{"id":16739,"date":"2025-07-17T16:07:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T16:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/16739\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T16:07:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T16:07:21","slug":"paraguay-establishes-advisory-council-to-strengthen-primary-health-care-with-support-from-paho-world-bank-and-idb-paho-who","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/16739\/","title":{"rendered":"Paraguay establishes advisory council to strengthen primary health care with support from PAHO, World Bank, and IDB – PAHO\/WHO"},"content":{"rendered":"

Asunci\u00f3n, July 17, 2025 (PAHO) \u2013 Paraguay has officially joined the Alliance for Primary Health Care in the Americas<\/a>, a regional initiative led by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the World Bank, and the Inter\u2011American Development Bank (IDB). The Alliance aims to strengthen investment and expand health access across the region.<\/p>\n

As part of this commitment, Paraguay\u2019s Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare (MSPyBS) signed the founding agreement for the Primary Health Care Advisory Council. This council will serve as a platform to jointly address inequities in health access, advance toward universal coverage, and tackle emerging challenges such as climate change and demographic and epidemiological transitions.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a day of profound significance for our health system. With the establishment of the Primary Health Care Advisory Council, we embrace this commitment with seriousness and optimism, because transforming our health system requires unity and collaboration,\u201d said Minister of Health, Dr. Mar\u00eda\u202fTeresa Bar\u00e1n\u202fWasilchuk. \u201cWe have strategic partners whose expertise and support are essential to providing excellence to the people of Paraguay, and this forum will help align investments in health around a primary-care approach,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Participating remotely from PAHO\u2019s Washington, D.C. headquarters, PAHO Director Dr. Jarbas Barbosa remarked, \u201cParaguay is taking a landmark step. This Council will guide investment decisions, improve spending efficiency, and ensure every action contributes toward national health goals. We applaud Paraguay\u2019s commitment to this transformative vision.\u201d<\/p>\n

World Bank Resident Representative in Paraguay Harold Bedoya; IDB\u2019s Paraguay Office Head of Operations Manuel Fernandini Puga; Counselor of Paraguay\u2019s Mission to the Organization of American States (OAS) Ana Sandoval; and PAHO\/WHO Interim Representative in Paraguay, Dr. Haydee Padilla, also participated in the ceremony.<\/p>\n

Through this new coordination forum, Paraguay will promote institutional collaboration, knowledge sharing, and the implementation of innovative policies to strengthen its health system. The primary-care focus is designed to ensure a more equitable, resilient, and sustainable health system for all.<\/p>\n

\u201cProtecting Paraguay\u2019s human capital\u2014by investing in population health\u2014not only helps reduce disease burden but also fuels economic growth. We at the World Bank recognize primary health care as essential for achieving universal coverage. This Alliance aligns with our efforts to strengthen primary care networks and ensure access to quality services for everyone,\u201d commented Harold Bedoya.<\/p>\n

Javier Guzm\u00e1n, Head of Health, Nutrition, and Population at the IDB, added: \u201cStrengthening primary health care is a strategic bet on the sustainability of health systems. The IDB supports Paraguay in this endeavor with a long-term vision, promoting innovative management models that can be replicated across the region.\u201d<\/p>\n

This Advisory Council will help position primary health care at the core of Paraguay\u2019s health system\u2014aligned with the National Development Plan Paraguay 2030, the 2015\u20132030 National Health Policy, the MSPyBS Institutional Strategic Plan 2024\u20132028, and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.<\/p>\n

About the Alliance for Primary Health Care in the Americas<\/p>\n

Launched in December 2023 by PAHO, the IDB, and the World Bank, the Alliance aims to strengthen investment, innovation, and policy implementation to transform health systems in the region\u2014with a strong focus on primary health care. Paraguay becomes the fourth country to formally join, following the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, and Chile.<\/p>\n

Operating through a decentralized, inclusive structure, the Alliance fosters strategic and technical dialogue among the three organizations, national health authorities, and stakeholders. It supports the development of national primary-care investment plans, provides guidance on enhancing health system resilience and capacity, and collaborates in the design and implementation of evidence-based interventions tailored to local contexts and challenges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Asunci\u00f3n, July 17, 2025 (PAHO) \u2013 Paraguay has officially joined the Alliance for Primary Health Care in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16740,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[97,252,253],"class_list":["post-16739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health-care","tag-health","tag-health-care","tag-healthcare"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16739\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}