Latest regional news
28/Jul/2017
Panama City, July 17, 2017 (PAHO/WHO) — The Virtual Campus for Public Health (VCPH) of the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO / WHO) in collaboration with the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), the Trinidad and Tobago Ministry of Health, the University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus and the University of Trinidad and Tobago, announces the launch of the VCPH Caribbean Node which offers English-speaking courses that will benefit...
16/May/2017
We announce the opening of the call for applications for the "Healthcare Technology Planning & Management (2017)" Virtual Course. The course will run from 28 August to 3 December 2017.
Applicants must be professionals (engineers, medical doctors, managers and other related specialties) that have or are interested in developing duties related to biomedical technologies within the health system or at health institutions. Participants should also have ...
07/Apr/2017
On April 7, 2017, the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) celebrates the World Health Day, and this year’s campaign is about “Depression: let’s talk”. Depression is a common mental disorder that affects people of all ages, from all walks of life, in all countries. Support available for people with mental health disorders is limited in many countries of the world. In the Americas, the depression treatment gap can reach as high as 65%; six out of ten people with...
03/Mar/2017
The Regional Coordination of the VCPH is participating in the "Subregional Workshop on Teacher Training for the Residency Systems of Central America and the Dominican Republic". The workshop is being held from March 1 to March 3 in San Salvador, El Salvador.
In the workshop, an adaptation to the VCPH subregional classroom of the "Teacher Training Course for the Residency System, Strategies and Pedagogical Tools" is being developed.
This virtual course will take advantage of both the experience...
20/Oct/2016
In recent years, the Virtual Campus of Public Health has grown substantially in the number of users and amount of courses offered. It has expanded from 40,000 participants in February 2014 to 250,000 participants in September 2016.
Panama City, October 12, 2016 (PAHO/WHO) - The Virtual Campus of Public Health (VCPH) of the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO / WHO) celebrates reaching 250,000 participants on its virtual learning...
20/May/2016
The course is an initiative of the Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization (PAHO / WHO), through the Regional Task Force on Water and Sanitation (ETRAS), with the support of the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation development (AECID); It aims to provide theoretical and practical tools to companies that supply the drinking water for people, as well as medical personnel performing activities management, operation, monitoring and system monitoring water supply in the...
19/May/2016
The VCPH Regional Coordination participated in the "Capacity building for the implementation of health policy CA DOR: Master of Health Management" Technical Meeting under the agreement between the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO / WHO) and the Central American Institute of Public Administration (ICAP), together with the Technical Secretariat of the Council of Ministers of Health of Central America and the Dominican Republic (SE-COMISCA), on 16 and 17 May in San Jose, Costa Rica, a...
17/May/2016
The opening ceremony for the Edmundo Granda Ugalde Leaders in International Health Program (LIHP) 2016 will take place virtually on 18 May 2016 at 10:00am EST. The activity, directed from PAHO headquarters in Washington, D.C., will join PAHO/WHO staff from headquarters and country offices, current and former LIHP participants, and other partners and colleagues from ministries of health, cooperation agencies and other entities to commemorate the commencement of the LIHP 2016.
This year marks...
19/Apr/2016
The Minister of Education, Sciences and Sport of the Republic of Slovenia, Dr Maja Makovec Brencic, today opened a meeting at UNESCO Headquarters of more than 50 leading experts and national delegates to develop strategies for and address challenges to Open Educational Resources (OER) in support of the achievement of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda.
UNESCO – in cooperation with the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport of Slovenia and the Slovenian National...
21/Mar/2016
The VCPH was present at the XI International Congress of Health Informatics, developed in Cuba between 15 and 18 March 2016.
At the congress the achievements and challenges VCPH in the framework of the strategy of working with open and interoperable resources were presented.
The conference also provided an opportunity for the workshop "The Virtual Campus of Public Health - Repository and Open Educational Resources" which was aimed, check the busy...
At the congress the achievements and challenges VCPH in the framework of the strategy of working with open and interoperable resources were presented.
The conference also provided an opportunity for the workshop "The Virtual Campus of Public Health - Repository and Open Educational Resources" which was aimed, check the busy...