IHSLAC Country Testimonies
Through the Integrated Health Systems in Latin America and the Caribbean (IHSLAC) Project, PAHO with the support of Global Affairs Canada is working in eleven countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. A link to each of these eleven countries and Canada is provided below. Please follow the country-specific links to learn more about the work that is being done in each country. While the work in all eleven countries shares much in common, each country has chosen a specific set of health disparities, populations and locations in which to focus their interventions for the IHSLAC Project. By following the country links you can learn more about the specifics of these interventions, populations, communities, and locations that are contributing to improving health through IHSLAC.
The geographic areas of intervention in Honduras include 11 municipalities in six departments: Atlántida, Choluteca, Colón, Comayagua, Gracias a Dios and Olancho. It will support the implementation of a national health system in the selected areas of intervention, as well as the development of capacities in the prevention and control of diseases…
The geographical areas of the intervention for the initiative in Colombia are four municipalities in the department of Vichada: Cumaribo, La Primavera, Puerto Carreño and Santa Rosalía. Programming includes the strengthening of primary health services with the implementation of the Comprehensive Health Care Model, capacity building in maternal and…
In Haiti, the initiative is being implemented in three regions in the south of the country: Soud, Grand Anse and Nippes. It will support the implementation of an action plan to reduce maternal and infant death in Cayes, the development, implementation, and dissemination of obstetric and emergency protocols, the training of community health…
In Bolivia, the initiative focuses on two of the nine departments, La Paz and Oruro, and reaches ten municipalities. Actions include, but are not limited to the development of community health, the promotion and incorporation of traditional health practices in the national health system, the strengthening of health information systems, the…
El Proyecto Regional “Sistemas Integrados de Salud en América Latina y el Caribe” financiado por Asuntos Globales del Gobierno de Canadá y la cooperación técnica de OPS/OMS se desarrolla en el Perú desde el año 2016 para mejorar la salud y proteger los derechos de las mujeres, mujeres adolescentes y niñas y niños que viven en estado de…
The geographic areas of intervention for the Initiative in Paraguay are four districts in the department of Alto Paraguay: Bahia Negra, Camelo Peralta, Fuerte Olimpo, and Puerto Casado. It will support the revision and strengthening of local health strategies related to maternal and newborn health, as well as the development of guidelines and…
In Nicaragua, the initiative focuses on 6 of the 17 national departments: Estelí, Jinotega, Madriz, Matagalpa, Nuevo Segovia and Puerto Cabezas, Autonomous Region of the North Caribbean.
The initiative will support actions to strengthen efforts to improve the quality of care for mothers, children and adolescents, as well as the development…
In Suriname, the initiative has a national focus with activities planned in each of the 10 districts: Brokopondo, Commewijne, Coronie, Marowijne, Nickerie, Para, Paramaribo, Saramacca, Sipalwini, and Wanika. It will support the Expanded Program on Immunization and the Maternal and Neonatal Health Action Plan, as well as integrated programming on…