AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoMedical Training & Regional Health Links: Venezuela’s Delcy Rodríguez urged medical schools to expand training for new doctors and pointed to a Suriname education cooperation that sends students to ELAM, aiming to boost Caribbean access to care. Suicide Prevention Push: PANCAP marked World Suicide Prevention Day by calling for stronger mental health action across CARICOM, citing high suicide mortality rates in Guyana, Suriname, and Trinidad & Tobago and stressing that prevention must go beyond the health sector. Traditional Medicine Network: Indigenous healers and knowledge holders from Guyana, Suriname, and Brazil launched a Regional Traditional Knowledge and Healers Network, aiming to integrate Indigenous medicinal knowledge into national healthcare systems. Amazon Health Cooperation: PAHO convened countries including Suriname to review the first year of a Regional Suicide Prevention Initiative, while Guyana took over CESAM’s Pro Tempore Presidency with plans to strengthen regional health work, including intercultural health and traditional medicine. Bilateral Health Agreements: Rodríguez’s Suriname visit produced agreements spanning energy, fishing, agriculture, transport, tourism, education, and health—plus food-security steps through harmonized animal and phytosanitary rules.
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