The Pan American Health Organization and the Mundo Sano Foundation have signed a new technical cooperation agreement aimed at strengthening disease elimination efforts and expanding cervical cancer prevention programs across the Americas.
The agreement was signed in Madrid by PAHO Director Jarbas Barbosa and Mundo Sano Foundation President Silvia Gold during an official visit focused on regional public health cooperation.
The partnership will support efforts to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of diseases including HIV, syphilis, hepatitis B, and Chagas disease through PAHO’s EMTCT Plus+ initiative. The collaboration also aims to strengthen integrated healthcare strategies and improve access to prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and maternal health services.
An additional focus of the agreement is cervical cancer prevention, a major public health challenge throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. The initiative seeks to support wider access to HPV vaccination, screening, early detection, and timely treatment services as part of broader regional elimination goals.
The first phase of the collaboration will prioritize activities in Argentina and Paraguay, where technical exchanges, policy discussions, and knowledge-sharing initiatives will help identify effective approaches to integrated healthcare delivery and disease prevention.
Under the agreement, Mundo Sano Foundation will contribute expertise related to disease transmission and public health interventions, while PAHO will provide technical guidance, regional coordination, and support for sharing lessons learned across countries in the Americas.
Officials involved in the partnership emphasized the importance of long-term collaboration and people-centered healthcare approaches to address complex public health challenges and reduce health inequalities across the region.
The initiative reflects growing regional efforts to strengthen maternal and child health systems while accelerating progress toward eliminating preventable diseases and improving women’s health outcomes throughout the Americas.
