EL SALVADOR INTERESTED IN PCIA

UNCLAS SAN SALVADOR 002333

SIPDIS

FOR OES/IHB DANO WILUSZ AND LINDSEY HILLESHEIM

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON SENV ES
SUBJECT: EL SALVADOR INTERESTED IN PCIA

REF A: STATE 144727

B: SAN SALVADOR 0158


1. Per reftel A request, post delivered information on the
Partnership for Clean Indoor Air (PCIA) to the Violeta Larde,
Director for International Cooperation in the Ministry of
Environment (MARN) and to Minister of Health Dr. Jos Guillermo Maza
Brizuela. During a meeting with USAID Health Program Director,
Minister Maza expressed interest in joining PCIA in order to
strengthen public health education programs on indoor air pollution.
USAID will follow up with a letter from the Mission Director
encouraging the Ministry of Health to join PCIA and explore
opportunities to leverage PCIA resources with USAID's public health
programs.

GLAZER