Presentaciones REDPEVA
Introducción a los objetivos y agenda de la reunión
- Ma. Elisa Peichoto, Internacional Consultant PANAFTOSA/VPH-PAHO/WHO | PPT
Presentation of the Wellcome Trust and RELAPA project
- Marco Vigilato, Regional Advisor on Zoonoses and Veterinary Public Health and Coordinator of the Zoonoses Area, PANAFTOSA/VPH-PAHO/WHO | PPT
Analysis of the 2025 survey: updated regional perspective on national programs for accidents caused by venomous animals
- Ma. Elisa Peichoto, Internacional Consultant PANAFTOSA/VPH-PAHO/WHO | PPT
Presentation of the proposed Regional Information System
- Felipe Rocha, PANAFTOSA/VPH-PAHO/WHO | PPT
Presentation of support materials for national programs: Manual for the diagnosis and treatment of snake envenomation
- Dra. Hui Wen Fan, Butantan Institute and Dr. José María Gutiérrez, Clodomiro Picado Institute-University of Costa Rica | PPT
Presentation of the virtual course “Envenomation by snakes and other venomous animals”
- Ma. Elisa Peichoto, Internacional Consultant PANAFTOSA/VPH-PAHO/WHO | PPT
Session 1: Commitment to training healthcare network professionals in the care of patients injured by accidents
- Dra. Diana Marcela Pava, Director General, INS–Colombia | PPT
- Dra. Wendy Lizeth Cruz Romano, Coordination, National Toxicology Center (CENTOX), National Autonomous University of Honduras – Faculty of Chemical Sciences and Pharmacy | PPT
- Dra. Gabriela Willat, Director of Zoonoses and Vectors – Ministry of Public Health of Uruguay | PPT
Discussion panel on the supply, distribution, and use of antivenoms:
- Antivenom management and logistics: a country’s experience. Lúcia R. Montebello, General Coordination of Zoonoses and Vector-Borne Disease Surveillance (CGZV) – Secretariat of Health and Environment Surveillance (SVSA) – Ministry of Health| PPT
- Mechanism and requirements for the acquisition of antivenoms through the PAHO Strategic Fund. Dr. Christopher Lim, Head of the PAHO/WHO Strategic Fund | PPT
- Need for monitoring the efficacy and safety of antivenom use. Dra. Hui Wen Fan, Butantan Insitute | PPT
Session 2: Challenges and obstacles in implementing mandatory reporting and epidemiological surveillance of accidents caused by venomous animals
- Challenges and obstacles in implementing mandatory reporting and epidemiological surveillance of accidents caused by venomous animals
- Dra. M. Isabel Cuellat Valladares, Coordinator of the Toxicological Information and Advisory Center (CIATOX) – El Salvador | PPT
- Dra. María José Lafuente González, National Coordinator of Zoonotic Diseases and One Health – Ministry of Health of Costa Rica | PPT
- Dr. Edgar Lorenzo Sanabria Garayo, Person in Charge of Surveillance for Accidents Caused by Venomous Animals – National Zoonosis Control Program and National Anti-Rabies Center – Ministry of Public Health, Paraguay | PPT
Session 3: Challenges and obstacles in the control of accidents caused by venomous animals
- Dr. Keystelle Alexis Codd, Primary Health Care – Ministry of Health and Wellness, Belize | PPT
- Dr. Ramiro A. Guido Ramos - Ministry of Health of Nicaragua | PPT
- Veterinary Dr. José Luis Bustamante, Navarro, Officer in Charge of Accidents Caused by Venomous Animals – DPCEM–DGIESP – MINSA, Peru| PPT