CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – The Barbados-based Caribbean Growth Financial institution (CBD) has launched a US$5.22 million venture to extend the capability of the general public well being care system in St.Lucia to reply to present and emergent well being safety threats.
The initiative, undertaken in collaboration with the Inter-American Growth Financial institution (IDB), was devised to deal with gaps within the island’s well being service capability, which turned obvious because the nation tackled the COVID-19 pandemic.
The interventions are targeted on enhancing surveillance, case detection, and monitoring capabilities inside the well being system, which is able to scale back the transmission of sicknesses. The venture may also facilitate the procurement of protecting tools and different well being sources for medical personnel, enhancing well being service supply.
“We stay up for collaborative efforts to make sure that these tasks are delivered successfully and effectively, and we’ll work with stakeholders to make sure that we’re on the identical web page. On this means, we’ll obtain improvement outcomes that may bolster St. Lucia’s resilience,” stated
CDB’s Director of Tasks, Mrs Therese Turner-Jones.
The venture financing was offered underneath the IDB’s COVID-19 Organisation of Jap Caribbean States (OECS) line of credit score.
“Congratulations to the federal government of St. Lucia for embarking on this venture. We on the IDB, now greater than ever, are happy to associate with you to finance initiatives that ship simpler outcomes for the communities that are supposed to profit. That is the essence of our mission to enhance lives,” stated the IDB’s chief of operations based mostly in Barbados, Jean-Eric Steinhardt.
Well being, Wellness & Aged Affairs Minister Moses Jn. Baptiste stated the venture actions would contribute to well being sector reform in Saint Lucia.
“Well being sector reform in St. Lucia will give attention to rising the standard of well being care on each stage and doing it in a means that advantages those that profit. We all know that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s going to be much more difficult, and no matter we do, we have to be prepared for the subsequent pandemic,” stated Mr Jn. Baptiste.
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