The Ministry of Health has embarked on outlining the steps to be taken for the implementation of the National Action Plan for Health Security under what has been tagged the ‘One Health Approach’.
According to a press release from the ministry, this commenced on Wednesday at a high-level meeting convened at the Cara Lodge Hotel to discuss the findings from the Guyana COVID-19 Emergency Response Project (P173916) last month.
The release shared that in November 2020, the World Bank approved US$7.5 million for Guyana’s COVID-19 Emergency Response Project to aid the country in combatting the pandemic and strengthening its health system. The project, the release said, focused on enhancing laboratory capacity, supporting screening and surveillance, improving contact tracing, equipping healthcare facilities for better treatment and care of COVID-19 patients, and preparing for the deployment of a safe and approved COVID-19 vaccine.
