On Tuesday, GENEVA, CMC—The Pan American Well being Group (PAHO) signed a Letter of Intent to spice up cooperation in organ, tissue, and cell donation and transplantation and develop equitable entry to those procedures in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The letter was signed by the PAHO Director, Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, and the Spanish Minister of Well being, Mónica García Gómez, on the sidelines of the 78th World Well being Meeting (WHA78).
The letter will deal with implementing the Regional Motion Plan on Donation and Equitable Entry to Transplantation and on strengthening the Ibero-American Community/Council on Donation and Transplantation (RCIDT).
PAHO stated this community is a key platform for creating capacities and regulatory frameworks within the area’s nations.
“Having sturdy, secure, and well-coordinated transplant programs is important to reply to the inhabitants’s well being wants,” stated Barbosa.
“This alliance with Spain enhances regional efforts to enhance authorized frameworks, technical capacities, and operational networks, guided by the rules of fairness and solidarity,” he added.
Established in 2005, the RCIDT has promoted the creation of nationwide businesses, the formulation of public insurance policies, the coaching of pros, and the adoption of frequent moral and technical requirements, considerably contributing to the institutional strengthening of donation and transplant programs.
Through the signing ceremony, the authorities highlighted the worth of this alliance in transferring in the direction of extra simply and efficient well being programs.
“This settlement displays Spain’s steady dedication to well being cooperation within the area. We are going to proceed to work alongside PAHO to strengthen nationwide capacities and promote fairer and extra equitable entry to donation and transplantation,” stated García Gómez.
PAHO stated a Memorandum of Understanding can be signed quickly, establishing a roadmap for 2025–2026. It stated deliberate actions embrace organizing the annual RCIDT conferences and implementing technical initiatives agreed upon by each events.
The settlement additionally features a monetary contribution from Spain to help its implementation.
