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Whereas South-South bilateral cooperation is considered priority for Brazil, the country currently keeps several technical triangular cooperation programs and projects with international organizations and countries. These partnerships, which can involve international organizations or countries, represent an alternative and complementary arrangement in regard to bilateral efforts and are based on the following parameters (among others): demand-driven actuation; technology and knowledge exchange without impositions; and reproducing best practice to be transferred and adapted to each country´s reality. Brazil´s triangular South-South Cooperation (SSC) is accomplished through thematic programs or projects focused on technical specialized learning and advice, often combined to small-scale infrastructure construction and provision of necessary equipment for carrying out activities. The cover story of RETS Magazine´s latest issue is on one of these projects – Proforsa – which brings together Brazil, Japan and Angola, with initiatives that aim to strengthen the African country´s health system, through structuring actions; among these, specialized learning on human resources for the health field

Besides, the magazine resumes the discussion on health technicians´ “invisibility”, through an interview with Carlos Einesman, director of Argentina Nuclear Medicine Technicians Association (Asociación Argentina de Técnicos en Medicina Nuclear – AATMN), whose recent presentation at the II International Seminar on Specialized Education for Health Technicians of Mercosur can be watched through section ‘arquivo de eventos’ at Joaquim Venâncio Polytechnic School of Health (Escola Politécnica de Saúde Joaquim Venâncio - EPSJV/Fiocruz) website.

In ‘Health Technicians Worldwide’ a beautiful specialized learning experience, based on culture and expressed artistically, developed by the Ministry of Health of Buenos Aires Province, in Argentina; the arrengements for the Third Global Forum on Human Resources for Health, which will be set in Brazil, in November of this year; and the new director of the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), Carissa Etienne, whose speech emphasized the importance of cooperation and exchange of experiences and knowledge among the countries of the region.

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RETS Executive Secretariat.