Latest regional news
29/Jun/2015
The Municipal Health Secretariat Curitiba, the International Union for Health Promotion and Education and their partners are looking forward to hosting this important global public health and health promotion event. The 22nd IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion will take place in Curitiba, Brazil. The aim is to create a global forum where researchers, practitioners and policy makers involved in and concerned about the promotion of health and equity will share and discuss new knowledge,...
19/Jun/2015
On 9 and 10 June the VCPH attended the forum held in San Salvador, El Salvador.
Under the Panel: "Experiences of networking: ICT and innovation from the academy.", Mr. Gabriel Listovsky presented VCPH developments.
He also participated in a working group referred to the challenges of development of knowledge networks to promote citizen empowerment actions.
The meeting was an opportunity for joint exchange and cooperation ties between the virtual classrooms VCPH and UNDP.
19/Jun/2015
On Thursday 12 and Friday June 13, 2015 the opening workshop tutor training for the network learning course, specially designed to promote the development of Node VCPH Nicaragua was held in Managua, Nicaragua.
The course has thirteen weeks of virtual work and three face meetings.
During the course, participants will have the opportunity to discuss the challenges of continuing healthcare education within virtuality and make the first steps of editing Moodle course, working platform of the...
19/Jun/2015
As part of the updating process of portals and classrooms of the Virtual Campus of Public Health is already visible the new image design and regional access to virtual classrooms, countries, practices and staff.
This change was accompanied by updating the regional classroom to the Moodle version 2.8 which ensures the quality and safety of the course work according to international standards.
The new design, with a style similar to the regional portal image, allowing easy access and quick...
19/Jun/2015
In early June, Dr. Carissa Etienne, Director of the Pan American Health Organization, the World Health Organization’s Regional Office of the Americas (PAHO/WHO), met with the five Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows who undertook their professional affiliation at the Organization’s Washington, DC headquarters.
During the meeting, Dr. Etienne thanked the Fellows for their contribution to PAHO and bid them farewell as they concluded their two-month work experience, challenging them to continue their...
15/Jun/2015
The Virtual Course "Integration of Mental Health into Primary Care (2015)", intended for primary care practitioners from English-speaking Caribbean countries who are working as MD general practitioners, specialized nurse practitioners, clinical psychologists and other mental health care providers directly involved in patient care, will begin 6 August and run until 10 December. Application forms for this course will be received until 10 July, 2015.
Participants must fulfill the following...
28/May/2015
The Healthcare Technology Planning & Management (2015) course, in its first version, will be held from 20 July through 4 October 2015 IMPORTANT UPDATE: From 7 September 2015 through 21 November 2015, and provides students with a basic understanding of the principles of healthcare technology planning and management – policies, assessment, budgeting, acquisition, deployment, education/training, patient safety, maintenance, and replacement/disposal....
22/May/2015
Geneva, May 19, 2015 (PAHO/WHO). Ministers and delegates of the Americas addressed the plenary of the 68th World Health Assembly regarding the need to ensure that every country has a solid health system ready to face any adversity. They made reference to the lessons learned during the Ebola outbreak and highlighted the achievements.
Representatives of 21 countries of the Region spoke before the plenary to share their perspectives. The following is a summary of each country's presentation, in...
21/May/2015
Students seeking graduate degrees in health and research for health may now apply for scholarships to study in Brazil under an agreement signed last year between the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Organization of American States (OAS). The tuition-paid scholarships are being offered through the PAHO-OAS agreement in conjunction with the Coimbra Group of Brazilian Universities (GCUB). The scholarships support studies at the master’s or PhD level in health-related areas at...
21/May/2015
PAHO / WHO calls for giving more attention to the control of hypertension
Only one in five people with hypertension in Latin America and the Caribbean get to keep their blood pressure below 140/90
Washington, DC, May 14, 2015 (PAHO / WHO) .- In the framework of World Hypertension Day, which takes place on May 17, the Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization (PAHO / WHO) calls on governments, health professionals and the...
Washington, DC, May 14, 2015 (PAHO / WHO) .- In the framework of World Hypertension Day, which takes place on May 17, the Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization (PAHO / WHO) calls on governments, health professionals and the...