AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoMental Health & Suicide Prevention: On World Suicide Prevention Day, PANCAP urged stronger mental health action across CARICOM, pointing to high suicide mortality rates in Guyana and Suriname and stressing that prevention must go beyond clinics to tackle isolation, stigma, and HIV-related discrimination. Regional Health Cooperation (Amazon): Guyana took over the Pro Tempore Presidency of the Special Commission on Health in the Amazon (CESAM), with plans to operationalise subcommissions on Digital Health, Priority/Emerging Diseases, and Intercultural Health & Traditional Medicine. Traditional Medicine & Indigenous Knowledge: Healers and knowledge holders from Guyana, Suriname, and Brazil launched a Regional Traditional Knowledge and Healers Network, aiming to link Indigenous medicinal knowledge with national healthcare systems. Suriname–Venezuela Health & Food Security Deals: Venezuela’s Delcy Rodríguez signed multiple agreements with Suriname covering energy, fishing, agriculture, transport, tourism, education, and health, including cooperation to harmonize animal and phytosanitary rules for food production and regional food security. Public Health Systems & Travel Risk: PAHO-related updates highlighted the need for people to seek care after travel-related fever and severe joint pain, as chikungunya cases in the Americas remain linked to travelers rather than local spread.
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