WASHINGTON, CMC – Haiti has signed a three-year nation cooperation technique (CCS) with the Pan American Well being Group and the World Well being Group (PAHO/WHO), with the 2 United Nations organisations reaffirming their shared dedication to strengthening Haiti’s well being system and bettering well being outcomes for all.
The 2026-2028 CCS is the primary cooperation framework of its type signed between the French-speaking Caribbean Neighborhood (CARICOM) and the PAHO/WHO.
The settlement was signed by PAHO Director, Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, and Haiti’s Minister of Public Well being and Inhabitants (MSPP), Dr. Bertrand Sinal, throughout a bilateral assembly held on the sidelines of the 62nd Directing Council of PAHO.
“This event marks an necessary milestone in our collaborative efforts to reply to Haiti’s public well being disaster and enhance entry to care amid advanced humanitarian and safety challenges,” stated Dr. Barbosa.
“The brand new technique will function a targeted three-year framework to information PAHO’s technical cooperation in Haiti, aligned with nationwide priorities and tailor-made to the nation’s evolving context and desires.”
PAHO said that the Nation Cooperation Technique is a shared, medium-term framework that outlines areas the place PAHO and the WHO will collaborate with Haiti to boost public well being. It guides PAHO’s work within the nation and is aligned with Haiti’s nationwide well being targets and international commitments, together with the Sustainable Growth Targets (SDGs).
PAHO said that Haiti continues to face severe well being challenges, humanitarian emergencies, and structural vulnerabilities in its healthcare system. These underline the necessity for a stronger, extra resilient well being sector, one that may higher serve individuals’s wants and adapt in occasions of disaster.
The CCS 2026-2028 focuses on three strategic priorities to assist MSPP’s efforts, particularly strengthening the well being system and guaranteeing common entry to high quality well being care and companies, no matter monetary means; bettering the prevention, management and administration of serious well being points and strengthening preparedness and response to well being emergencies by way of a NEXUS Method, a mannequin that connects humanitarian support, growth efforts, and peacebuilding to higher and extra sustainably meet the wants of the inhabitants.
The Nation Cooperation Technique additionally takes under consideration the distinctive wants of various elements of the nation, primarily based on native safety, inhabitants actions, and availability of well being companies.
Its growth was the results of a large consultative course of involving the Ministry of Well being, civil society, and growth companions. It displays Haiti’s well being priorities and the necessity for inclusive, coordinated motion to guard and promote well being.
By this new CCS, PAHO/WHO reaffirms its dedication to working carefully with the Haitian authorities and its companions to deal with vital well being challenges, alleviate the burden of communicable and non-communicable ailments, and strengthen the nation’s capability to reply to emergencies.
“At its coronary heart, the technique goals to advance well being fairness, obtain common well being protection, and enhance the well-being of all individuals in Haiti,” PAHO added.
