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Funding

Project Description

The project aims to strengthen public health security in the face of emerging diseases and other communicable diseases relevant to the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) by improving public-health security systems and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in border areas in Cambodia, the Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Viet Nam. It focuses mainly on mobile and migrant populations (MMPs), as well as on other vulnerable groups.

Progress (as of March 2021)

Ongoing. The project midterm review (MTR) was conducted during Q3 2019. Project implementation and achievement of outputs/ milestone activities are on- track up to MTR. Countries revised their annual operation plans for 2020 to support necessary preparedness and response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Some activities (trainings and workshops) in 2020 that were affected by COVID-19 are being rescheduled. A video about the project is being prepared and will be presented at the 24th GMS Ministerial Conference in November 2020.

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News and Multimedia

Consistent with the #GMS Program's mandate, this strategy focuses on #health issues that are regional in nature and require collective action to address. It is intended as a tool to guide programming and mobilize new project financing toward the realization of GMS health stakeholders' vision for health cooperation
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By focusing on improving #nutrition and through initiatives such as the National Nutrition Strategy and Plan of Action, #LaoPDR works toward achieving #SDG2 – End hunger, achieve food security and improve nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture.
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Organized by the Ministry of Health of the #LaoPDR in collaboration with the Asian Development Bank - ADB in September, a workshop gathered risk communication specialists from the #GMS to generate ideas on communicating and coordinating during #health emergencies on a regional scale.
Source: GMS Facebook Page