Bridgetown, Barbados, 12 June 2023 (PAHO) – The Prime Minister of Barbados, Hon. Mia Amor Mottley, at the moment met with Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director, Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, throughout his official go to to the Caribbean nation. 

During the assembly, Dr. Barbosa and Prime Minister Mottley mentioned the pressing want to guard well being whereas selling social and financial growth within the Caribbean Region.

“As we begin to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, I look forward to continued collaboration with Barbados, and the Caribbean as a whole, to rebuild stronger, more resilient health care systems,” he stated. 

Prime Minister Mottley thanked Dr. Barbosa for the Organization’s continued collaboration with the nation, together with within the areas of main well being care, anti-microbial resistance, non-communicable ailments (NCDs), vaccine fairness and resilient well being programs. 

Dr. Barbosa additionally mentioned well being system resilience and restoration within the Region, in addition to technical cooperation priorities with the Barbados Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. Jerome Walcott, and senior officers of the Ministry.

The PAHO Director met with Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Kerrie D. Symmonds, and highlighted the significance of partaking all international locations of the Americas within the debates across the future pandemic instrument. 

During his go to to the nation, Dr Barbosa will take part within the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) ministerial convention on NCDs and psychological well being, which is happening from 14-16 June in Bridgetown.

The assembly convenes ministers of well being and different high-level authorities from SIDS to debate the scaling-up of multisectoral actions on NCDs and psychological well being, significantly given the impression of local weather change on small-island states.

During the assembly, which takes place forward of the UN General Assembly High-level assembly on Universal Health Coverage in September, individuals won’t solely decide to growing each nationwide and worldwide cooperation on psychological well being and NCDs however may also agree on a set of country-specific actions in to operationalize this dedication. 

Dr. Barbosa will take part within the inauguration of this assembly, alongside Prime Minister Mottley and World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. 

As a part of his official go to, Dr. Barbosa can also be resulting from tour the Sir Winston Scott Polyclinic, and the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory, and can meet with the British High Commissioner, and the European Union Head of Delegation.