Washington, D.C., September 4, 2024—The Department of Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health (NMH) and the Latin American Center for Perinatology, Women's Health, and Reproductive Health (CLAP) of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) met with experts from the Region to review and validate a Toolkit for collecting administrative data from the health system in the care of survivors of violence.
The Toolkit also includes the Health Care Form for Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence or Sexual Violence, which is expected to be integrated into the Perinatal Information System (SIP), a computerized health data recording system. Strengthening this data is essential to provide quality support to those who have suffered violence. The Toolkit is expected to be published by the end of the year, to be then adapted and used by countries in the Region to improve administrative health data in the care of survivors of sexual or intimate partner violence.
The event brought together experts from the Region and the Member States, mainly from Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Honduras, Peru, Nicaragua, Trinidad and Tobago, and Uruguay, who have worked on the implementation of the SIP or in the pilot testing phase of this tool at the national level. During the session, significant progress was made in the validation process of the Toolbox, and opportunities for its dissemination and implementation were identified.
The Toolbox is part of the work carried out in the project "Strengthening health system responses to violence against migrant and refugee women and girls," which is funded by the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) in line with the PAHO Strategy and Plan of Action on Strengthening the Health System to Address Violence against Women. This virtual meeting demonstrates the commitment of PAHO and experts from the Region to work together to ensure that survivors of sexual violence and intimate partner violence receive the care and support they deserve, thus contributing to the prevention of future cases of violence.
