Country Cooperation Strategy with The Bahamas 2026–2031

The Country Cooperation Strategy (CCS) 2026–2031 is a medium-term strategic framework to guide the technical cooperation of the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) with The Bahamas. It aligns with the country’s national health sector plan and broader regional and global health mandates. 

Recognizing the distinct context of The Bahamas, including its archipelagic geography, vulnerability to climate change, and need to strengthen health-system resiliency, the CCS aims to target cooperation where PAHO/WHO can be most effective and aligned with national priorities. 

The four strategic priorities of the CCS are aimed at achieving: Strengthened, integrated, evidence-based, people-centered health system focused on achieving health equity and universal health coverage and access; Improved health and well-being through the life course, with a focus on primary health care; Improved surveillance, detection, prevention, and control of communicable and noncommunicable diseases and their risk factors, violence and injuries, using appropriate information systems and evidence for health; and Strengthened capacity to prevent, protect against, control, and respond to emergencies and public health threats including those due to climate vulnerabilities, guided by the Disaster Risk Management Act. 

The CCS includes 13 strategic deliverables, with 2 to 4 linked to each strategic priority. The CCS was developed through consultation with a wide array of national stakeholders to inform the CCS Strategic Agenda, deliverables, and priorities, ensuring the strategy reflects a broad consensus. 

Overall, this CCS, the country’s first, represents a milestone: a formal, country-specific strategic framework that seeks to guide PAHO/WHO’s support in a way that is relevant, context-aware, and oriented toward long-term health and resilience in The Bahamas.