{"id":14710,"date":"2023-12-26T16:49:14","date_gmt":"2023-12-26T16:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=14710"},"modified":"2023-12-26T16:49:16","modified_gmt":"2023-12-26T16:49:16","slug":"carpha-and-idb-sign-agreement-to-strengthen-pandemic-preparedness-in-the-caribbean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/carpha-and-idb-sign-agreement-to-strengthen-pandemic-preparedness-in-the-caribbean\/","title":{"rendered":"CARPHA and IDB Sign Agreement to Strengthen Pandemic Preparedness in the Caribbean"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>In a move to enhance the Caribbean&#8217;s response to future pandemics, the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has secured support from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The collaboration is formalized through the signing of a Pandemic Fund Technical Cooperation agreement between the two entities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The initiative aims to assist CARPHA in mitigating the public health impact of potential pandemics across the Caribbean region. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It focuses on reinforcing pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response capabilities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Joy St. John, the Executive Director of CARPHA, commended the project as a significant milestone, emphasizing its role in building and strengthening the health systems of the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Priya Basu, Executive Head of the Pandemic Fund at the IDB, expressed the goal of aiding countries and regions in better preparation for future pandemics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The urgency of the task was underscored by Dr. Basu, emphasizing the need for swift and effective measures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Implementation of the project is set to commence immediately, as announced by Dr. St. John.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a move to enhance the Caribbean&#8217;s response to future pandemics, the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has secured support from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The collaboration is formalized&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14711,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,363,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-national-transformation","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14710"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14712,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14710\/revisions\/14712"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}