Road Map to contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals in the context of Healthy Municipalities, Cities and Communities
Healthy Municipalities Cities and Communities
PAHO Library Romero Cuevas, Maria Helena Road Map to contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals in the context of Healthy Municipalities, Cities and Communities Washington, D.C: OPS, © 2006. ISBN 92 75 32695 9 I.Title II. Contreras Ríos, Carlos 1. MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS 2. HEALTHY CITY 3. HEALTH PROMOTION 4. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT NLM WA 380
Road Map to contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals in the context of Healthy Municipalities, Cities and Communities Washington, D.C.: Pan American Health Organization, 2006
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Road Map to contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals in the context of Healthy Municipalities, Cities and Communities
Road Map to contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals in the context of Healthy Municipalities, Cities and Communities
Research, writing, and validation Maria Helena Romero Cuevas Carlos Contreras Ríos Coordination Marilyn Rice Regional Advisor in Healthy Municipalities, Cities, and Communities and Team Leader for Health Promotion Area of Sustainable Development and Enviromental Health (SDE), PAHO/WHO Washington D.C. Design and layout: Photography: Cover photo:
Luis Villanueva Gamarra PAHO/WHO Cortesía María Helena Romero Cuevas
Road Map to contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals in the context of Healthy Municipalities, Cities and Communities
Acknowledgements
The following special recognition is for the participants in the strategic meeting on Healthy Municipalities, Cities, and Communities and the Millennium Development Goals, held in Quito, Ecuador, in July 2004, who generated the idea of creating a tool that would facilitate the incorporation of the MDGs into the Healthy Municipalities, Cities and Communities Strategy: José Agusto, Laura Bott, Carla Rossignoli (UNDP); Cristina Albán, Magdalena Álvarez, Leonardo Viteri (Municipalities Association of Ecuador); Fernando Carrión (FLACSO); Tadeu Días País (Mayor's Office of Sao Paulo City, Brazil); Guadalupe Díaz de Razaghi (GTZ); Mario Fescina (Argentina Network of Healthy Municipalities and Communities); Marco Antonio Funes (Corporation for the Republic of El Salvador's Municipalities, COMURES);Amparo Herrera, Gustavo Iturralde, Carmen Laspina (Ministry of Health of Ecuador);Víctor Arauz, Maria Teresa Cerqueira, Roberto Tapia Conyer , Lourdes Ferrer, Gina García, Ilona Kickbusch, Miguel Machuca, Diego Victoria Mejía , Jorge Luis Prosperi, Marilyn Rice, Luz Marina Vega , Sarah Zalud (PAHO); Gustavo López Ospina (UNESCO);Tomas Moore, Maria Palacios (USAID); Hugo Noboa (Cantonal Council of Health of Pedro Moncayo);Angel Roca,Verónica Oquendo Rodríguez (CDC);Auki Tituaña (Cotacachi Mayor's Office); Jaime Torres Lara, Nestor Vega Jiménez (FLACMA); Jaime Zea Usca (Municipality of Villa del Salvador, Perú); Zaid Betancourt (ASC). Completing this document would not have been possible without the valuable cooperation of the following people and institutions who suggested ideas, provided inputs and invested time in the development and field testing of the Road Map: Karina Chierzi,Yael Grünhut, (Argentina); Rita Medina, Katia Morales Campos (Bolivia); Estrella Arancibia, Municipality Corporation of Peñalolen (Chile); Municipality of Ayutuxtepeque, Jeannette Alvarado, Maquilithuat Foundation (El Salvador); the program of Food Safety and Nutrition of the Municipal Health and Well-Being Directorate of Guatemala City (Guatemala); Maria Edith Baca, Maria Teresa Cerqueira, Miriam Cruz, Luis Roberto Escoto, Ivan Estribi, Maggie Fisher, Maria Cristina Franceschini, Henry Hernandez, Josefa Ippolito-Shepherd, Marcelo Korc, Carlos Morales, Sofía Leticia Morales, Juan Guillermo Orozco, Maritza Romero, Patricia Segurado, y Juan Manuel Sotelo, (PAHO/WHO) Appreciation is expressed to the participants of the Executive Committee meeting of the Network of Healthy Municipalities, Cities and Communities of the Americas, held in Buenos Aires, in August 2006, for their valuable feedback: Carmen Cecilia Arroyo, Celeste Cambría, Luis Roberto Escoto,Ana Maria Girotti Sperandio,Amilcar Huancahuari Tueros, Elizabeth Jojot de Gneiting, Luis Andrés López-Fernandez, Nemecio López Vargas,Alejandra Mendoza, Sandra Murillo, Helena Petón, Noria Liset Pupo Avila, Mary Beth Riner, Pablo Rodríguez, y Raúl Rodríguez.
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Road Map to contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals in the context of Healthy Municipalities, Cities and Communities
Appreciation is also expressed to the participants of the field testing session of this Road Map in the Municipality of Miraflores, Lima, Peru in October of 2006: Fernando Andrade Carmona, Carlos Bringas Clayssen,Victor Yuri Vilela, Juan José López, Maria Burga, Gerardo Ludeña,Alejandro Cordova, Juan Fabio de la Cruz Huamani,Amilcar Huancahuari Tueros, Javier Ravelo Chávez,William C.Ayuque Tornero, Mauro Medina (Mayors and employees of municipalities that belong to the Network of Healthy Municipalities and Communities of Peru); Celeste Cambría, Leo Nederveen, Myriam Rivera Holguín (Proyecto AMARES); Zadith Vega (Escuela Mayor Municipal); Julio Puntriano,Victor Correa, Maria del Carmen Calle (Ministry of Health Perú); Fabiola Quiroz (UNICEF); David Tejada (Consultant); Luana Sprinckmoller (Advisor to Congressman Guido Lombardi).