Capítulos Nacionales y Puntos Focales de la AFSM
Association of Former Staff Members PAHO/WHO
Asociación de Ex Funcionarios de la OPS/OMS
Contact your AFSM Board and colleagues at: afsmpaho@gmail.com
COMMITTEES
AFSM has four committees:
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Outreach Committee
Please see below to learn more about each committee
Publications and Communications Committee
Coordinator & Editor-in-Chief: Marilyn Rice
Purposes:
Provide a forum for regular communication on important issues to PAHO/WHO AFSM members, their significant others, and our extended network.
Ensure clear and good quality messages are transmitted on behalf of AFSM in at least English and Spanish.
Offer important information for and generate links among PAHO/AFSM members through the newsletter.
Ensure that the website acts as a tool for communication between old friends and colleagues. It keeps members aware of developments at PAHO Headquarters as well as provides news regarding former staff living in both the USA and in member countries. Issues impacting former staff are highlighted in the News section of our website.
Members may contact AFSM (afsmpaho@gmail.com) if they wish to share information that could be of interest to former staff. Articles and information about recent publications, awards, cultural events, travels, and deaths would all be welcome. The AFSM Board has ultimate responsibility for the selection of articles and information to be included on the website
Responsibilities:
Produce a newsletter, in English and Spanish, 3-4 times a year that highlights important information for members and includes member contributions
Review, edit, translate and revise AFSM documents before they are published for members and the general public
Manage, update and improve the content and format of the AFSM Website
Members: Rolando Chacon, Gloria Coe, Carol Collado, Enrique Fefer, Johanna Ganon, Antonio Hernández, Sumedha Mona Khanna, Gloria Morales, Stanislaw Orzeszyna, Martha Peláez, Germán Perdomo, Marilyn Rice, Hernán Rosenberg, Hortensia Saginor, Juan Manuel Sotelo, Violeta Mata
Outreach Committee
Coordinator: Hugo Prado
Members: Catherine Cocco, Jose Ramiro Cruz, Maria Mercedes Rodriguez, Hernan Rosenberg
Health Insurance and Pension Committee
Coordinator: Carol Collado
Members: Nancy Berinstein, Carol Burgher, Rolando Chacón, Jerry Hanson, Violeta Mata, Gloria Morales, Haydée Olcese, Garry Presthus, Maria Mercedes Rodriguez, Juan Manuel Sotelo, Jose Luis Zeballos
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The Health and Pension Committee provides a support link between AFSM members and the PAHO offices of insurance and pension benefits, keeping members informed about potential changes and important information. We act to clarify, request resolution, and serve as facilitator/advocate to help former staff with insurance or pension concerns. The Association represents former staff in the Regional PAHO Director’s Advisory Committee for Health Insurance. Former staff are represented in the governing bodies for health insurance in Geneva by globally elected representatives.
Healthy Ageing Committee
Coordinator: Martha Pelaez
Members: Gloria Coe, Yvette Holder, Marlo Libel, Hernan Rosenberg, Juan Manuel Sotelo
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The Committee will explore how to better support AFSM members to age better, as well as contribute to and support PAHO/WHO programming for the Decade on Healthy Ageing.
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