AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoMaternal & child health milestone: PAHO Director Dr. Jarbas Barbosa met President Nayib Bukele to highlight WHO validation of El Salvador’s trachoma elimination and to discuss scaling disease-elimination work; Maternal care recognition: First Lady Gabriela de Bukele’s “Nacer con Cariño” law was praised by PAHO as a regional model for improving care for pregnant women and early childhood; Public health progress: WHO/PAHO reporting confirms El Salvador has eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, with PAHO pointing to stronger systems and evidence-based decisions; Humanitarian response: El Salvador sent its eighth relief flight to Venezuela, expanding medical support via a field hospital in La Guaira that has already provided 500+ consultations and added psychological and emergency care; Rights & health in detention: Amnesty warns El Salvador’s mass arbitrary arrests and deaths in custody could amount to crimes against humanity, citing alleged medical negligence and injuries inconsistent with official causes.
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