1. Biennial Work Plan (BWP) 2012-2013
PAHO/WHO Guyana
4 April 2011

2. Projects Health Systems and Services (HSS)
Communicable and Non-communicable Diseases (CND)
Social and Environmental Determinants of Health (SED)
Family and Community Health (FCH)
Management and Coordination (MCP)

3. To improve the health and
GOAL
To improve the health and
welfare of
the people of Guyana

4. Health Systems and Services
Purpose
To strengthen health systems
and services based on primary health care (PHC)

5. Areas to be addressed in HSS
Service delivery, with emphasis on PHC
PHC network
Essential Public Health Functions
Quality improvement, including patient safety
Management
Human resources for health (HRH)
HR Observatory
Planning, recruitment, retention (HRH Action Plan)
MOH HRD Unit
Leaders in International Health Program (LIHP)

6. Areas to be addressed in HSS
Health system governance, with emphasis on NHSS
New NHSS
MOH Management Information Systems
Social protection in health - Package of Publicly Guaranteed Health Services
Health information systems
Data quality
Analysis and reporting of information

7. Areas to be addressed in HSS
Essential medicines, pharmaceutical policies, and technologies
Procurement of medical products and supplies – PAHO Strategic Fund
Blood donation
Essential medicines

8. Communicable and Non-communicable Diseases
Purpose
To build national capacity to respond to communicable and
non-communicable diseases

9. Areas to be addressed in CND
Communicable diseases
Non-Communicable diseases
IHR (2005) implementation
Epidemic preparedness

10. Areas to be addressed in CND
Communicable diseases
HIV/AIDS/STIs prevention, care, treatment and support
Key populations at higher risk, including miners, adolescents, MSM, SWs and PLHA
Integration of gender
PMTCT; elimination of congenital syphilis
HIV-DR
Continuation of rollout of IMAI strategy
Strengthened surveillance at PHC level, including of TB, HIV, malaria, with disaggregation of data by sex, ethnicity, and age

11. Areas to be addressed in CND
Communicable diseases
Quality assurance - TB diagnosis and treatment (DOTS), infection control, and blood safety
Integrated vector control, control of neglected tropical diseases
IHR core capacities; pandemic influenza; early detection of outbreaks at regional level
Inter-country collaboration for prevention of Foot-and-Mouth disease (Ministries of Agriculture/Health Brazil, Venezuela and Guyana)

12. Areas to be addressed in CND
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs)
Health promotion:
NCD risk factors
Eye health, oral health
Tobacco control – use of survey data, legislation, standards for packaging and labeling of tobacco products; smoke-free environments
Reduction of harmful use of alcohol – policy, use of survey data
Violence and injury prevention
Road safety
Gender-based violence

13. Areas to be addressed in CND
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs)
Surveillance and disaggregation of data for NCDs
Mental health promotion and substance abuse prevention
Healthy settings: workplace, school, and community
Annual observances of ‘Health’ Days
Nutrition, food safety and food security
National oversight
WHO’s 5 Keys to Safer Food
Food-borne disease surveillance
Food vending

14. Social and Environmental Determinants of Health
Purpose
To strengthen policies, plans, and programs that promote environmental sustainability, target vulnerable populations, and reduce health inequities

15. Areas to be addressed in SED
Health promotion
Disaster planning, preparedness and risk reduction
Drinking water quality, sanitation, hygiene practices
Occupational health and safety

16. Areas to be addressed in SED
Health promotion
Gender, human rights - reduction of inequities  
Capacity for health promotion
Faces, Voices and Places Initiative (MDGs at community level)
Indigenous people’s health

17. Areas to be addressed in SED
Disaster risk reduction, planning, and response
Health sector disaster and emergency planning
Safe Hospital Index
Food safety and security in emergencies
Response to climate change

18. Areas to be addressed in SED
Drinking water quality, sanitation, hygiene practices
Norms and standards
Water safety, including surveillance
Water, sanitation, and hygiene promotion
Climate change and health

19. Areas to be addressed in SED
Occupational health and safety
Norms and standards
Surveillance
Climate change and health

20. Family and Community Health
Purpose
To improve the health of the family, and by extension, the community

21. Areas to be addressed in FCH
Maternal, perinatal, child and adolescent health
Immunization
Primary health care strategies and services related to FCH

22. Areas to be addressed in FCH
Maternal, perinatal, child and adolescent health
Emergency obstetric and neonatal management
Surveillance, including Perinatal Information System
IMCI
IMAN
WHO Growth Chart
Micronutrient study

23. Areas to be addressed in FCH
Immunization
EPI coverage
Elimination of rubella and Congenital Rubella Syndrome
Vaccine procurement – PAHO Revolving Fund
Primary health care strategies and services
Sexual and reproductive health integration into MCH
Strengthening of nutrition services

24. PAHO’s Total Planned Amount for Technical Cooperation with Guyana: 2012-2013 (US$2,057,400)

25. Genuine cooperation is one in which each helps the other, all advancing in the joint effort of knowing the reality that they are trying to transform.
Paulo Freire