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The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Carissa F. Etienne, asserting that the disease knows no borders, has called for partnerships in health amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The disease knows no borders. So as we approach the task of rebuilding from this pandemic, we must do more to improve the health of our people by working in partnership and building equity as a core value,” a PAHO release quoted Etienne as saying.
She spoke at the fourth edition of Cuba Salud 2022, an international health convention that ended Friday in Havana.
According to the PAHO announcement, Etienne noted that the COVID-19 pandemic further hampered the limited and uneven progress in implementing the 2030 Agenda.
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She said the world, including the Region of the Americas, is not on track to meet the Sustainable Development Goals, including SDG 3 on health and well-being.
Dr. Etienne said it was vital to put equality at the heart of government agendas to rebuild better and fairer.
She also spoke of the need to help groups in situations of vulnerability “achieve optimal physical, mental and spiritual health and well-being”, leaving no one behind in accessing care.
Among the health consequences of the pandemic, the PAHO director cited the sharp decline in routine vaccination rates over the past two years, increasing the risk of polio, measles and other disease outbreaks in the region.
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