The Rio Declaration highlights the importance of clinical simulation and proposes initiatives to incorporate simulation in the courses of all institutions that train health technicians, promoting a humanized and intercultural approach (In Spanish).
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08/08/2014 - Prepared by the Ministry of Public Health with support from PAHO/WHO, the guidelines facilitate timely diagnosis and appropriate treatment of the disease. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 17 July 2014 (PAHO/WHO) – For Dr. Andrea Santana, a family doctor at the Plaza de Salud General Hospital in Santo Domingo, the word chikungunya barely existed in her medical vocabulary until a few months ago. -
08/08/2014 - The application of appropriate preventive measures are key to bringing the ebola epidemic under control, says Dr. Luis Gomes Sambo, Director of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Regional Office for Africa, where he leads technical cooperation efforts for 47 Member States. Since the first case was reported in Guinea in March of this year, the virus has spread to Sierra Leone and Liberia, where 1,369 cases and 759 deaths had been reported as of 1 August 2014. The three countries had never previously experienced ebola, a highly infectious disease that is spread by contact with the blood, bodily fluids, or tissue of infected animals or humans. -
08/01/2014 - A place for strategic policy debate on the Post-2015 Global Development Agenda: that is what the South American Institute of Government in Health (ISAGS) intends to offer by launching the journal ‘Post-2015 and Sustainable Development Goals: the South American View’. The journal, the first publication of its kind edited by the Institute, is designed to foster broader critical debate and exchange of practical experience from a South American standpoint. To that end, the ISAGS invites managers and workers in the fields of health and public policy, members of civil organisations and social movements, students and researchers to contribute previously unpublished articles, essays, debates and analyses on the theme. Those interested should submit their contributions by 30 August. -
07/30/2014 - In order to provide a conceptual and methodological reference for the development of psychomotricity, the European Forum of Psychomotricity (EFP), the Organisation Internationale de Psychomotricité et de Relaxation (OIPR) and the Red Latinoamericana de Universidades con Formación en Psicomotricidad (Red Fortaleza de Psicomotricidad) signed a declaration on July 5, 2014, at the Superior Institute of Reeducation and Psychomotor Paris (Institut Superieur et Reeducation of Psychomotricite) during the Summer University in Paris (Universidad de Verano de Paris). -
07/28/2014 - Every year on 28 July, WHO and partners mark World Hepatitis Day to increase the awareness and understanding of viral hepatitis and the diseases that it causes. Viral hepatitis – a group of infectious diseases known as Hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E – affects hundreds of millions of people worldwide, causing acute and chronic liver disease and killing close to 1.4 million people every year. But hepatitis remains largely ignored or unknown. -
07/21/2014 - Failure to provide adequate HIV services for key groups – men who have sex with men, people in prison, people who inject drugs, sex workers and transgender people – threatens global progress on the HIV response, warns WHO. These people are most at risk of contracting HIV yet are least likely to have access to HIV prevention, testing and treatment services. In many countries they are left out of national HIV plans, and discriminatory laws and policies are major barriers to access. WHO released "Consolidated guidelines on HIV prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care for key populations", in the lead-up to the International AIDS Conference in Melbourne, Australia, starting on 20 July. -
07/15/2014 - As world leaders gather at the United Nations General Assembly to assess efforts made since 2011 in controlling noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) like heart disease, cancer, diabetes and chronic lung disease, the new WHO NCD Country Profiles 2014 show progress has been insufficient and uneven. -
07/03/2014 - The School of Health Technology, University of Costa Rica (TS/UCR), which hosted the first Executive Secretariat of RETS is giving progress to a project of reactivation and operation of RETS in the Central American and Caribbean region. The initiative, coordinated by the School director, Xínia Alvarado Zeledón, aims to recreate a space that allows to share and exchange experiences and knowledge related to academic and labor levels; enhance education, expanding the technical learning in health across the region; develop joint research projects and social action related to health technologies, in addition to having a regional party to attract international cooperation for development in the area. -
06/20/2014 - Students seeking graduate degrees in health and research for health may now apply for scholarships to study in Brazil under an agreement signed earlier this year between the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Organization of American States (OAS). The application deadline is 6 August 2014. The tuition-paid scholarships are being offered through the PAHO-OAS agreement in conjunction with the Coimbra Group of Brazilian Universities (GCUB). The scholarships support studies at the master’s or PhD level in health-related areas at Brazilian universities. They cover the costs of tuition and a subsistence stipend. -
06/20/2014 - On behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Mexican Agency for International Development Cooperation (AMEXCID) invites foreign citizens who are interested in studying for a specialization, master’s degree or doctorate, conducting graduate or postdoctoral research, or taking part in an undergraduate or graduate-level academic mobility program, to participate in the 2015 Mexican Government Scholarship Program for International Students.
