RELACSIS, IS4H, and BIREME: Together on the path towards strengthening information systems for healt
Both BIREME and the coordination of RELACSIS and IS4H belong to the PAHO/WO Department of Evidence and Intelligence for Action in Health (EIH). According to Dr. Diego González, Director of BIREME, who presented during the event the Center’s mission, priorities and main products and services, “the event was an opportunity to strengthen ties…
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, 07 September 2019 (PAHO/WHO) - World Mental Health Day is held on October 10th each year. It is a day of recognition and acknowledgement of persons living with mental illness. Additionally, it is a day that raises awareness of behavourial health and overall wellness. This year's theme was "Working Together to…
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, 07 September 2020 (PAHO/WHO) - Trinidad and Tobago has shown commitment to tackling the NCD epidemic through the development of the National Strategic Plan for the prevention of and control of NCDs in Trinidad and Tobago 2017-2021. As such, PAHO has recognized these efforts and invited Trinidad and Tobago to join…
Developing culture and conditions for the use of scientific knowledge and evidence as an element of decision making at the local level of the health systems is still a great challenge and opportunity to face high impact problems in order to attain the sustainable development goals of the 2030 Agenda.
A recent experience is taking place with the…
On Wednesday, 14 August, 2019, the Pan American Health Organization/ World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and the European Union (EU) handed over IT equipment to the Minister of Health, the Honorable Pablo Marin, and IT Director, Mr. Ian Smith, at the Ministry of Health (MoH) in the city of Belmopan.
This equipment was procured through the Health…
The 2019 edition of the Descriptors in Health Sciences vocabulary - DeCS 2019 - was launched in June with some technological and terminological developments. Developed from the MeSH - Medical Subjects Headings - vocabulary of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), the DeCS serves as a unique language for indexing articles from scientific journals…
August 6, 2019 - On August 7, 2019, as part of World Breastfeeding Week, the Ministry of Health recognized Cleopatra White Polyclinic as a Baby Friendly Health Facility. This is the second urban health polyclinic being certified in Belize City. At the level of districts, all other public hospitals are already certified. This now commits…
Representatives of Information and Knowledge Management of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Offices (Africa, Americas, Southeast Asia, Europe, Eastern Mediterranean and West Pacific), focal points of the Country Offices (Burkina Faso, Liberia, Mozambique, Honduras, Guyana, Somalia and Papua New Guinea), as well as the International…
Brazilian Ministry of Health team led by Rodrigo dos Santos Santana, Program Director of the Executive Secretariat, Soraya Zacarias Drumond de Andrade, General Coordinator of Documents and Information (CGDI), Shirlei Corrêa Rodrigues, Coordinator of Dissemination of Scientific and Technical Information in Health and Sandra Cristina Teixeira, head…