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HEALTH SECTOR RESPONSE:
MEASURING PROGRESS
The following section measures progress in the health sector in responding to climate
threats based on country-reported data collected in the 2018 WHO Health and Climate
Change Country Survey (32). Key indicators are aligned with those identified in the
Caribbean Action Plan.
Empowerment: progress in leadership and
governance
National planning for health and climate change
Has a national health and climate change strategy or plan been developed?ª
✓
Title: N/A
Year: N/A
Content and implementation
Are health adaptation priorities identified in the strategy/plan?
☑
Are the health co-benefits of mitigation action considered in the strategy/plan?
✗
Performance indicators are specified
×
Level of implementation of the strategy/plan
Current health budget covers the cost of implementing the strategy/plan
N/A
=yes, X=no, O=unknown, N/A=not applicable
a In this context, a national strategy or plan is a broad term that includes national health and climate strategies as well as the health component of
national adaptation plans (H-NAPS).
Capacity building
During the annual operational programming (AOP), the health sector developed actions for the articulation
of work on climate change adaptation and mitigation. In 2015, within the framework of the TCNCC, and
with an institutional alliance with the Ministry of Health and Social Security and the ECLAC, a training
programme was carried out with the support of the Technological Institute of Santo Domingo (INTEC),
aimed at evaluating the impact of climate change on people's health.
The TCNCC also contributed to updating the National Adaptation Plan to Climate Change (PNACC 2015-2030),
which includes considerations resulting from the health and climate change training programme.
The development of a complete health chapter adapted to the PNACC is planned for the year 2020, as well
as the reactivation of a technical group formed under the TNCCC called "Health and Climate Group". It is
Dominican Republic
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