Date: 9 and 10 May, 2022
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (EST)
Registration: https://paho-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_erIMY7CfS6myE_flGbcYlg
The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), is pleased to invite you to the webinar series on the Advances on Equity to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 3), which will take place on 9 and 10 May 2022, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (EDT). The seminars are part of a process to recover the loss experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic of what had been achieved up to that moment, and to accelerate the path towards the achievement of the 2030 agenda in the Region.
The objective of the seminars is to promote the exchange of innovative and successful practices between countries specifically related to the goals of SDG 3.
Simultaneous interpretation will be available in English, Portuguese and Spanish.
AGENDA
9 May 2022 . 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (EST)
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Table 1: Panel on NCDs (SDG target 3.4) - NMH
9:00-9:05 am
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Opening remarks
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9:05-9:15 am
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“Best buys” presentation
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9:15-9:30 am
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Trinidad and Tobago: present on progress with HEARTS and its expansion post COVID – given
the significant uptake at PHC in the country (3.4)
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9:30-9:45 am
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Costa Rica: present on telehealth for NCDs and plans to continue using it post COVID (3.4)
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9:45–10:00 am
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Paraguay: on the expansion of NCD services in primary care (3.4)
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10:00-10:20 am
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Discussion
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Table 2: Fight communicable diseases/elimination agenda (SDG target 3.3) - CDE
10:30-10:35 am
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Opening remarks
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10:35-10:45 am
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“Best buys” presentation
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10:45-11:00 am
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Guyana: neglected diseases (about the elimination of lymphatic filariasis) (3.3)
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11:00-11:15 am
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Peru: TB, presenting important innovations in a country with one of the highest burdens (3.3)
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11:15-11:30 am
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Brazil: HIV, presenting recovery of people on PrEP to pre-pandemic level using innovative approaches for follow up and testing (3.3)
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11:30-11:50 am
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Discussion
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Table 3: Reduce maternal mortality and under 5 mortalities
(SDG Targets 3.1, 3.2,) - FPL
9:00-9:05 am
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Opening remarks
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9:05-9:15 am
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“Best buys” presentation
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9:15-9:30 am
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Guatemala: maternal mortality. Introduction of misoprostol for dispensing by traditional birth attendants to reduce postpartum hemorrhage and mortality from this cause (3.1)
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9:30-9:45 am
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Argentina: neonatal mortality and burden of disease, a law has been approved on the first 1,000 days "Law 1,000 days: "Comprehensive Health Care and Attention during Pregnancy and Early Childhood", with priority interventions in the prenatal, birth and postnatal periods, aligned to achieve survival outcomes and particularly to reduce neonatal mortality and disease burden (3.2)
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9:45–10:00 am
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Colombia: maternal mortality, reduction of the MM gaps between indigenous communities and the general population (SDG GAP) (3.1)
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10:00-10:20 am
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Discussion
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Table 4: Accelerating SDG through strengthened PHC (SDG Target 3.8) - HSS
10:30-10:35 am
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Opening remarks
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10:35-10:45 am
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“Best buys” presentation
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10:45-11:00 am
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Guyana: actions being taken to
expand the essential package of services to build a more robust accessible first level of care, integrating essential health services. The process has required an assessment of the current service offer, the costing of an expanded set of services, the analysis of the health services network to identify access/coverage gaps, and investments in HR and hospital capacity. Significant increases in national investment in health is expected as a consequence (3.8)
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11:00-11:15 am
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Costa Rica: an analysis of community participation in the organization and delivery of primary health care services, with recommendations to strengthen community engagement through the CRSS (3.8)
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11:15-11:30 am
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CONASS/CONASEMS: as part of the APS Forte Initiative (Strong Primary Health Care) teams and professionals of the Family Health Strategy overcame one
of the main challenges of PHC in this pandemic: ensuring access to health services, leveraging digital health technologies
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11:30-11:50 am
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Discussion
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