Results presented within the framework of Cooperation Term TC-93, formalized through PAHO/WHO Brazil for the institutional strengthening of BIREME, were approved by the Brazilian Ministry of Health, indicating that established goals have been reached. Conditions for the implementation of activities cited in the TC-95 “Improvement of the Brazil’s Ministry of Health Executive Secretariat Management” were also agreed upon.
Considering that promoting access to information, evidence and knowledge in PAHO/WHO priority countries is one of BIREME’s objectives, Director Dr. Diego González participated in October in meetings at PAHO country offices in Guatemala and Honduras, as well as with health and academic counterparts related to topics such as primary health care, scientific and technical information, and training of human resources, among others.
Within the framework of technical cooperation with key countries, BIREME participated in the III International Congress on Natural, Traditional Ancestral Medicine and Complementary Therapies in Managua, Nicaragua. The mission was an opportunity to reactivate the National BVS Nicaragua, whose coordination will be transferred from the Ministry of Health to the Universidad Nacional Autônoma de Nicaragua en Managua (National Autonomous University of Nicaragua in Managua).
BIREME was part of the group of PAHO officials who participated at Workday Rising 2018, the annual Workday user conference, the system used by the Pan American Sanitary Bureau Management Information System (PMIS). The event took place in Las Vegas, United States, on October 1-4, 2018. The team identified 12 key initiatives to improve and streamline the management of PMIS in various administrative processes that will be considered for implementation by the end of 2019.
With the objective of presenting the results obtained with the project “Knowledge Management in Human Resources in Health”, BIREME participated in the VI Jornadas del Personal del Sistema Nacional Integrado de Salud de Uruguay (VI Staff Days of the National Integrated Health System of Uruguay). The main results presented include the repository for scientific and technical production identified by the Network of Observatories in Human Resources in Health of Latin America and the Caribbean (LA&C), the search interface with scientific and technical literature on Human Resources in Health in the VHL and the web site, integrated to the Regional Observatory on Human Resources in Health, which promotes access to all of these products.
Health Ministers and other authorities of the countries of the Region of the Americas met in Washington D.C., U.S.A, from September 23 to 27, to participate in the 56th Session of the PAHO Directing Council and the 70th Session of the Regional Committee of WHO for the Americas. The objective was to define priorities in technical cooperation and collaboration among countries, as well as plans to address the great health challenges faced by the Region. BIREME was on the agenda with two main topics: (1) current situation of the Pan American Centers; and (2) substitution of three-member countries of its Advisory Committee
The scientific program of CRICS10 has been defined. Most of the speakers are confirmed, especially the keynote lectures, to be delivered by renowned experts from Ecuador, the United States and Brazil. Get to know them and the theme of their conferences.
With the objective of strengthening health information management and updating the Virtual Health Library in Paraguay, a mission for cooperation and technical courses for librarians and members of the Red de Información en Salud de Paraguay (REDISAL – Paraguayan Health Information Network) took place, fostered by the PAHO/WHO Office in the country, the Instituto Nacional de Salud/Biblioteca Nacional de Salud (National Health Institute/National Health Library) and the Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information.
The sixth edition of the Encontro da Biblioteca Virtual em Educação Profissional em Saúde (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 Técnicas do Sistema Único de Saúde (ETSUS – Technical Schools of the Unified Health System) that compose the SUS Technical School Network (RET-SUS).
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.