The Pan American Health Organization invites you to participate virtually in the launch of the new Virtual Course on Preventing Self-harm/Suicide: Empowering Primary Healthcare Providers. The launch will be on Tuesday, 9 July, 2019, at ww:00 AM (Washington, D.C. time).
- DATE: Tuesday, 9 July 2019
- TIME: 11:00 AM (EDT)
- VIRTUAL LINK
(this session will be only in Spanish)
- REGISTER: http://eepurl.com/dErKGv
(if you already registered to the launch of the English version of the virtual course, in September 2018, there is no need to register again, but you can update your information using that link)
Overview
The human and economic costs of suicidal behavior to individuals, families, communities and society make suicide a serious public health problem around the world. Suicides are preventable, early detection and effective management are crucial to ensuring that people receive the care that they need.
This online course is based on the suicide module of the WHO mhGAP Intervention Guide- which offers high quality foundational knowledge and practice to non-specialized health workers, to enhance their capacity to identify, assess, manage and provide follow up to people with suicidal behaviors. This self-paced course available on the PAHO Virtual Campus for Public Health (VCPH) platform provides both flexibility and accessibility to potential learners.
Agenda
- 11:00 am.- Welcome remarks. Unit Chief a.i., Mental Health and Substance Abuse, PAHO
- 11:15 am.- Overview of the Online Course. Claudina Cayetano, Advisor on Mental Health, PAHO
- 11:35 am.- earning Resources of the PAHO Virtual Campus of Public Health. Ing. Edgardo de Gracia, Virtual Campus of Public Health, PAHO
- 11:45 am.- Questions and Answers
- 12:00 pm.- Closing remarks, Dr. Andrea Bruni, Sub-Regional Advisor in Mental Health for South America, PAHO
Moderator: Dr. Luis Alfonzo, Regional Advisor on Substance Abuse and Public Health, PAHO
Time correspondance
- 8:00 am - Los Angeles
- 9:00 am - San Salvador, Tegucigalpa
- 10:00 am - Bogotá, Lima, México City, Quito, Kingston
- 11:00 pm - Bridgetown, La Paz, Sto. Domingo, Santiago de Chile
- 12:00 pm - Brasilia, Buenos Aires,
For other cities, you can estimate the time correspondance in the following link
Acces to the course
The link to the course in Spanish will be uploaded to this page the day of the launching.
The version in English is available in the following link:
Preventing Self-harm/suicide: Empowering Primary Health Care providers
