Project profile — New Programming Approaches

• America, regional (100.00%)

• Health, General: Health policy and administrative management (12110) (12.00%)
• Infectious disease control:
Infectious disease control (12250) (24.00%)
Health personnel development (12281) (30.00%)
• Population Policies/Programmes And Reproductive Health: STD control including HIV/AIDS (13040) (34.00%)

• Gender equality (significant objective)
• Children's issues (significant objective)
• Youth Issues (significant objective)
• ICT as a tool for development (significant objective)

This project contributes to defining a new approach to development cooperation that includes increased horizontal cooperation between member states of the Organization of American States (OAS), the sharing of experiences and expertise, and the use of new information and communications technologies (ICTs). The project consists of ten sub-projects implemented at the regional level and in specific countries in the Americas. The sub-projects are: Corporate Social Responsibility; Best Practices Forum of the Americas; Municipal Efficiency and Transparency (MuNet); Computers for Schools and Communities; E-Government Service Centres; Education for Democratic Citizenship in the Caribbean; CapaciNet; MuNet Cadastre; MuNet E-Gov; and Small and Medium E-Enterprises. This project is implemented by the Executive Secretariat for Integral Development at the OAS.

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Results achieved as of the end of the project (June 2011) include: helping countries of the region respond to the acute phase of the 2009 influenza pandemic, and focusing on identifying lessons learned and developing preparedness and response strategies to reduce people’s vulnerability to future outbreaks. The project also contributed to strengthening the ability of countries of Latin America and the Caribbean to monitor severe and acute respiratory infections (SARI). SARI surveillance programs were implemented or strengthened in eight hospitals in Ecuador, six in Chile, five in Bolivia, and six in Colombia, and hospital staff were also trained in SARI surveillance . This initiative contributed to developing clinical guidelines that address HIV and congenital syphilis in an integrated manner. The project supported Uruguay, El Salvador, Bolivia, Paraguay, the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica in reviewing and updating their national guidelines for the treatment and care of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. The initiative also collaborated with universities and health institutions throughout the region to develop a regional framework to ensure that public health professionals meet certain essential competencies. A study of nursing regulation supported by the project led to the improvement of nursing practises and education in the region. The initiative also assisted the Ministries of Health in Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Bolivia, Paraguay, Surinam, Guyana, Peru, Panama, Belize and Peru to build their capacity to generate, analyze, and use gender and ethnic statistics and information to help them create better policies.

• Proactive disclosure