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20/Nov/2009
To create an educational module, able to face next year’s challenges, the “Edmundo Granda Ugarte” International Health Leader’s Program (IHLP) will gather Academy representatives, Panamerican Health Organization’s (PAHO / WHO) officials and participants of the Cohort 2009 initiative, in order to work together in a surveillance proposal for the Program, considering more complex contexts each year and PAHO Country Offices’ involvement as learning environments.
During this meeting, schedules to...
20/Nov/2009
To rethink Health, from an International Health perspective, was the challenge that more than thirty ibero-american experts and officers from the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) took in the city of Lima, these past 8, 9 and 10 October 2009.
The participants in the gathering, conveyed by the Programme ‘Leaders on International Health – Edmundo Granda Ugalde’ (PLSI in Spanish) of the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) theorized on what could developed to be a new concept...
12/Nov/2009
On 8-9 October, 2009 a workshop was held in Kingston, Jamaica to commence the development of an online module on Chronic Diseases and Trade, which will be used for the Leaders in International Health Program Edmundo Granda Ugalde (LIHP) 2010.
The objective of the LIHP is to strengthen the capacity of countries in the region to understand, act upon and positively influence the international determinants of health, to promote their national interests, and to achieve intersectoral health...
23/Oct/2009
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) will conduct the second workshop "Towards a new conceptual model building international Health". This workshop will be held in Lima, Peru from 28 to 30 October 2009.
The workshop's main objective is to contribute to building the conceptual model of international health with greater explanatory power of the growing complexity of health-disease processes at a time of transformation of regional geopolitics and in a context of globalization that affects...
20/Oct/2009
Concluded with very satisfactory results in Panama City face week (12-16 October 2009) First Virtual Course Management Mental Health Services, cosponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health of Panama (INSAM), the University Leon de Nicaragua, CAMH Canada and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).
The exchange of experiences between 16 mental health workers from 7 countries of Central America and the Caribbean and its interaction with professors from Panama, a country hosting the...
17/Oct/2009
The 6th Meeting of the Steering Committee Meeting VCPH Node Mexico took place between 1 and 2 October 2009, in the city of Guadalajara in the facilities of the University Center on Health Sciences at the University of Guadalajara, Mexico.
This is the third time this year, in which all institutions of Node Mexico have met in person.
During this meeting to reach agreements that help development and growth of Mexico Node as:
Proposing a more active participation of some of the member...
17/Oct/2009
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO / WHO) recognizes that health systems of the XXI century must confront new challenges in achieving the goals of national and international health to a globalized world. The Health Agenda for the Americas 2008-2017 sets an ambitious set of priorities and commitments which require intersectoral and international action for achieving an equitable and inclusive
It is in this context that the Leaders in International Health Program "Edmundo Granda Ugalde"...
07/Oct/2009
On 9-10 September, 2009 a workshop was held in Kingston, Jamaica to commence the adaptation process of the Skills Enhancement for Public Health Program to a Caribbean context.
The Skills Enhancement for Public Health Program is a highly regarded, interactive, online course that was originally developed by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) to increase the skills of health professionals across Canada.
Beginning in 2007 and through a special collaboration with PAHO’s Virtual Campus for...
07/Oct/2009
Is now open the call to virtual course "Practical approach of the rational use of antimicrobials in the community."
This course is offered in both, Spanish language, and English, with a difference of days to start. This is a fundamentally selflearning course, but also has tutorials.
The organization, coordination and monitoring will be carried out: the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) / the World Health Organization (WHO Pharmacology University Center (Cufar) Collaborating Center PAHO...
29/Sep/2009
On 4 September, saw the inauguration of the 1st Virtual Course Management Mental Health Services. This event was attended, besides his students, Dr. Joaquin Molina, PAHO / WHO Representative of Panama, Dr. Jose Luis Di Fabio, Manager of HRT, Dr. Jorge Rodriguez, regional program coordinator of Mental Health , Dr. Jose Baudilio Jardines, Coordinator of the Virtual Campus of Public Health, Dr. Akwatu Khendi of CAMH, Canada, Dr. Leonardo Mendoza, Nicaragua UNAN-Vice Chancellor, Dr. Ricardo Goti,...