On May 4, 2023, COVID-19 was established as an ongoing health issue. However, COVID-19 still represents a global health threat, and we need to reach the groups that are not yet vaccinated against it.
It is also time to focus on preparing better for future emergencies and rebuilding better for a healthier and sustainable future. Furthermore, the Region needs to tackle the significant setbacks in health progress generated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
PAHO's essential leadership and coordination during the COVID-19 pandemic has contributed to saving lives and protecting the most vulnerable population groups—including health workers—in all 51 countries and territories of the Americas.
PAHO appreciates the donors who have provided funding to fight COVID-19 in the Region. Your donation enabled us to support individual countries and territories in the region to scale up their readiness and response operations to fight the pandemic.
Your donation enabled us to:
Help countries and territories organize and prepare their health systems to cope with the rapid rise and resurgence of COVID-19 cases while maintaining other essential health services.
Share the latest scientific knowledge, epidemiological data and technical guidance with governments, health workers, and communities to guide public health actions.
Detect, track and slow the spread of COVID-19, by supporting countries’ surveillance, testing, contact tracing and laboratory capacity.
Support research and facilitate countries’ participation in genome sequencing and clinical trials of new medicines.
Send essential supplies, including personal protective equipment (PPE), to frontline health workers.
Deliver COVID-19 vaccines safely and effective where they are needed the most.
Stories of impact
PAHO's 2023 Health Emergency Appeal
The prolonged COVID-19 crisis exacerbated pre-existing vulnerabilities and worsened cumulative humanitarian needs throughout the Region, fueling some of the main drivers of internal displacement and migration. PAHO’s Health Emergencies Appeal 2023 highlights the regional priorities of the Organization to support the protection of communities and populations affected by acute, prolonged, and protracted health emergencies throughout the Americas, starting with individuals in situations of vulnerability.
View also:
COVID-19 Appeal April 2022- March 2023 COVID-19 2021 Strategy COVID-19 2021 Report
"THANK YOU!" to our generous donors
PAHO appreciates the donors who have provided funding to fight COVID-19 in the Region of the Americas. As of 21 September 2023, the Organization has received US$ 493,951,830M for urgent preparedness and response activities in response to COVID-19, including US$ 205,710,902M channeled through WHO.
PAHO thanks the following donors for their contributions.
Contributors to PAHO for COVID-19 response (as of 21 September 2023):
"THANK YOU!" to our generous donors
Donor
Amount (USD)
Alma Jean Henry Charitable Trust
30,000
Belize
11,221
Canada
73,364,066
Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)
303,337
Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI)
1,455,061
Colombia
500,000
Confederation of Caribbean Credit Unions (CCCU)
75,000
Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF)
750,000
European Commission
10,896,562
Foundation for Innovative Diagnostics Initiative (FIND)
3,126,127
Ford Foundation
2,000,000
Foundation MAPFRE
52,358
Foundation Yamuni Tabush
34,975
GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance
5,365,682
Global Fund
1,972,680
Inter-American Development Bank
19,285,428
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
200,000
Japan
2,727,272
Korea
4,806,061
Mixed Fund for Technical and Scientific Cooperation Mexico-Spain
359,336
New Zealand
10,000
Other donors
50,000
PAHO COVID-19 Response Fund
95,326
Rockefeller Foundation
3,000,000
Sony Latin Music
87,316
Spain
1,107,000
Sweden
10,554
Switzerland
1,040,143
UN Agencies consortium
311,496
UNDCO
5,000
UNDP
3,075,939
UNICEF
5,518,823
United Kingdom
3,842,512
United States of America
128,011,940
UN Multi-Partner Trust Fund
2,917,160
UNOSSC
2,910,593
UNRCO
2,000
WHO Foundation
83,561
World Bank
4,982,365
World Food Programme
3,864,032
Donations channeled through WHO
205,710,902
TOTAL
493,951,830
PAHO also thanks to the following donors who have contributed to the response efforts in the Americas through WHO: Azerbaijan, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Canada, the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund, Germany, France, the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID), Spain, Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom, and the World Bank.
In addition, the following donors have pledged further support to PAHO: Canada, Switzerland, UNDP, and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
PAHO would like to also acknowledge and thank Direct Relief, Facebook, Mary Kay Cosmetics, and Twitter for their generous in-kind contribution as well as Allison Becker, Salomon Beda, Sony Latin Music and Global Citizens for their strategic partnership to help fight the pandemic.
