Launching new tool to optimize COVID-19 response in Panama’s indigenous communities (5-1-20)
Se lanza una nueva herramienta para optimizar la respuesta al COVID-19 en las comunidades indígenas de Panamá
Rainforest Foundation US
5-1-2020
Panama, like all countries worldwide, is facing the difficult situation presented by COVID-19, having already exceeded 170 deaths at the national level and more than 6,000 confirmed cases. Vulnerable areas such as those of indigenous peoples do not escape this reality.
The National Coordinator of Indigenous Peoples of Panama (Coordinadora Nacional de Pueblos Indígenas de Panamá, or COONAPIP), a partner of the Rainforest Foundation US in Panama, is executing a Territorial Security Project (PST) in conjunction with the various traditional congresses and councils to ensure a coordinated response addresses the challenges and needs of the indigenous peoples of the country in the face of COVID-19.
Read the full article: https://rainforestfoundation.org/optimizing_covid_response_panama_indigenous_communities/