{"id":27151,"date":"2025-04-01T17:19:07","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T17:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=27151"},"modified":"2025-04-01T17:19:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T17:19:08","slug":"paho-secures-over-800-million-in-health-supplies-for-the-americas-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/paho-secures-over-800-million-in-health-supplies-for-the-americas-in-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"PAHO Secures Over $800 Million in Health Supplies for the Americas in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><strong>Kimberly Giddings<\/strong><br><strong>February 25, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2024, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Regional Revolving Funds played a critical role in securing over $800 million worth of vaccines, medicines, and health technologies for countries across the Americas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This initiative enables countries to purchase high-quality health supplies at competitive prices through a pooled procurement mechanism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the significant achievements of the Revolving Funds in 2024 were the procurement of 224 million vaccine doses and 10 million diagnostic tests. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These tests included rapid diagnostics for diseases like HIV and malaria, aiding in quicker detection and treatment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The funds also facilitated the purchase of medicines for a wide range of communicable diseases, as well as noncommunicable conditions such as Hepatitis, tuberculosis, and diabetes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PAHO&#8217;s Revolving Funds, which have been in operation for more than 40 years, serve over 40 countries, ensuring they have access to essential health supplies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to facilitating the purchase of these products, the Revolving Funds support the local production of medical supplies, fostering regional healthcare self-sufficiency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The efforts of the Revolving Funds are pivotal in the region&#8217;s ongoing efforts to eliminate vaccine-preventable diseases and improve overall health outcomes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This collective approach continues to strengthen healthcare systems across the Americas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The next edition of the NCN Health Report will be aired Thursday, with further details on the organization&#8217;s ongoing health initiatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The report is sponsored by Essential Care Pharmacy and GTM Insurance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kimberly GiddingsFebruary 25, 2025 In 2024, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Regional Revolving Funds played a critical role in securing over $800 million worth of vaccines, medicines, and health&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25601,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27151","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=27151"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27154,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27151\/revisions\/27154"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}