Active case-finding is a quality control tool for routine epidemiological surveillance that makes it possible to detect cases of vaccine-preventable diseases (VPD) which may or may not have been reported to the system.
General events
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Agenda
12:30 - 12:35 pm
Intro session
Judit Rius Sanjuan, Director Innovation, Access to Medicines and Health…
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Join Barbados, Paraguay, Thailand, Timor-Leste, the Pan-American Health Organization, the South-East Asia Regional Office of WHO, the Wellcome Trust, and the United Nations Foundation for a side event on the occasion of the 79th UN General Assembly. This Heads of State and Government level event will identify equitable pathways to implementing the 2024 Political Declaration on AMR…
In this activity, the current epidemiological situation of Oropouche in the Americas will be presented. Also, the main aspects of entomological surveillance and control of Culicoides paraensis will be discussed and the experience of entomological research during an Oropouche outbreak will be presented, among others.
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Over the past few months, PAHO delegations have been following the discussions of the G20 Health Working Group, which is chaired by Brazil for this 2024 edition.
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Background
The importance of Traditional, Complementary, and Integrative Medicine (TCIM) in Primary Health Care (PHC) has been recognized since the Alma Ata Declaration in 1978 and reinforced in the Astana Declaration in 2018, as well as other international instruments.
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1st Global Ministerial Conference on Ending Violence Against Children
November 7-8, 2024 | Bogotá, Colombia
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When:
15 July 2024 – 10:00 to 11:00 AM
Where:
PAHO Headquarters, Washington, DC - Room B
Context
The third webinar in the Regional Initiative to Accelerate Innovation for TB Elimination series aims to review two key issues in the implementation of digital radiology and artificial intelligence products.
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On Wednesday, July 17, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (Washington DC time), we will meet in the webinar "Vaccination Coverage 2023: Results in the Region of the Americas", organized by the Special Program Comprehensive Immunization (CIM).