{"id":4199,"date":"2020-09-29T17:24:52","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T22:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heartandvascularmed.com\/?p=4199"},"modified":"2020-09-29T17:24:52","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T22:24:52","slug":"paho-has-led-regional-response-to-covid-19-while-striving-to-protect-long-term-health-gains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ahvmed.com\/?p=4199","title":{"rendered":"PAHO has led regional response to COVID-19 while striving to protect long-term health gains\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Washington, D.C., 28 Sept. 2020 (PAHO\/WHO)<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Since well before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, a key area of the Pan American Health Organization\u2019s (PAHO) technical cooperation was building its member countries\u2019 capacities to prepare for and respond to disease outbreaks and epidemics. Since the pandemic arrived in the Americas, PAHO has continued that work while providing regional leadership and coordination of the COVID-19 response and helping member countries protect gains in other vital areas, including immunization, prevention of noncommunicable diseases, and expanded access to quality health care.\u00a0<\/p>\n

These and other highlights of PAHO\u2019s technical cooperation between mid-2019 and mid-2020 are described in the 2020 Annual Report of the Director \u201cSaving Lives and Improving Health and Well-Being.\u201d PAHO Director Carissa F. Etienne presented the report today to health authorities from throughout the Americas who are meeting virtually this week for the 58th<\/sup>\u00a0PAHO Directing Council.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The report notes that COVID-19 \u201chas affected health, the economy, and the way of life\u00a0in almost every country\u201d in the Americas. The pandemic exposed severe inequities in and among countries and highlighted the particular vulnerabilities of certain population groups. It also \u201claid bare profound structural weaknesses within health and social protection mechanisms in the Region, highlighting the need for substantive reform and actions to ensure that countries continue toward the achievement of the ambitious goal of universal health by 2030.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Against this backdrop, the report summarizes PAHO\u2019s strategies, interventions, and achievements in its main areas of technical cooperation during the reporting period. These areas include health systems and services; communicable diseases and environmental determinants of health; health emergencies; family, health promotion, and life course; noncommunicable diseases and mental health; and evidence and intelligence for action in health. The report highlights special efforts to ensure improved health for all both during and beyond the pandemic, especially for those in conditions of vulnerability, reflecting the Organization\u2019s overarching commitment to \u201cleave no one behind.\u201d The report also describes PAHO\u2019s efforts to improve its internal efficiency and ensure continued transparency and accountability in all its operations.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe health, social, and economic impacts of the pandemic will have far-reaching effects on progress for the achievement of national, subregional, regional, and global health goals; on health financing and resource mobilization; and on our efforts and aspirations for health development with equity,\u201d said Etienne in presenting the report.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

She added: \u201cWe fully recognize that massive and sustained interventions will be required\u2014in both the immediate and foreseeable future\u2014to control and contain COVID-19, to tackle increasing poverty levels, to reduce health and social inequalities and, very importantly, to position health at the center of equitable and sustainable development.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Contacts<\/b><\/h3>\n

Leticia Linn
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\nSebastian Oliel
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\nAshley Baldwin
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\nDaniel Epstein
<\/br>mediateam@paho.org<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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