Join us for the international launch of the "Evaluation of Health Facilities using the Hospital Safety Index" self-paced virtual course, in which we will give an overview of the course contents.
DATE: Tuesday, July 30
TIME: 09:00 am WDC (UTC-4, ET), 07:00 AM CDMX (UTC-6, CST)
LANGUAGE: English
[check the local time in other cities at the end of this page]
About the Hospital Safety Index (HSI)
The main objective of the HSI is to improve the level of preparedness for health emergencies and disaster response by identifying vulnerabilities in health facilities. It aims to generate an action plan for each hospital to ensure continuity of operations during emergencies or disasters, thereby facilitating more efficient early recovery. This initiative is one of the main disaster risk reduction strategies of the WHO and PAHO, and it is aligned with the seven goals and four priorities of the Sendai Framework 2015-2030.
About the course
PAHO launched the first version of this course in 2008. To ensure that resilient health facilities remain accessible and operate at maximum capacity, the course "Evaluation of Health Establishments using the Hospital Safety Index, Second Version" has been developed. This second version seeks to promote the reactivation of the Safe Hospitals initiative in the post-COVID-19 era and train evaluators for its implementation, based on regional and country experiences.
Who is it for?
- Planners, managers, and coordinators of the Safe Hospital Program in the region
- Safe Hospital Program Evaluators
- Professionals with experience in hospital and health sector activities, including engineers, architects, specialists in electrical and mechanical equipment, health care personnel (doctors, nurses, and administrators), and all personnel trained in comprehensive disaster risk management in health.
- Specialists in planning, administration, logistics, safety advisors, safety and hygiene inspectors, among others.
Agenda
*The event's complete agenda will be published soon.
- Opening and Introduction to the Safe Hospitals Initiative
- Progress in the Safe Hospitals into SMART initiative
- Course Presentation
- Roundtable discussion: Success experiences, gaps and areas of opportunity in the implementation of Safe Hospitals
- Conclusions and closing
Time correspondence
- 7:00 a.m. – Los Angeles, Vancouver.
- 8:00 a.m. - Tegucigalpa, San Salvador, San Jose (CR), Mexico City, Managua, Guatemala City, Belmopan.
- 9:00 a.m. – Bogota, Panamá City, Kingston, Lima, Quito.
- 10:00 a.m. - Asunción, Bridgetown, Caracas, Georgetown, Havana, La Paz, Port of Spain, Port-au-Prince, Nassau, Ottawa, Santiago, San Juan, Santo Domingo, Washington D.C.
- 11:00 a.m. – Bridgetown, Caracas, Georgetown, Havana, La Paz, Port of Spain, Port-au-Prince, Nassau, Ottawa, Santiago, San Juan, Santo Domingo, Washington D.C.
- 3: 00 p.m. - London.
- 4:00 p.m. – Geneva, Madrid.
For other cities, check the local time in the following link.