PAHO selects La Plaine Clinic as 1 of 16 Health Centers to be made safer, greener & natural disasters resilient

​The La Plaine Clinic in Dominica has been selected by The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), as one of 16 hospitals and health centers in seven Caribbean countries, to make them safer, greener, and more resilient to natural disasters.
 
Those Health facilities were selected by PAHO, after analyzing the safety situation of nearly 350 hospitals and health centers, and their likelihood of continuing to function in disasters.
 
According to a release, other facilities selected include the Princess Alicia Hospital in Grenada; The Chateaubelair Hospital in St Vincent & the Grenadines; and the Comfort Bay nursing home in St Lucia.
 
In addition, interventions will be carried out at 12 health centers in St Lucia to improve disaster resilience, and to save energy and water. The selection of facilities that will be part of the project in Jamaica, Guyana and Belize, is still in process.
 
The project is being financially supported by the United Kingdom's Department for International Development (DFID) and implemented through the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Relief Department in partnership with the Ministry of Health in each target country.