Cooperation Strategy for Haiti

In the Case of Haiti, one of the Organization’s key countries, PAHO/WHO participates actively within the Interim Cooperation Framework (ICF), strategy adopted by the interim government during 2004. The interim government defined this broad transition strategy and asked for the assistance of external partners to implement it. The ICF exercise has been ledby the Government with support of 26 bilateral, multilateral and United Nations agencies. The summary report of the ICF defines four strategic axes, which are:

• 1. Strengthen political governance and promote national dialogue
• 2. Strengthen economic governance and contribute to institutional development
• 3. Promote economic recovery
• 4. Improve access to basic services

Public health issues are included in the fourth strategic axe, with five priority objectives as follows:

• Restart the operation of the principal hospitals
• Extend a minimum package of health services to 2,500.000 Haitians
• Strengthen management and coordination capacity of Ministry of Public Health and Population
• Improve health care access to the general population and vulnerable groups
• Restart priority programs

Of the 19 sectoral tables which were created, PAHO/WHO is coordinating three of them: Health and Nutrition, HIV/AIDS and Water and Sanitation.

For more information on regarding the ICF, please refer to http://haiticci.undg.org