Project profile — Consultant Trust Fund

• West Indies, regional (10.00%)
• North and Central America, regional (30.00%)
• South America, regional (60.00%)

• Health, General: Health policy and administrative management (12110) (25.00%)
• Infectious disease control:
Infectious disease control (12250) (25.00%)
Health personnel development (12281) (25.00%)
• Reproductive health care:
Reproductive health care (13020) (12.00%)
STD control including HIV/AIDS (13040) (13.00%)

The Consultant Trust Fund was established by CIDA and the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) as a mechanism to help PAHO mobilize specialized expertise for short-term assignments. Key areas addressed by the project included: reproductive health; human resources development for people working in the health sector; institutional strengthening of PAHO; and HIV/AIDS.

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Results achieved as of the end of the project (July 2007) include: The project supported the delivery of short-term technical assistance to countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on issues related to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and Summit of the Americas commitments. It also enhanced the Pan American Health Organization's capacity to respond to countries' needs in a flexible and rapid manner. The project provided technical assistance to the Caribbean on Health Human Resources, to Bolivia on universal health insurance system and to Cuba, Haiti and the Andean region on the implementation of a generic protocol for influenza pandemic. It also supported work on communicable diseases in Panama and the development of pandemic plans in Uruguay. At a regional level, it provided expertise on HIV/AIDS and institutional development to countries in the Hemisphere.

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