Panama
Panama’s economy rests on its location on the isthmus between the Americas and global trade. While enjoying low inflation and a representative government, the country faces a rising HIV/AIDS rate that challenges its health care system.
IntraHealth works in Panama through USAID’s Capacity Project to:
- Train the faculty of regional health professional schools on preventing HIV/AIDS stigma and discrimination
- Improve the access of health providers and universities’ faculty and students to current HIV/AIDS and TB knowledge and tools through the Internet
- Support the decentralization of HIV care and treatment through health staff performance improvement initiatives
- Improve supervision and human resource management systems.
Donor/Project: USAID (Capacity Project)
Partners: JHPIEGO, Management Sciences for Health
Selected health statistics for Panama (WHO, accessed July 2007):
Life expectancy, in years (m/f): 74, 78
Probability of dying under 5 years of age (per 1000 live births): 24
Adult prevalence of HIV/AIDS: 0.5–1.5%
Maternal mortality, 1999 stats (per 100,000 live births): 70