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The Covid-19 pandemic highlighted the stark disparity in the world’s capacity in health product manufacturing, leaving many countries ill-equipped to protect their own populations. Cuba's Finlay Vaccine Institute is a vital actor in efforts to safeguard Cuban and Latin American public health.

Colombia's General System of Social Security faces mounting pressure from an ageing population, rising chronic disease rates and the high cost of new treatments.

Although access to drinking water and wastewater treatment in Cuba stands at close to 95%, only 75% of the population receives water through a network connection - the rest rely on wells. Service quality remains poor, with just 10% of the population receiving a continuous supply.

Peru's construction and housing sector is characterised by informality and inadequate supply. Housing shortages are acute, and most homes are built informally, leaving low-income households in precarious physical and legal situations and more vulnerable to natural disasters.

The Covid-19 crisis placed enormous strain on The Bahamas' health system. As the government directed resources towards the pandemic response, ambulatory and primary healthcare services were disrupted, deepening pre-existing gaps caused by geographic barriers and inadequate healthcare facilities.

In 2010, only 72% of Ecuador's population had access to water services and just 54% to wastewater services, while 90% of wastewater was discharged without any treatment. In response, the national government launched PROSANEAMIENTO, a comprehensive programme for environmental sanitation.

In April 2016, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Ecuador, devastating the province of Manabí and causing widespread destruction to buildings and infrastructure.

The rapid growth of Peruvian cities, particularly the Lima-Callao axis, has led to unplanned urbanisation and a chronic lack of infrastructure and services, above all in transport. Urban mobility is highly informal, with fragmented vehicle ownership and an ageing, deteriorating fleet.

The mining sector plays a pivotal role in the global energy transition, providing the minerals and metals that clean energy technologies depend on. Latin America and the Caribbean are home to some of the world's largest reserves of copper, lithium, rare earth elements, aluminium, nickel, iron ore.