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PAHOERC adopts the ProEthos platform – a development coordinated between the Regional Bioethics Program and BIREME

The PAHO Ethical Review Committee (PAHOERC), responsible for reviewing research performed with human beings, has adopted the ProEthos platform as its electronic management system for research proposals. ProEthos, developed by the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Brazil, and BIREME/PAHO/WHO, allows researchers and members of PAHOERC to manage the submission, review and ethical approval of research protocols, including their monitoring, through a safe Web environment.

Promoting the use of evidence in health locally

A recent experience is taking place with the participation and collaboration of BIREME for the reduction of maternal mortality in the Brazilian state of Piauí. Considering the relevance of this topic in the state, BIREME contributes with the elaboration of a synthesis of evidence, especially with identifying and analyzing evidence in terms of quality, equity and implementation of selected options according to the context and characterization of the problem.

RELACSIS, IS4H, and BIREME: Together on the path towards strengthening information systems for health

Representatives of more than 30 countries of the Region met in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to participate at the IX Meeting of the Latin American and Caribbean Network for the Strengthening of Information Systems (RELACSIS). The Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information, BIREME, Specialized Center of the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization, was present at the meeting, represented by its Director, Dr. Diego González, and the Manager of Information Technologies, Renato Murasaki.

Strategic plan for the strengthening of the VHL Network Brazil

The Executive Committee of the VHL Brazil held its X Meeting in August with the objective of reflecting on the governance of the Brazil VHL Network, evaluating the Collective Work Plan for the first semester of 2019 and defining priorities for the second semester, with the main objective of strengthening the networking. The meeting was attended by representatives from 15 Thematic and Institutional Instances of the VHL, as well as by representatives of PAHO Brazil and of the Ministry of Health, which acts as the Network’s Executive Secretariat, in collaboration with BIREME.

BIREME attends public health events in Brazil

BIREME attended the main Public Health events in Brazil, in addition to participating at conferences and contributing to their organization. Its presence offers the possibility of diffusing the products of the Center’s technical cooperation through the demonstrations, distribution of publications and quick courses that take place in the stands of the events.

Technical cooperation of BIREME/PAHO with the WHO – Global Index Medicus

Representatives of Information and Knowledge Management of the WHO Regional Offices, focal points of the Country Offices and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), coordinated by the Library and Information Network for Knowledge of the WHO, met at Organization’s Headquarters in Geneva in order to hold the meeting of the Global Library Group – GLG. BIREME was represented by Renato Murasaki, Manager of Methodologies and Information Technologies and Databases Administration, who coordinates the Center’s technical cooperation activities regarding the Global Index Medicus.

Brazilian Ministry of Health and BIREME work together to strengthen and improve BIREME’s work

Representatives from different areas of the Ministry of Health visited BIREME with the objective of getting acquainted with the Center’s functioning, priorities, products and services, as well as for discussing the expected results, activities, indicators and goals of the second Addendum to Cooperation Term 93, which is aimed towards the “Development and Improvement of the Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information within the context of Information and Knowledge Management of the 2030 Agenda and Universal Health”.

Searching with DeCS terms is a guarantee of best outcomes

The 2019 edition of the Descriptors in Health Sciences vocabulary – DeCS 2019 – was launched in June with some technological and terminological developments. Developed from the NLM’s MeSH – Medical Subjects Headings – vocabulary, DeCS serves as a unique language in the indexing of articles in scientific journals, books, conference proceedings, technical reports, and other types of materials. It is also used in the search and retrieval of scientific literature in the sources of information available in the Virtual Health Library (VHL) such as LILACS, MEDLINE and others.

Mozambique strengthens its health information management with the support of BIREME

Librarians from BIREME were in Maputo, Mozambique on July 15 to 19, in order to give a training workshop for professionals and technicians, with the objective of strengthening the national database and developing a Virtual Health Library for the Portuguese speaking countries of the Region. The activity was an initiative of the National Institute of Health of the Ministry of Health of Mozambique, with the support of the WHO Office in the country.

BIREME attended the 50th anniversary of the Central Library of the Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires

BIREME went on a mission to Argentina in order to diffuse the importance of the LILACS database, a key tool for decision making based on evidence and for the reduction of inequities in health. The visit took place during the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Central Library of the Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires. Local authorities, professionals and users of the Hospital, and colleagues from the Red Nacional de Información en Ciencias de la Salud (RENICS) attended the event.