BIREME Bulletin n° 10

The National and Sub-regional Coordination Office of PAHO/WHO promotes effective technical cooperation for a group of countries that the Member States of the Organization identified as deserving special attention to reach their individual and collective objectives of health development – the so-called Key Countries. A meeting in Washington DC, in July 2017, had the goal of reviewing and defining the actions, interventions, criteria and indicators to implement the operational plan for the Key Country Strategy.

BIREME participated at the “Regional consultation to develop a knowledge sharing mechanism for non-communicable diseases and vector borne diseases for CARPHA Member States”. The event was attended by representatives of the English-speaking Caribbean countries and held in Trinidad & Tobago. On the occasion, there was also a workshop at the University of the West Indies (UWI) with the aim of revitalizing the database MEDCARIB. These actions are within the context of the project between BIREME and CARPHA for the development of CARPHA EvIDeNCe Portal.

The Formal Regional Consultation about the International Health Regulations (IHR) was conducted from July 17^th to 19^th in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The event was coordinated by the PAHO Preparedness for Health Emergencies Program (PHE), under the leadership of Dr Ciro Ugarte and Dr Roberta Andraghetti, in coordination with PAHO/WHO Brazil, and had the support of BIREME in the local organization. More than 80 specialists attended, representing 30 Member Countries of the Organization.