PAHO Director calls for protection of health workers in face of the advancing COVID19 pandemic in the region of the Americas. Warning that cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have doubled in a week in the Region of the Americas, Pan American Health Organization Director Carissa F. Etienne today urged countries to take measures that protect health care workers to ensure they have access to the personal protective equipment and supplies they need to care for patients affected by the disease. “Shortages of the most basic protective equipment leave doctors, nurses and other frontline workers dangerously vulnerable as they care for COVID-19 patients,” Dr. Etienne said in a press briefing today.
The PAHO Director said, “A pandemic like COVID-19 would overwhelm any health system, but its impact on those without sufficient health workers will be devastating.” ...Read more
The PAHO Director said, “A pandemic like COVID-19 would overwhelm any health system, but its impact on those without sufficient health workers will be devastating.” ...Read more
Policies and Strategies
OAS Launches Practical Guide to Inclusive Rights-Focused Responses to COVID-19 in the Americas. April 7, 2020 The Organization of American States (OAS) today launched the "Practical Guide to Inclusive Rights-Focused Responses to COVID-19 in the Americas." The guide seeks to support OAS member states in responding to the pandemic, offering them a series of tools to consider responses that take into account the particular circumstances of groups in a situation of vulnerability.The guide is available here in Spanish. The OAS will publish the English version soon... Read more
Latin America and the Caribbean and the COVID-19 pandemic: Economic and social effects. This Special Report is the first in a series by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) on the evolution and impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean, and will update the economic and social analysis as the relevant information becomes available. The preparation of the Report will be headed by the Executive Secretary of ECLAC, Alicia Bárcena, with the technical support of the Office of the Deputy Executive Secretary, Mario Cimoli, and the substantive divisions responsible for the topics addressed, as well as the subregional headquarters and country offices of ECLAC... Read more
Caribbean Leader Gives Message to her Citizens. A video of the prime minister of Sint Maarten chastising citizens last week for not following COVID-19 social distancing measures has gone viral on Twitter. Sint Maarten is a Dutch nation in the Caribbean that shares an island with the French nation Saint Martin. As of April 8, Sint Maarten had recorded 40 cases of coronavirus and eight deaths. In the video, posted to YouTube on April 1, Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs, doesn’t hold back from telling everyone to “simply stop moving.”... Read more
Opinion and analysis
Conversation between the PADF Environment and Disaster Resilience Community of Practice and Pablo Gonzalez, Principal Specialist on Disaster Risk Management, at the Department of Sustainable Development of SEDI in the General Secretariat of the OAS: Preparing for the 2020 Hurricane Season during the COVID-19 pandemic
The world of work and COVID-19: What are the measures adopted by countries. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a negative impact on the labor markets of almost every country in the world, leading to an unprecedented loss of jobs and hours of work.
According to the most recent edition of the ILO Observatory: COVID-19 and the world of work, it is necessary to adopt integrated and large-scale political measures in order to mitigate the impact of the pandemic, focusing on four pillars: supporting companies, employment and income; stimulate the economy and employment, protect workers in the workplace; and resort to social dialogue between government, workers and employers to find solutions.
Many of the 187 ILO member States have taken unprecedented measures to mitigate the impact of the crisis on businesses, jobs and the most vulnerable members of society.
Tools
Lead Your Business Through the Coronavirus Crisis. The Covid-19 crisis has now reached a new critical phase where public health systems need to act decisively to contain the growth in new epicenters outside China.
Clearly, the main emphasis is and should be on containing and mitigating the disease itself. But the economic impacts are also significant, and many companies are feeling their way towards understanding, reacting to, and learning lessons from rapidly unfolding events. Unanticipated twists and turns will be revealed with each news cycle, and we will only have a complete picture in retrospect.
Nevertheless, given the very different degrees of preparedness across companies, the further potential for disruption, and the value of being better prepared for future crises, it’s worth trying to extract what we have learned so far. Based on our ongoing analysis and support for our clients around the world, we have distilled the following 12 lessons for responding to unfolding events, communicating, and extracting and applying learnings...Read more
Clearly, the main emphasis is and should be on containing and mitigating the disease itself. But the economic impacts are also significant, and many companies are feeling their way towards understanding, reacting to, and learning lessons from rapidly unfolding events. Unanticipated twists and turns will be revealed with each news cycle, and we will only have a complete picture in retrospect.
Nevertheless, given the very different degrees of preparedness across companies, the further potential for disruption, and the value of being better prepared for future crises, it’s worth trying to extract what we have learned so far. Based on our ongoing analysis and support for our clients around the world, we have distilled the following 12 lessons for responding to unfolding events, communicating, and extracting and applying learnings...Read more
"Discover Ecuador from home" during the Easter holiday. (Quito, Pichincha. 07.04.2020). The Ministry of Tourism makes its “Discover Ecuador from home” campaign available to the community, as a way to continue touring the country during this Easter holiday, determined for Friday, April 10, Saturday, April 11 and Sunday, April 12, according to the 2020 holiday calendar. This Portfolio of State, accepts the provisions for suspension of mobility between provinces and the respective limitations in each city, issued by the competent authorities, so it calls on citizens to stay at home while the emergency passes... Read more
Recommended Events - Past & Future
Outlook of Central America and the Caribbean Electricity Sector Post-Covid-19. Now more than ever, we are witnessing the importance of developing reliable, resilient and digitized electricity services to overcome crises and ensure business continuity. But keeping the lights on is not without complexities; the electricity sector continuity challenge relates to maintaining quality of service and affordability, whilst ensuring the financial viability of the generation, transmission and distribution and businesses.This webinar will look at current technologies and trends that support grid modernization as critical infrastructure is put to the test...Read more
If you missed the webinar on Tourist Security in times of COVID-19. Guests representatives of: Ecuador Ministry of Tourism Guatemalan Tourism Institute (INGUAT) shared experiences on the COVID-19 crisis from the area of tourist security. Marko Magdic, senior consultant expert in the field, offered the conclusions... Watch it here
Lessons from Germany for Latin America and the Caribbean in the management of COVID-19. Presentation by Prof. Dr. Karl LauterbachGerman politician and Professor of Health Economics and Epidemiology
SCL / SPH, through RED CRITERIA, is organizing a series of policy dialogues to support countries in the Latin American and Caribbean region to face the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic... Register
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