CHARTER
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The International Conference on Primary Health Care (PHC) in Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan, in 1978, the World Health Organization brought together 134 countries and 67 international organizations. The conference defined and granted international recognition to the concept of primary health care (PHC) as a strategy to reach the goal of Health for All in 2000, as indicated in the Declaration released at the conclusion of the conference. According to the Declaration of Alma Ata, primary health care, is "essential health care based on practical, scientifically sound and socially acceptable methods and technology made universally accessible to individuals and families in the community through their full participation and at a cost that the community and country can afford to maintain at every stage of their development in the spirit of self-reliance and self-determination." "Although we have yet to fulfill this commitment, we must not forget or abandon it. More than ever today, the cooperation of governments, international organizations, and health professionals is essential to provide the basic care to narrow the gap between developing and developed nations." (Statement of Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Commemoration of the 25th Anniversary of the Alma-Ata Declaration of 1978) |
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Established as a Humanitarian, Educational Organization with its own Charter in an International Agreement adopted by the International Parliament for Safety and Peace, the PanAmerican School has the mission to provide humanity with an international institution of higher education for the health sciences, to encourage non-residential, tertiary education utilizing modern technology, in keeping with the noble aspirations proclaimed in the Charter of the United Nations and the declaration of Alma-Ata. |
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In keeping with the solemn order to care for the sick, the PanAmerican School is chartered by the Sovereign Medical Order of the Knights Hospitaller. At first the Knights were primarily a multinational nursing brotherhood. They had their origin in a small 'hospital' and chapel inaugurated in Jerusalem, for the use and care of poor and sick pilgrims to the Holy Sepulcher. The facilities, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, were founded by the merchants of Amalfi with the sanction of the Caliph of Jerusalem, before relations between Christians and Moslems developed into holy war. The Knights, therefore, were the first hospitallers. One of the strangest role in the Knight's history is its little known miniature empire. The knights extended their sphere of influence beyond the Mediterranean, acquiring possessions in St. Petersburg, Germany, England, of the Antilles islands of St. Christopher, St. Bartholomew, St. Martin and Santa Cruz. Today they still retain thousands of formal members and provide funds and medical care to the poor, sick and needy all over the world. |
AFFILIATIONS
| • Escuela Superior Politécnica Ecológica Amazónica (ESPEAM) - Ecuador | • His Excellency, Prof. Charles McWilliams |
| • INEPE (Insituto de investagacioin Education y Promocion Popular del Ecuador) | • Diplomat, International Parliament of Safety & Peace |
| • Consejo Nacional de Educacion Superior | • Grand Master - Sovereign Medical Order of the Knights Hospitaller. |
| • SOMA: Sociedad Medica Ecuatoriana de Terapias Naturales. Offering Degrees - Licenciatura y Medicatura en Medicina Natural, in cooperation with the Panam School. | • International Naturopathic College, Hong Kong |
| • Alternative Medicines Research Institute | |
ACCREDITATION
• The PanAmerican School is accredited by the: