Pan American Health Organization Response to Covid-19 in the Americas
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PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION RESPONSE TO COVID-19 IN THE AMERICAS 17 January to 31 August 2020 PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION RESPONSE TO COVID-19 IN THE AMERICAS Contents Introduction....................................................................................................1 El Salvador .............................................................................................71 Epidemiological Situation Analysis ................................................................3 French Departments in the Americas .....................................................72 Region .............................................................................................................4 Grenada ..................................................................................................73 North America subregion ...............................................................................6 Guatemala ..............................................................................................75 Central America subregion ............................................................................6 Guyana ....................................................................................................77 South America subregion ...............................................................................6 Haiti ........................................................................................................79 Caribbean subregion ......................................................................................6 Honduras ................................................................................................81 Health Systems Situation Analysis ................................................................7 Jamaica ...................................................................................................83 PAHO’s Regional and Country Response to COVID-19 ....................................9 Mexico ....................................................................................................85 Pillar 1. Country-level Coordination, Planning, and Monitoring ................10 Nicaragua ................................................................................................87 Pillar 2. Risk Communication and Community Engagement ......................14 Panama ...................................................................................................88 Pillar 3. Surveillance, Rapid Response Teams, and Case Investigation ..... 17 Paraguay ................................................................................................90 Pillar 4. Points of Entry, International Travel, and Transport ......................20 Peru ........................................................................................................92 Pillar 5. National Laboratories .....................................................................22 Puerto Rico ..............................................................................................94 Pillar 6. Infection Prevention and Control ...................................................25 St. Kitts and Nevis ...................................................................................95 Pillar 7. Case Management ...........................................................................28 St. Lucia...................................................................................................97 Pillar 8. Operational Support and Logistics .................................................32 St. Vincent and the Grenadines................................................................99 Pillar 9. Maintaining Essential Health Services during the Pandemic........34 Suriname ..............................................................................................101 Research, Innovation, and Development ....................................................37 Trinidad and Tobago ..............................................................................103 The Road Ahead ............................................................................................39 United Kingdom Overseas Territories ....................................................104 COVID-19 Country and Territory Reports..................................................... 40 Uruguay ................................................................................................106 Antigua and Barbuda .............................................................................41 Venezuela .............................................................................................107 Argentina ...............................................................................................43 Bahamas .................................................................................................45 Barbados ................................................................................................47 Belize ......................................................................................................49 Bolivia .....................................................................................................51 Brazil .......................................................................................................54 Chile ........................................................................................................56 Colombia .................................................................................................58 Costa Rica ...............................................................................................60 Cuba ........................................................................................................62 Dominica .................................................................................................64 Dominican Republic ................................................................................66 Dutch Island Territories ...........................................................................68 Ecuador ...................................................................................................69 ii PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION RESPONSE TO COVID-19 IN THE AMERICAS Introduction Following an outbreak of a novel Coronavirus impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Working through (COVID-19) in Wuhan City, Hubei Province of China, its regional and country incident management system rapid community, regional and international spread teams (IMST) in Latin America and the Caribbean, has occurred across the globe, with exponential PAHO has been providing direct emergency response growth in the number of cases and deaths. On 30 to Ministries of Health and other national authorities January 2020, the Director-General (DG) of the World to scale up their readiness and response operations, Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 supporting the improvement of surveillance, testing, outbreak a public health emergency of international and laboratory capacity; preparing and strengthening concern (PHEIC), under the International Health health care services; infection prevention control; Regulations (IHR) (2005). The rst case in the Americas clinical management; and risk communication, was conrmed in the USA on 20 January 2020, in alignment with the WHO COVID-19 Strategic followed by Brazil on 26 February 2020. Preparedness and Response Plan2 and PAHO’s Response to COVID-19 Outbreak in the Region of the COVID-19 has now spread to all 54 countries and Americas: Response Strategy and Donor Appeal.3 territories in the Americas. By 26 May 2020, cases and deaths in Latin America had surpassed Europe and PAHO has developed, published, and disseminated the United States in the daily number of reported evidence-based technical documents to help guide coronavirus infections. Since June, and up until the countries’ strategies and policies to manage this time of this update to the report, the region of the pandemic. It has collaborated with its partners in Americas remains the epicenter of the COVID-19 the Region and across the globe to deliver technical pandemic. By 31 August 2020, six of the ten countries cooperation, evidence-based guidance and with the highest number of reported cases globally are recommendations, and to advocate for the Americas located in the Americas1 – although currently trends on the global stage. are decreasing in terms of both cases and deaths This report updates an earlier version on PAHO’s On 17 January 2020, the Pan American Health response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which was Organization (PAHO) activated an organization-wide published in June 20204. It documents PAHO’s eorts response to provide technical cooperation to all its from the earliest days of the pandemic, when the countries and territories to address and mitigate the Organization rapidly mobilized its experts, shipped 1 As of 31 August 2020, the top 10 countries worldwide with the highest number of reported cases are: USA, Brazil, India, Russian Federation, Peru, South Africa, Colombia, Mexico, Spain, and Chile World Health Organization: Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Dashboard. Available online at: https://covid19.who.int 2 WHO Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan for COVID-19. Available online at: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/strategic-preparedness-and-response-plan-for-the-new-coronavirus. 3 Response to COVID-19 Outbreak in the Region of the Americas. Response Strategy and Donor Appeal. August 2020.Available online at: https://www.paho.org/en/documents/response-covid-19-outbreak-region-americas