BIREME/PAHO/WHO participated in the Workshop on the dimensions for updating the Observatory Network of Human Resources in Health (HRH), within the framework of the Regional HRH Strategy, held in Panama City on May 8 and 9, 2018 and organized by the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization. The Workshop was attended by members and former […]
CRICS10 will promote an exchange on the current global and regional priorities of 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals, analyzing the contributions of evidence and knowledge. The poster session, during which papers selected from the submission of abstracts will be presented, is an important space for sharing within the Congress. As this session is open to any participant, see here how to submit your paper.
The technical cooperation between PAHO Brazil and BIREME, together with the Superintendence of Professional Management and Health Education of the Secretaria de Estado da Saúde do Tocantins (SES-TO), brought together representatives of their technical fields in a Workshop to discuss the “Information and Knowledge Management Plan”, in the context of Cooperation Term 94 (TC-94). The main lines of action included the development of a SES-TO Virtual Health Library and a series of information sources relevant to the Secretariat. In addition, two Scientific Communication Workshops were held.
The importance of giving and receiving constructive feedback for the development of skills and the alignment and improvement of processes and results was one of the activities carried out in the Team Building training conducted by BIREME/PAHO/WHO collaborators. With the support of the Human Resources Department of PAHO/WHO Headquarters, the activity was conducted by external consultants and aims to continue the integration of BIREME teams, fostering the building of alliances of high-performance teams.
CRICS10 will keep the tradition of previous editions by hosting Satellite Events of the BIREME/PAHO/WHO strategic relationship network in the field of information and health knowledge, along with VHL7 Meeting. The Meeting of Scientific Editors, the IV Meeting of the VHL Developers’ Network, the Meeting of the Primary Health Care in the Americas, the Meeting of the Virtual Campus of Public Health and the Meeting of PAHO/WHO K-Centers will be the main attractions among the Satellite Events.
The Virtual Health Library on Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine of the Americas (BVS MTCI Americas), inaugurated last March, was presented and promoted by BIREME/PAHO/WHO in two important events held in the United States, thanks to the initiative coordinated by the Health Services and Access Unit, and the Office of Equity, Gender, and Cultural Diversity of PAHO/WHO.
The most recent version of the Health Sciences Descriptors (DeCS) is now available for user consultation. DeCS is updated along with the US National Library of Medicine’s Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) update, which happens at the end of every year. The update involves the insertion of new descriptors and the removal, modification and/or hierarchical repositioning of current descriptors.
MyVHL, the personalized information product for users of the Virtual Health Library (VHL) launched by BIREME in August 2017, stores information and user preferences for a series of bibliographic services. Recently, new functionalities have been added to the application, based on requests and suggestions from VHL users, which are already more than 20,000, registered up to April 2018.
The 16th Meeting of the Brazil Nursing VHL Advisory Committee was held at BIREME with representatives of the Brazilian Network, including teaching and research institutions, class associations and funding agencies. With the main objective of defining a work plan for the 2018-2020 period, working groups discussed numerous topics of interest and defined selection criteria for journals and other documents on the field, as well as a new design for the portal. In the year in which PAHO/WHO highlights and broadens the role of nurses in primary health care, the consolidation of the Nursing VHL strengthens and supports nursing professionals in Brazil and the Region.
The relocation of the facilities of the Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information (BIREME), which began in mid-2016, brought about the opportunity to inaugurate a new design for the offices, with open spaces occupied by individuals and fixed and temporary equipment, as well as restricted spaces for meetings. This new layout for the workspace has proven to be very successful and may be used as a model for other offices of the Organization.