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 Sacred Medical Order of the Knights of Hope. The Sacred Medical Order is Chartered in Ecuador, Nevis, and Puerto Rico. It maintains a primary care facility in Loma Linda Ecuador and hosts seminaries with the Panam School on a regular basis. |
AFFILIATIONS
| • Republic of Ecuador, State Medical School of Riobomba (ESPOCH) | • EL INSTITUTO TECNICO SUPERIOR DE NATUROPATIA MISAEL ACOSTA SOLIS de Riobomba |
| • INEPE (Insituto de investagacioin Education y Promocion Popular del Ecuador) | • International Thai therapists Association, Inc. (ITTA, Inc.) The Thai Yoga Center SomaVeda Institute for Natural Healing Plant City, Fla. |
ACCREDITATION
• The PanAmerican School is accredited by the: