For more than four decades, PAHO/AMRO has accompanied and participated in the evolution of Health Technology and in particular Health Technology Management (HTM) in the region and has served as a repository for the institutional memory of this process.  It has also been deeply involved with the countries’ healthcare improvement efforts, by supporting the organization of HTM programs and human resource education. The technical cooperation of PAHO/AMRO has been oriented to collaborate with the Member States in foster National Development and Institutional Capacity Building on Healthcare Technology and Physical Infrastructure.

Documents

• Health Technology Assessment  (Click here for English and Spanish documents)

• Health Technology Management (Click here for English and Spanish documents)

• Medical Devices Regulation (Click here for English and Spanish PAHO/WHO documents)

• Physical Infrastructure and Technology (Click here for English and Spanish documents)

• Telemedicine  (Click here for English and Spanish documents)

The Latin American and Caribbean Countries (LA&C) in the PAHO region have a population of approximately 582,390 million. 

This population has created a rapidly growing market for medical devices.  The importing of medical device has been growing at an average annual rate of 10% in the LA&C countries.  These countries, almost of all them, technology dependant, typically import more than 80% of the medical devices that they use.