Knowledge Management & Communications

Washington, D.C., 26 October 2012 (PAHO/WHO) – During the Ninth Regional Congress on Health Sciences Information (CRICS9), the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) launches a mobile application that enables health professionals to make evidence-based decisions on student health, while on-the-go.

The new eGSHS mobile application provides access to data from the Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS), which monitors students’ behavior related to: diet, physical activity, hygiene, alcohol consumption, drug and tobacco use, violence and unintentional injuries, sexual and reproductive health, and mental health. This is the first mobile application launched by PAHO/WHO.

Access to health services in the region and the role of information technology and communications to achieve were the main axes of the opening of the Ninth Regional Congress of Information in Health Sciences (CRICS9), organized by the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and its Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences (BIREME), between 22 and 24 October in Washington, DC.

Ninth Regional Congress on Health Sciences Information, organized by PAHO/WHO and BIREME, to be held on October 22-24 in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., October 18, 2012 (PAHO/OMS). Professionals in the fields of health and information sciences will participate in the Ninth Regional Congress on Health Sciences Information (CRICS9), organized by the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and their affiliated Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information (BIREME), this coming October 22 to 24 in Washington, D.C.

Plan to save lives and reduce costs agreed at ITU Telecom World 2012

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, 17 October 2012 – The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the World Health Organization (WHO) today launched a new partnership called the ‘mHealth’ Initiative to use mobile technology, in particular text messaging and apps, to help combat noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular diseases and chronic respiratory diseases.

These were the words of the Assistant Secretary of Public Policies in Health in Rio Negro, Argentina, during the first national workshop on eHealth in that country

Washington, DC, October 12, 2012 (PAHO/WHO)-As part of the implementation of the Regional Strategy on eHealth of the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), the first national workshop in Argentina was held in the city of Viedma, province of Rio Negro.

Karl Brown shares his vision and the experience of the Rockefeller Foundation on the use of information and communication technologies in public health

Washington, D.C., 5 October 2012–In the framework of its Digital Literacy Program, and as a part of the implementation of the eHealth Strategy for the Americas, the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) launched its eHealth Webinar Series that will support the development and strengthening of individual and collective capacities of health workers, their institutions, and the health of the people in general.

Washington, D.C., 2 October 2012 (PAHO/WHO) – Health authorities from throughout the Americas endorsed a new regional Strategy and Plan of Action on Knowledge Management and Communications that promotes health information as a public good that should be free and widely accessible to help people make informed decisions about health issues.

PAHO/WHO calls on professionals to participate in “eHealth Conversations”

Washington, DC, Monday, 1 October, 2012 – The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) calls on professionals that work in the field of eHealth to brainstorm, discuss and reflect on the present and future of the use and application of information and communication technologies in public health in the Americas. The virtual dialogues will be part of a project titled “eHealth Conversations: Information management, dialogue and knowledge exchange to approach universal access to health”.

The project represents a breakthrough for the eHealth Strategy and Action Plan for the Americas, as it seeks to implement a regional mechanism, through free and fair access to information and knowledge sharing, to ensure the convergence of local, national and regional initiatives related to the development, adoption and implementation of information and communication technologies for public health. It also aims to support decision makers and the general public to understand and prepare for the future of eHealth.