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  • International Network of Health Technicians Education celebrates 25 years of existence
    07/16/2021 - Created in 1996, RETS is a link between institutions and organizations involved in the training and qualification of technical personnel in the health area in countries of Americas, Portuguese-speaking Africa, Asia, and Europa. Currently, the network brings together more than 100 institutions from more than 20 countries. It also hosts two subnetworks: the Network of Technical Health Schools of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (RETS-CPLP) and the Ibero-American Network of Health Technician Education (RIETS).
  • Researchers create system to optimize control measures for the pandemic
    07/09/2021 - In simulations made by the researchers, analyzing past measures and in an optimistic scenario, adopting the system could have avoided up to 64% of cases, hospitalizations, and deaths with better administration of the periods in which social distancing was enforced.
  • WHO recommends life-saving interleukin-6 receptor blockers for COVID-19 and urges producers to join efforts to rapidly increase access
    07/07/2021 - The World Health Organization (WHO) has updated its patient care guidelines to include interleukin-6 receptor blockers, a class of medicines that are lifesaving in patients who are severely or critically ill with COVID-19, especially when administered alongside corticosteroids.
  • EPSJV, RETS and their sub-networks begin a cycle of workshops on the challenges of training health technicians during the pandemic
    07/07/2021 - The purpose of the initiative is to generate a space for exchange, reflection, learning, and formulation of proposals about the concrete experiences of how different training institutions faced these challenges and achieved their goals. Held on July 6th, with more than 500 accesses from several countries, the first workshop of the cycle addressed the issue of 'professionalizing practices' that cannot be done virtually.  Sebastián Tobar (CRIS/Fiocruz) was the presenter of the event, which was opened by Hernán Sepúlveda (PAHO/WHO), and Anamaria D'andrea Corbo (EPSJV/Fiocruz). The debate, mediated by Gerardo Arturo Medina, (SENA - Colombia), brought together Professor Ana Almeida (ESTeSL - Portugal) and Gabriel Muntaabski (INET - Argentina).
  • Workshop Cycle 'The challenges of health technicians education during the pandemic'
    06/23/2021 - The first workshop of the cycle will address the issue of 'professionalizing practices', which cannot be done virtually. How are institutions dealing with this difficulty in its different aspects? What solutions have been provided so that these technicians, whose role in the national health systems is fundamental, can enter the world of work well prepared, and at a time of many demands, such as the pandemic? How do we face the difficulties in maintaining the number of graduates from technical courses and maintaining the quality of the training? These are some of the questions to be answered from the first meeting. (Portuguese and Spanish)
  • Caesarean section rates continue to rise, amid growing inequalities in access, says WHO
    06/16/2021 - According to new research from the World Health Organization (WHO), caesarean section use continues to rise globally, now accounting for more than 1 in 5 (21%) of all childbirths. This number is set to continue increasing over the coming decade, with nearly a third (29%) of all births likely to take place by caesarean section by 2030, the research finds.
  • Controlling COVID-19 in the Americas will take years if slow pace of vaccination continues, PAHO Director says
    06/10/2021 - In some countries not even 1% of the population has been vaccinated. In other countries, the figure is only 3%. Carissa Etienne calls for “urgently” ramped up access to vaccines and urges countries to contribute doses or financial resources.
  • 10 years to restore our planet. 10 actions that count.
    06/07/2021 - The United Nations General Assembly has declared the years 2021 through 2030 the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. Led by the United Nations Environment Programme and the Food and Agriculture Organization, the UN Decade is designed to prevent, halt and reverse the degradation of ecosystems worldwide. This global call to action will draw together political support, scientific research and financial muscle to massively scale up restoration with the goal of reviving millions of hectares of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.
  • Sars-CoVi-2 and COVID-19 - Relevant, quality and up-to-date information
    05/31/2021 - In order to disseminate good quality, updated and relevant information about the current pandemic we are facing, we decided to create this specific space, which will serve as a dynamic repository of information on our website. There will be material in Portuguese, English and Spanish. Enjoy, send suggestions and spread the word!
  • WHO World No-Tobacco Day Awards recognize advances in Costa Rica, Paraguay, Uruguay, Saint Lucia, Brazil, and the U.S.
    05/24/2021 - World No-Tobacco Day Awards for 2021 in the Americas have been awarded to three Costa Rican institutions, the ministries of health in Saint Lucia and Paraguay, the Uruguayan National Resource Fund, two California cities, and a Brazilian doctor.

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