The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved a loan of US$22M for a new project to strengthen health resilience in Guyana. The US$22M Guyana One Health Project will focus on empowering the country to prevent, prepare for, and respond to health emergencies, the Bank said in a statement. The project will adopt a One Health approach, which integrates human, animal, and environmental health systems. According to the World Bank, Guyana faces an evolving set of public health threats. Non-communicable diseases account for 70 percent of all deaths while infectious diseases, such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, continue to pose major risks. The threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) – when medicines like antibiotics no longer work against infections – is especially pressing.
