Jul. 15, 2020

Pan American Health Organization Transparency

07/15/2020 07:04 PM EDT

Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State

The United States government welcomes the Pan American Health Organization’s decision to initiate an independent review of its role in the Mais Medicos program, pursuant to which PAHO provided well over a billion dollars to Cuba. The United States and other key PAHO member states have actively worked with PAHO leadership to design this review into how Mais Medicos was initiated and operated.

The review is designed to answer the questions that the U.S. government has raised.

The United States will work to protect our partner institutions from any malign attempts to corrupt their true mission, while preserving the interests of the U.S. taxpayer.