Receiving the title of Doctor honoris causa from the University of the Republic of Uruguay, PAHO/WHO regional advisor for nursing and health technicians, Silvia Cassiani, highlights the growing role of nursing in national health systems around the world. Read the full interview (in Spanish).
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10/30/2018 - Interview with Silvia Cassiani: "Nurses play a key role in achieving the goal of universal health access and coverage"
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10/30/2018 - Astana, 2018: ‘Health is a right of the people and a responsibility of government’
Health is a human right, and it is governments’ responsibility to ensure that right, said the Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, during the closing session of the Global Conference on Primary Health Care in Astana, Kazakhstan. Read more.
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10/11/2018 - Heath to the South (ISAGS): Echoes of the United Nations High-Level Meeting on Noncommunicable Diseases
The Heads of State and Government, meeting at the Third High Level Meeting of the United Nations on Non-Communicable Diseases (DNT), on September 27, 2018, approved a Political Declaration in which they committed themselves in the fight against non-communicable diseases. communicable and in promotion of mental health. Read the full article on the ISAGS website.
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10/09/2018 - RevTES, vol.16 no.3: The Alma-Ata legacy, 40 years later
In the third edition of the year, Marcos Cueto, a researcher and editor of the journal História, Ciências, Saúde - Manguinhos, makes a critical analysis of Alma-Ata's legacy, forty years after the historic International Conference on Primary Health Care. Read the full text (in English). Get to know RevTES.
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10/09/2018 - IPCC New Report: Global Warming of 1.5 °C
Read the IPCC special report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty.
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10/01/2018 - Artigo: Scoping review assessing the evidence used to support the adoption of mobile health (mHealth) technologies for the education and training of community health workers (CHWs) in low-income and middle-income countries
The review explored the literature from 2000 to 2017 to investigate how mHealth interventions have been positioned within the available evidence base in relation to their use of formal theories of learning. Download full text.
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09/28/2018 - Agenda 2030: Indicators for Portugal 2018
Statistics Portugal introduces the available indicators for Portugal deriving from the global indicator framework adopted by the UN to monitor progress towards achieving the 2030 Agenda Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Download brochure.
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09/26/2018 - New member of RETS: General Directorate of Universities, Higher Institutes and Higher Technical Institutes (Paraguay)
The General Directorate of Universities, Higher Institutes and Higher Technical Institutes (Dirección General de Universidades, Institutos Superiores y Técnicos Superiores) is the rectory of Higher Technical Education in Health of Paraguay.
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09/26/2018 - PAHO Director's Annual Report 2018: Primary Health Care: the time is now
The publication of the 2018 Annual Report of the Director, subtitled “Primary health care: the time is now,” coincides with the 40th anniversary of the International Conference on Primary Health Care, held in 1978 in Alma-Ata (now Almaty), Kazakhstan. The Alma-Ata conference famously called for achieving “health for all by 2000” and endorsed the primary health care approach as the best means to reach that goal. Download brochure.
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09/24/2018 - Saúde global: Global Fund Partnership has Saved 27 Million Lives
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria released a report on September 12 demonstrating that 27 million lives have been saved by the Global Fund partnership. The report shows tremendous progress that has been achieved by efforts to end the epidemics, while highlighting new threats. Download full text.