Missing data, missing care: four decades of the Perinatal Information System in Latin America and the Caribbean

Missing data, missing care: four decades of the Perinatal Information System in Latin America and the Caribbean
mom and baby

The Perinatal Information System (SIP) is the standard roadmap for perinatal care in the region, collecting crucial information from each pregnant woman, from the first prenatal visit up to discharge from the hospital of the mother and her newborn.

The contents of this clinical record are constantly updated according to the best available evidence, which offers standards of guidelines and technological tools to facilitate care at all levels, from community centers to referral hospitals. Its PLUS (SIP+) version is based on the web and easily integrates to any other data source with full interoperability with any information system.

Future challenges show the importance of using data collected from individual health records and taking full advantage of digital technologies to improve communication and interoperability in order to produce customized reports to monitor areas of care.

It is in this scenario, and in the framework of the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Latin American Center of Perinatology (CLAP) that arises the webinar: Lack of data, lack of attention: four decades of the Perinatal Information System in Latin America and the Caribbean, a proposal to share national experiences in the SIP implementation and the new uses of the latest version of the SIP+.

Date: 9 Dec.

Time: 9:30 EST/11:30 Montevideo

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Agenda

Opening  - Andrés de Francisco, Director, PAHO's Family, Health Promotion and Life Course (FPL) department

50 years of CLAP - Suzanne Serruya

SIP in the countries

  • Uruguay, Daniel Salinas, Minister of Health
  • Trinidad and Tobago, Zada Mohammed, Statistics from the Ministry of Health
  • Guyana Padmini Singh, PAHO Guyana Consultant in the Department of Maternal Mortality Reduction

The SIP of the future - Luis Mainero

The SIP as a strategic tool

  • Bremen de Mucio, PAHO Regional Advisor on Maternal Health (CLAP)
  • Pablo Durán, PAHO Regional Advisor on Perinatal Health (CLAP)
  • Rodolfo Gómez, PAHO Regional Advisor on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Tribute to Gerardo Martínez 

Closure