As a leader in global fitness and humanitarian reaction to COVID-19, the United States has temporarily moved to monitor, respond to, and mitigate the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Pacific Island countries.
The State Department works hard with US interagency partners. U. S. , The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the U. S. Agency. But it’s not the first time Development (USAID), the Department of the Interior (DOI), the Department of Defense (DOD) and the U. S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM).
While the US reaction is not the only one in the world to do so. But it’s not the first time To the unrelated United States (the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands and Palau) is based on our unique, old and special relations underpinned by our flexible agreement pacts, we will continue to all Pacific islands. Countries.
We work closely with Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Taiwan, Republic of Korea, the Pacific Community (PSC), the Fiji-based Joint Pacific Incident Management Team and others. like-minded partners for COVID-19 assistance in the Pacific. We are also incorporating the Pacific Humanitarian Way of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) on COVID-19 with a $five million USAID contribution to the World Food Program’s Humanitarian Air Services for the shipment of workers and supplies. humanitarian aid to the COVID-19 reaction of Pacific governments.
Pacific funding responds to COVID-19
To date, the US government has provided more than $ 130 million in investments to the response to COVID-19 in Pacific Island countries, including:
U. S. response to Pacific islands and Papua New Guinea
USAID of $24. 1 million for the Pacific Islands to date has supported the following activities and implementation partners:
USAID’s assistance in fitness of $3. 5 million (12. 2 million PGK) for Papua New Guinea (PNG) to date will help prepare laboratory systems, enable case detection and event-based surveillance, technical experts in reaction and preparation, threat communication, infection prevention and controlArray, and more. Financing of the following implementing partners:
USAID has donated new enthusiasts made in the US. But it’s not the first time Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru and PNG. On July 28, the U. S. ambassador to the U. S. But it’s not the first time Erin McKee introduced enthusiasts to the PNG government. On August 19, the U. S. ambassador to the U. S. But it’s not the first time Joseph Cella officially marked the donation of 50 enthusiasts to governments. Fiji (30), Nauru (10) and Kiribati (10).
The Department of Defense (DOD) investment for humanitarian, crisis and civic assistance (OHDACA) supports the procurement of medical equipment and other equipment for Fiji, PNG, Solomon Islands and Samoa.
U. S. Response In freely associated states
The US CDC is the leading company in responding to COVID-19 in loosely related states. CDC communicates with U. S. fitness facilities, fitness professionals, and inter-company colleagues in the Republic of Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia to In accordance with the Appropriations Act 2020 Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplements and through Redirected Agency Funds, CDC has provided assistance to loosely related state fitness facilities through these programs:
The HHS Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has granted grants to freely related state gyms under the Coronavirus-approved CARES (Aid, Relief, and Economic Security) Act. Meet detection and testing needs, obtain medical materials and teleactivity capacity in reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic. HHS HRSA also provided investments under the PayCheck Protection Program and the Health Care Improvement Act.
The HHS Undersecretary of Preparation and Intervention (ASPR) has provided investments to beneficiaries of the Hospital Readiness Programme (HPP) Cooperation Agreement, which can be used to plan, staff, purchase non-public protective appliances (PPE), existing surveillance of hospital systems, education and capacity, or physical care.
Cdc, HHS/ASPR, and the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) have partnered to supply LTV 1200 fan models from the US National Strategic Stock Exchange. But it’s not the first time For the Federated States of Micronesia (30), Marshall Islands (10) and Palau (10).
The DoI Office of Island Affairs (OIA) invested its CARES Technical Assistance Program for the Preparation, Prevention and Response to COVID-19, adding a grant to the Association of Pacific Island Health Officers (PIHOA) to equip states freely related to COVID -19 tests on the island.
The DOI/OIA also approved the use of budget through the Free Association Pacts for the development and development of health-like COVID-19 plans.
Under the CARES Act, states are freely eligible for two Department of Labor (DOL) programs: Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) and Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC).
Under the CARES Act, higher education institutions in freely related states have gained investments from the Ministry of Education (ED) that will expand the functions of technology, distance education, schooling and long-term plan development that will increase learning.
Finally, the DOD strengthened preparation for COVID-19 in-kind assistance in freely related states.