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(Español) La ENSAP de Cuba y la Universidad Universidad Cooperativa de Santa Marta-Colombia, realizan sesiónn de Intercambio sobre APS
24 September 2012
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Wellness Week 2012
21 September 2012
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Join Wellness Week – September 16-21 – and fight Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes, cancer, and cardiovascular and lung diseases. Learn more at Wellness Week 2012.
Vaccination Week in the Americas Book
21 September 2012
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Quinquennial Report of the Director 2008-2012
21 September 2012
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eHealth Seminar: Experience and Vision of the Rockefeller Foundation
20 September 2012
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| The eHealth Strategy and Plan of Action for the Americas promotes knowledge and information sharing among member states and stakeholders. To that end, the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) launches the eHealth Seminar Series on Friday, October 5, 2012.
The seminars will discuss different themes of relevance and key players working on eHealth globally to ensure knowledge sharing among people and institutions and convergence in the implementation of eHealth National Strategies and plans of action, and also to inform public health stakeholders and other decision makers in the health sector, to better take part in the debate. |
Register Online for CRICS9: the 9th Regional Congress of Information in Health Sciences
15 September 2012
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 Professionals interested in attending the 9th Regional Congress of Information in Health Sciences (CRICS9) can now register online in the CRICS9 website. The event will be held 22-24 October 2012, at the Pan American Health Organization Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
CRICS9 is the most important forum for the exchange of information on programs, projects, systems, and networks of information and scientific communication in health in the region of the Americas. Under this year’s slogan, “eHealth: reaching universal access to health”, CRICS9 will involve participants in fruitful discussions regarding eHealth through plenary sessions, round tables, panels, workshops and more. |
Costa Rica Advances in its eHealth Plan of Action
10 September 2012
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Representatives of various public institutions of Costa Rica met to develop an eHealth proposal to facilitate access and availability of technical, scientific and public health information through the use of information and communication technologies (ICT). This meeting took place in San Jose, Costa Rica, during 6-7 September 2012.
The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), with support from the Spanish Cooperation, provided technical cooperation to facilitate tools and methodologies to support Costa Rica in the formulation of a national eHealth plan, in response to the request of the Minister of Health, Dr. Daisy Maria Diaz Corrales.
(Español) KMC clausura el I Congreso Centroamérica y el Caribe sobre medios de comunicación, personas menores de edad y jóvenes
9 September 2012
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KMC clausuró el I Congreso Centroamérica y el Caribe sobre medios de comunicación, personas menores de edad y jóvenes que se celebró en Costa Rica, los días 5 y 6 de septiembre de 2012, con la conferencia “La aplicación de las tecnologías de información en salud y la alfabetización digital”.
Governments, private sector, and civil society commit to reduce salt consumption through region-wide partnership
4 September 2012
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On August 30,2012 a new consortium convened by the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO) and comprised of more than 20 health and nutrition experts from governments, civil society, universities, and representatives from major food and beverage companies, committed to work on reducing dietary sodium after a two-day meeting on August 28-29, 2012 at the PAHO’s headquarters in Washington, DC.
The meeting was held in PAHO headquarters and transmitted via Blackboard Collaborate to all the region.
The group agreed that a coordinated, salt-smart approach is needed for the region of the Americas, and joint action for a healthy heart would save lives and reduce the growing costs associated with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in the region.
The eSAC project launches Website and Innovation Competition
1 September 2012
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| The eSAC project launches Website and Innovation Competition |
 The Public eHealth, Innovation and Equity Project (eSAC), which contributes to the improvement of the health and wellbeing of marginalized population groups in Latin America and the Caribbean through the application of eHealth solutions, officially launched its new website on 6 September 2012 at 9 am EST.
The website will serve as a virtual community that supports communication, knowledge management and capacity building activities across the intersection between Public eHealth and equity in health in the LAC region. The website will be used to: disseminate information on the project; include links to external resources related to Public eHealth and equity in health; present training materials developed in the context of the proposed initiative; and exchange ideas and opportunities related to specific public health challenges and the role of ICTs in the region. |
