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OUTCOME
17. Elimination of communicable diseases
Communicable Diseases
PB
2024-2025
17. Elimination of communicable diseases
17. Elimination of communicable diseases
Budget
Approved Budget PB (Previous)
26.3
US$ MILLION
Priority

Low

Proposed Budget PB (Current)
26.3
US$ MILLION
Related Outputs and Indicators
  • 17.1.a. Number of countries and territories implementing PAHO/WHO-recommended interventions in active foci and areas at risk of reestablishment of malaria
    Baseline
    18
    Target
    30
  • 17.2.a. Number of countries and territories implementing PAHO policies and frameworks for diseases targeted for elimination as recommended in the Elimination Initiative
    Baseline
    1
    Target
    7
  • 17.3.a. Number of countries and territories that administer hepatitis B vaccine to newborns during the first 24 hours
    Baseline
    29
    Target
    31
  • 17.4.a. Number of countries and territories with official status as foot-and-mouth disease free, with or without vaccination, in accordance with the timeline and expected results established in the PHEFA Action Plan 2021–2025
    Baseline
    11
    Target
    12
  • 17.5.a. Number of countries and territories that have maintained their status as free from both wild poliovirus and circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus
    Baseline
    20
    Target
    30
  • 17.6.a. Number of countries and territories that have met the established minimum annual rate of suspected measles/rubella cases plus at least three of the five surveillance indicators defined in the Plan of Action for the Sustainability of Measles, Rubella, and Congenital Rubella Syndrome Elimination in the Americas 2018–‌–2023
    Baseline
    8
    Target
    14
  • 17.7.a. Number of endemic countries and territories with screening and diagnosis of Chagas implemented for all newborns of mothers who tested positive for Chagas disease during prenatal care
    Baseline
    3
    Target
    7
  • 17.8.a. Number of countries and territories implementing plans of action to strengthen prevention, prophylaxis, surveillance, and control for the validation of the elimination of human rabies transmitted by dogs
    Baseline
    26
    Target
    35
How PASB will deliver

Key Technical Cooperation Interventions
 

  • Step up leadership
    • Institutionalize the PAHO Initiative for the Elimination of Communicable Diseases and Related Conditions as the major strategic and political opportunity for regional stakeholders to work toward the control and elimination of multiple diseases, including vector-borne, neglected, vaccine-preventable, and zoonotic diseases, with a focus on populations in situations of vulnerability and interventions across the life course.
    • Strengthen governance, stewardship, and financing of disease control and elimination programs.
    • Address the environmental and social determinants of health, such as poverty, gender equality, access to clean water and air, and effective waste management, among others.
  • Support countries
    • Step up integration of health systems and service delivery by strengthening existing programs and community approaches through continued innovation to better integrate and synergize primary health care services.
  • Produce technical products on norms and standards, data, and research
    • Reinforce strategic health surveillance and information systems to improve data collection and analysis and monitoring of progress toward elimination.