title: [A message on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the World Health Organization].
abstract: The Director of the Panamerican Health Organization gives us a message about the 50th anniversary of WHO, emphasizing its origin and characteristics, the successes of its programmes and policies to the sound management of health programmes in its member countries, through the strategy of primary health care and health for all programmes.
authors.affiliation: Organización Panamericana de la Salud, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Alleyne
mesh_terms: D049673:History, 20th Century; D014944:World Health Organization / Q000266:history*
vernacular_title: Mensaje con motivo del quincuagésimo aniversario de la OMS.