yawwwwwn scratch scratch ……that O Really all he is missing is a tail.
Oh Really December 1, 2023 At 6:45 pm
Man how deluded are you. Every country that have mass vaccines has seen increase in excess deaths by several standard deviations. This is NOT NORMAL. Hundreds of athletes dropping dead in NOT NORMAL. People seizuring up and dying on live TV is NOT NORMAL. You know which countries that isn’t happening in. Countries with the lowest vaccination rate. And no you can’t blame these NOT NORMAL happenings on Covid because it spread far and wide.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ0QL7EwJp4
Oh Riley it seem like you good at finding things on the internet. Somehow you still think this shot isn’t killing and maiming people. Awa boy.
@Oh Really.
So you admit people lie for gain. Yet you believe Bill Gates who invested in Moderna and Pfizer before this pandemic started, invests in the WHO and various governments that mandated people take a product from companies he invested is doing out of the goodness of his heart? His net worth increased exponentially 2020 – 2023. Man how you people survive this world?
Many sad folks in here. Good luck to you all.
If Nick wasn’t injured by the v, he’d be pushing back against Bret and other “conspiracy theorists”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoW22a6Bu0M
Oh Really. Wish you the best of luck in your shots. Hope you make it out unscathed.
The news of her death from heart attack did not come as a surprise to me; after all, heart attacks are the most common adverse effects from the “vaccine” she was pushing on everyone who would listen to her.
I guess she never the followed the drug dealer’s code of never consuming what you’re selling!
As an aside, from my family, which never had a history of cardiac ailments, I lost 1 uncle & 3 male cousins (younger than I) to heart attacks, in the last year. All four of them were fully vaxxed & boosted!
Are politicians liars? The answer is 100% will agree. The follow up question: Why do you believe anything from them about covid?