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  • MERCOSUR countries create a negotiating mechanism to procure high-cost medicines, with PAHO support
    11/18/2015 - The ministers of health of MERCOSUR and Associate States completed initial negotiations with a number of pharmaceutical companies on 13 November in Asunción, Paraguay, that will lead to the joint procurement of high-cost medicines, with the support of the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO). In an initial round of negotiations, the ministers of health received an offer from the pharmaceutical company Gilead for an antiviral medicine against hepatitis C at the lowest price available in the region. Agreement was also reached on using the PAHO Strategic Fund for pooled procurement of an antiretroviral medicine to treat HIV/AIDS.
  • Majority of maternal deaths take place in crises and fragile conditions
    11/18/2015 - Updated figures released by the United Nations yesterday revealed that the global maternal death ratio has dropped 44 per cent since 1990. Yet too many women continue to die needlessly, and a majority of them are dying in countries afflicted by humanitarian crises or fragile conditions. Between 1990 and 2015, the annual number of maternal deaths fell from about 532,000 to 303,000, according to the latest figures released by UNFPA, the World Health Organization, the World Bank and the UN Population Division. The maternal death ratio fell from 385 deaths to 216 out of every 100,000 live births.
  • Children’s lives at stake as El Niño strengthens: UNICEF
    11/16/2015 - An estimated 11 million children are at risk from hunger, disease and lack of water in eastern and southern Africa as a result of a strengthening El Niño, which is also causing droughts and floods in parts of Asia, the Pacific and Latin America, UNICEF warned on Tuesday. The consequences could ripple through generations unless affected communities receive support amid crop failures and lack of access to drinking water that are leaving children malnourished and at risk of killer diseases, UNICEF said in report called A Wake Up Call: El Niño's Impact on Children.
  • Opening Conference of the Workshop "Border Health Policies in UNASUR" gathers countries of the Bloc and Sub-Regional Organisms
    11/03/2015 - The experience of the European Union with cross-border health care was the subject of the opening conference of the workshop “Border health policies in UNASUR”, organized by ISAGS, from October 27 to 29, in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). The speech was broadcasted live and was delivered by the expert from European Commission, Maria Iglesia Gomez. Delegations from the 12 countries of the Bloc, besides representatives from sub-regional organisms - CARICOM, ACTO, ORAS-CONHU and MERCOSUR – participated.
  • Inauguration of the Andean Observatory on Medicines Highlights Regulation and Research in Health
    10/26/2015 - With the purpose of responding to the needs of countries of the Andean area in order to ensure the access to quality and efficient medicines at a low cost, the electronic platform of the Andean Observatory on Medicines was launched in Cochabamba (Bolivia), on October 13. The mechanism was developed by the Executive Secretariat and by the Subregional Technical Commission on Policies for the Access to Medicines of ORAS-CONHU, and received support from PAHO Bolivia, as well as contributions from the Ministries of Health of the region. The strategic points of the Andean policy for medicines outlined the four central axes that constitute the Observatory: the access to medicines; quality, efficiency and safety; the rational use of medicines; research and development.
  • Expert in cross-border health care from the European Union opens ISAGS’ workshop
    10/19/2015 - The head of the Unit for Health Care Systems of the European Commission’s Directorate General for Health, Maria Iglesia-Gomez, will deliver the opening speech of the workshop “Border Health Policies in UNASUR”, on October 27 (Tuesday), at 10.30 am, at the headquarters of the South American Institute of Government in Health (ISAGS), in Rio de Janeiro. During the event, the expert will talk about the experiences of the European Union with cross-border health care, demonstrating the importance of health in the development of public policies towards regional integration and breaking geopolitical paradigms.
  • UNASUR structuring networks discuss public health education in the region
    10/14/2015 - UNASUR’s Public Health Schools Network (RESP) held a workshop on October 6-8 in Ecuador to discuss and develop quality criteria and minimum common curricula in public health for mid-level (technical) and undergraduate level in South America. The meeting included representatives from ten countries of UNASUR (Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela), as well as members of the South American Institute of Government in Health (ISAGS), the Center for International Relations in Health (CRIS/Fiocruz) and UNASUR Health Technical Schools Network (RETS-UNASUR), one of the two subnetworks of the International Network of Health Technicians Education (RETS).
  • ISAGS workshop seek cooperation in border health
    10/13/2015 - Experts from international organisms and members of ISAGS concluded on 14 August, the preparatory meeting for the workshop "Border health policies in UNASUR”. The event will be held on October 27, 28 and 29 at the headquarters of the Institute in Rio de Janeiro, and its objective is to outline an international, subregional and intersectoral overview of health care in border areas through an exchange of experiences. The aim is to understand the political, economic and social mechanisms at national and local levels in order to point out challenges and formulate recommendations.
  • Breast cancer awareness, screening and treatment save lives, Paho experts say
    10/13/2015 - Early detection and treatment of breast cancer can save the lives of thousands of women in the Americas, experts from the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) stressed at the start of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an annual international health campaign by major breast cancer organizations to increase awareness of the disease. "Breast cancer can be detected early and treated effectively," said Silvana Luciani, PAHO/WHO regional advisor on cancer prevention and control. "The challenge is to provide equal access to quality screening and treatment services, especially in areas where resources are limited."
  • RETS holds the second meeting of the multicenter study on health technical education
    10/08/2015 - The second meeting of the International Multicenter Study coordinated by the International Network of Health Technicians Education (RETS) takes place on October 20 at the Joaquim Venâncio Health Polytechnic School (EPSJV/Fiocruz). This stage will gather EPSJV researchers and include study evaluation and design in Brazil. The research aims to identify and analyze quantitative and qualitative provision of health technical education in different countries. The proposed action has similar methodology to the Mercosur Project and is one of the items that make up the RETS Work Plan approved in November 2013, during the 3rd General Meeting of the Network.

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