WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says it has signed a technical cooperation agreement with the Madrid-based Mundo Sano Foundation to strengthen efforts to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of diseases and advance cervical cancer prevention in the Americas, including the Caribbean.

The agreement was signed by PAHO’s Director Jarbas Barbosa and Silvia Gold, president of Mundo Sano at the foundation’s headquarters.

“This partnership reflects a conviction that we deeply share; that the most complex public health challenges can only be addressed through long-term vision and a people-centred approach,” said Dr Barbosa.