Family and community health in local health units will be strengthened under a new project of $ 2.4 million, signed yesterday by the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).
Washington, June 29, 2016 (PAHO/WHO) — Family and community health in local health units will be strengthened under a new project of $ 2.4 million, signed yesterday by the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).
The cooperation agreement aims to strengthen the Nicaraguan SILAIS, or local health care systems, in Nueva Segovia and Chontales Departments, and in the RAAS South Atlantic Autonomous Region, with new activities in health promotion, prevention, and care in family and community health.
The project's goal is to strengthen management capabilities of the local health systems with a focus on interventions to improve maternal, child and adolescent health. It also aims to reduce population risk factors by improving awareness and prevention, and to strengthen hospital emergency rooms through donations of medical and other equipment. Another objective is to support the integration of natural medicine, complementary therapies and traditional medicine in the national Family and Community Health Model.
Luxembourg has agreed to contribute US$2.4 million for the project, which lasts for two years. The funds include $954,000 for technical cooperation activities and $1.2 million for equipment purchases.
"This important contribution from Luxembourg will support Nicaragua to continue improving the health of its population by strengthening its primary care system and supporting efforts of community health workers," said PAHO's Deputy Director, Dr. Isabella Danel. "This is a great example of how the Luxembourg- PAHO partnership can contribute to the health of the Americas, and we will work closely with national authorities to implement this project over the next two years."
"This project inscribes itself in a longstanding cooperation between Luxembourg and Nicaragua in the field of public health, and continues similar projects agreed within the cooperation program that exists between our two countries," said Jean-Louis Wolzfeld, Ambassador of Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg to the United States. "The present project shall reinforce the capacities of health providers for mothers, children and adolescents, promote emergency services, as well as natural and traditional health care, and shall increase the coverage by the cold chain in Nicaragua."
The agreement for this project was signed yesterday in Washington by PAHO Deputy Director, Dr. Isabella Danel, on behalf of the PAHO Director, Dr Carissa Etienne, and. Jean-Louis Wolzfeld, Ambassador of Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg, Embassy of Luxembourg to the United States.
