During the 2024–2025 biennium, PAHO provided targeted technical cooperation that strengthened Suriname’s health workforce and improved the quality, continuity, and accessibility of care, particularly in maternal, newborn, primary, and emergency services. 

PAHO supported the development of a neonatal intensive care curriculum and the establishment of a pediatric nursing training course, addressing critical gaps in specialized and high risk care. Expanded competencies in neonatal, radiological, trauma, and emergency care improved frontline readiness and clinical quality across key service delivery points. Beyond clinical skills, PAHO reinforced leadership and management capacities and trained Regional Health Department personnel, strengthening governance and operational performance at the subnational level. At the system level, PAHO supported health workforce intelligence reforms, including labor market assessments, mapping of health occupations, and a national career seminar, enabling more evidence based planning and effective deployment of human resources for health. 

These results strengthened service readiness and resilience, supported more effective use of limited human resources, and contributed to improved maternal and neonatal outcomes and more responsive emergency and primary care services nationwide.

 

Photo caption: Ultrasound training in St. Vincentius Hospital in Paramaribo.

Credit: PAHO