Working Group Description

The Health group is made up of the Ministry of Health and Social Protection and the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), the organizations that provide or support the provision of health services in different municipalities and departments of the country, such as the agencies of the United Nations System, the International Red Cross Movement, national and international NGOs, the main donors to the health sector, and other important stakeholders. Its objective is to be a coordination and articulation body for the authorities and actors in the health sector and international cooperation organizations, to address the gaps and humanitarian priorities identified in situations of violence, disaster, and migration, contributing to the development of the capacities of the human talent operating within the country's health system in line with the Sustainable Development Goals, restoring the provision of health services and equitable access to preventive and curative care in the shortest time possible, to ensure an efficient, effective, and sustainable response that will reduce avoidable mortality, morbidity, and disabilities.