Author: Lilian Callo

BIREME at the 6th VHL Professional Health Education Meeting

The sixth edition of the Encontro da Biblioteca Virtual em Educação Profissional em SaĂșde (EPS VHL – Virtual Health Library on Professional Health Education Meeting), organized by the Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, aimed to discuss the responsibilities of the Advisory and Executive Committees of the VHL-EPS, as well as to generate an exchange of research experiences among the Escolas TĂ©cnicas do Sistema Único de SaĂșde (ETSUS – Technical Schools of the Unified Health System) that compose the SUS Technical School Network (RET-SUS).

Expansion of the Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine Network in Cuba

The Virtual Health Library on Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine Americas (VHL TCIM Americas) advances, within its editorial policies, projects oriented to share research experiences about TCIM in the Region, as well as methodologies to develop pedagogical tools for strengthening research capacities in TCIM in each country. The presence of the VHL TCIM and the TCIM Americas Network at the BIONAT 2018 Congress allowed participants to recognize the innovation and trajectory constructed by Cuba and other countries of the Region to produce high quality research in the different fields of this relevant and integrative health practice.

BIREME collaborates with research projects in the Field of Women’s Health

Women’s Health, a priority topic for all countries of the LA&C Region, is one of the topics of the 56th Directive Council and 70th Regional Committee Session of the WHO for the Americas, which took place in September 2018, through the Plan of Action for Women’s, Children’s  and Adolescents’ Health 2018-2030. BIREME collaborated in the search and evaluation of evidence for issues addressed in researches and syntheses of evidence developed during the master’s course “Women’s Health” of the Universidade Federal do Piauí in Teresina, PI, Brazil.

Registration and paper submission are open for CRICS10

CRICS10 will be a unique opportunity for exchanging information and experiences about the theme “Advancing towards the 2030 Agenda: contributions of evidence and knowledge”. Participants will be able to attend the keynote speeches, round tables and panels with renowned specialists from the Region and abroad, as well as present and share their experiences or research during the Poster Session.
Register today and join us to debate emerging issues on health science information and communication.

Latin American and Caribbean medical students promote health research

The Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information (BIREME/PAHO/WHO), in its role of democratizing information, evidence and knowledge, and having as one of its main objectives the final user of the information, participated in two parallel events for medical students in Peru, through master conferences and courses on access to information.

PAHO/WHO Collaborating Centers in Brazil meet at BIREME

With the purpose to reactivate the PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center (CC) Network in Brazil and to affirm their contribution to the Organization’s technical cooperation, which supports the country in its implementation of the 2030 Agenda and in reaching the Sustainable Development Goals (SDO), government and the Pan American Health Organization employees met at BIREME at the end of July.

Infomed and its re-designation as a PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center: strengthening technical cooperation with BIREME/PAHO/WHO

Infomed, a project of the Centro Nacional de InformaciĂłn de Ciencias MĂ©dicas de Cuba (Cuba’s National Center for Medical Sciences Information) was re-designated as a PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center (CC) in April 2018. The institution, created in 1992, represents a network of people and institutions that, as a CC and in close cooperation with BIREME, work and collaborate to facilitate access to information and knowledge through methodologies and technologies of the Virtual Health Library (VHL), the LILACS index, and besides, perform other activities in coordination with the area of Knowledge Management and Publications of PAHO/WHO Central Office.

BIREME promotes its services and products at Public Health Congresses in Brazil

Promoting the access and use of scientific evidence for formulating and implementing health policies was the axis of BIREME’s activities during two important events that took place in July in Brazil, bringing together over 8 thousand professionals, including managers, researchers, public health professionals and students.

PAHO/WHO Peru and BIREME work together for a better access to specialized health information

The Pan American health Organization promoted a dialogue with national institutions related to the access and dissemination of specialized health information. The focus of the meetings was centered on the strengthening of the VHL Network in the country and on the alliance with the Peruvian Association of Medical Schools, a pilot project that is being developed by BIREME for Primary Health Care.

BIREME and the NLM: over 50 years of cooperation

For over 50 years, the US NLM and BIREME/PAHO/WHO have maintained an institutional relationship of cooperation in favor of access and dissemination of scientific health information in Latin America and the Caribbean. On July 11, the Center’s management team visited the NLM/NIH headquarters in Bethesda, U.S.A. It was a unique opportunity to strengthen cooperation between the institutions and to identify opportunities for new lines of cooperation.