WASHINGTON, USA, (PAHO) — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) presented the 2025 Annual Reports of its country offices, detailing the main results of technical cooperation achieved in collaboration with governments and strategic partners across the region.
Each report highlights concrete results, impacts, and stories from the field stemming from PAHO’s technical cooperation tailored to each country’s context and health priorities.
“The initiatives presented in these reports not only contribute to protecting the health and well-being of populations, but also support stability, security, and social development in the Americas,” said Dr Jarbas Barbosa, PAHO director. “As we present these annual reports, we reflect on a year that tested our resilience, challenged our health systems, and underscored the importance of Pan-Americanism,” he added.
The reports reflect diverse realities across countries, but also a shared effort to strengthen health systems by expanding access to essential technologies and treatments, as well as quality supplies at affordable prices through PAHO’s Regional Revolving Funds. They also highlight progress in digital health, primary health care, and mental health.
Throughout 2025, PAHO, together with member states and partners, advanced high-impact initiatives that delivered tangible benefits to populations. These efforts included progress toward the elimination of more than 30 priority diseases by 2030 and strengthened national capacities for preparedness and response to health emergencies.
Beyond individual results, the reports detail best practices and lessons learned that can be adapted to different contexts. They also serve as a key tool for accountability and for showcasing achieved results.
Key achievements across the region:
- Argentina, Bermuda, Haiti, and Venezuela strengthened sustained and equitable access to medicines, vaccines, and essential supplies.
- Belize, Bolivia, and Curaçao advanced the integration of mental health into health systems through regulatory frameworks, national plans, strengthened services, and the empowerment of frontline personnel, using community-based, intersectoral, and rights-based approaches.
- The Bahamas, Brazil, and Guatemala made progress in reducing maternal mortality, strengthening maternal and neonatal health service networks, and promoting environments supportive of healthy aging.
- Barbados and Eastern Caribbean countries, Cuba, Guyana, the Cayman Islands, and Mexico advanced in the prevention, control, treatment, and quality of care for noncommunicable diseases and their risk factors.
- Chile, Costa Rica, and Paraguay strengthened primary health care with a focus on health for all, social determinants, and intercultural approaches at national and territorial levels.
- Colombia, Panama, and Trinidad and Tobago advanced in digital transformation and modernisation of the health sector through system interoperability, digital literacy for health personnel, telehealth, and the adoption of international standards for more efficient and equitable care.
- Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, the Turks and Caicos Islands, Jamaica, Nicaragua, and Peru strengthened national capacities for preparedness and response to emergencies, epidemics, and pandemics. Following hurricane Melissa—which damaged five hospitals and more than 100 primary health centers in Jamaica—PAHO provided immediate support to ensure continuity of health services.
- Suriname became the first country in the Amazon basin to be certified malaria-free, raising the total number of malaria-free countries in the region and marking a historic milestone in regional elimination efforts .
- Uruguay developed a National Plan to accelerate disease elimination.
With 27 country offices in the Region, two specialised centres, and a presence in 35 Member States and four Associate Members, PAHO—founded in 1902—is the world’s oldest international public health agency. It is the specialised health agency of the Inter-American System (OAS) and, since 1949, has also served as the WHO Regional Office for the Americas.
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