Fiocruz extends international cooperation agreement with ECLAC

Brazil’s scientific institution for R&D, Fiocruz, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that extends international cooperation with the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).

Signed by the Vice President of Education, Information and Communication (VPEIC), Cristiani Machado, and by the Executive Secretary of ECLAC, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, the document extends the partnership for another five years, with three central axes: monitoring the 2030 Agenda and its interface between health and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); strategic prospecting; and support for local production to increase the region's capacity to respond to health emergencies.

With the signing, a period of six months was established for the development of a work plan that unfolds these three axes in concrete actions involving not only the Fiocruz Strategy for the 2030 Agenda (EFA 2030) and the Center for Strategic Studies (CEE), involved since the first signing in 2018, but also the other units of the Foundation. The idea is that Fiocruz's experience can be shared with other countries, improving the quality of health and strengthening the production capacity of drugs, tests and vaccines, aiming at the autonomy of the region.