We are pleased to invite you to participate in a regional webinar organized by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) under the Elimination Initiative, focused on practical country experiences in integrating health services to accelerate the elimination of communicable diseases in the Americas.
Integrated health services delivery linking prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up across health services networks, essential to expanding access, improving efficiency, and sustaining elimination gains, particularly among populations and territories in situations of vulnerability.
The objective of this webinar is to share country experiences and lessons learned in implementing integrated health service approaches that contribute to accelerating disease elimination across diverse contexts in the Region.
Details
Date: May 6, 2026
Time: 10:00 a.m. (Washington, D.C. – EST)
Languages: Simultaneous interpretation in Spanish, English, French, and Portuguese
Time in other cities:
8:00 a.m. – Mexico City, San José (CR), San Salvador
9:00 a.m. – Bogotá, Lima, Panama City
10:00 a.m. – Washington, D.C., Havana
11:00 a.m. – Bridgetown, Caracas
12:00 p.m. – Buenos Aires, Brasília, Santiago
4:00 p.m. – Geneva, Madrid
Who is it aimed at?
Decision-makers, program managers, technical teams, healthcare workers, cooperation agencies, donors, and stakeholders committed to the elimination of communicable diseases in the Americas.
Meeting Recording
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Agenda
Moderator: Martha Saboya, Senior Advisor, Elimination Initiative, PAHO
10:00 a.m.
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Reflections on the importance of integrating health services within the framework of the Elimination Initiative.
Dr. Sylvain Aldighieri, Communicable Disease Prevention, Control and Elimination (CDE), PAHO
10:08 a.m.
IHSDN in Action: Accelerating Disease Elimination
Overview of how Integrated Health Service Delivery Networks (IHSDN) accelerate progress towards disease elimination goals.
Ernesto Bascolo, Primary Health Care and Integrated Service Delivery (HSS/PH), PAHO
10:18 a.m.
Country Panel: Experiences in Integrated Delivery of Health Services to Accelerate Disease Elimination in Populations in Situations of Vulnerability
Dr. Alexandra Portillo, Office of Infection Prevention and Control and Tropical Medicine, Ministry of Health, El Salvador - Integration of services through the trachoma elimination strategy in remote rural areas.
Dr. Elizabeth Mandeville, Medical Officer of Health, Ministry of Health and Wellness, Barbados - Integrated services to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B (EMTCT+).
Dr. Miguel Chew, Head of Prison Health, General Directorate of Public Health, Ministry of Health, Panama - Integrated approaches to communicable diseases in persons deprived of liberty.
11:08 a.m.
Interactive Q&A Session
Open dialogue with panelists and participants.
11:25 a.m.
Closing Remarks
Martha Saboya, Senior Advisor, Elimination Initiative, PAHO