Washington, DC, 16 January 2020 (PAHO/WHO) - Curaçao's new vision of the Ministry of Health, Environment and Nature, 'A healthy Curaçao' refers to a healthy and safe living environment in which citizens are given equal chance to engage and contribute to a healthy environment.
For this new health sector approach, from a cure-oriented healthcare to…
Bogotá, 16 January 2020 (PAHO/WHO) - The experiences in terms of IS4H in the countries of South America are as diverse and heterogeneous as the countries of the region.
But even with all the differences, there is a high degree of interest, participation and involvement shown by the different countries, which remain open to cooperation and the…
Georgetown, Guyana, 16 January 2020 (PAHO/WHO) - The Ministry of Public Health Guyana has recognized the importance of Information Systems for Health (IS4H) and its role in improving access to healthcare amidst much of the information systems being fragmented, and many being manual and paper-based. In keeping with a vision for standardization,…
The University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT) is working on a project to provide evidence for preventative cardiovascular disease management using the web and mobile platforms. Their project is one of the winners of the call for proposals for the implementation of IS4H projects promoted by the Pan American Health Organization.
In Trinidad and…
Washington, D.C., 30 December 2019 (PAHO)- National Regulatory Authorities (NRAs) of Argentina (ANMAT) and Brazil (ANVISA) made the first exchanges of medical devices audit reports using the Regulatory Information Secure Exchange (RISE) module.
RISE is a module within the Regulatory Exchange Platform – secure (REPs) that allows participating NRAs…
Washington, D.C., 20 December 2019 (PAHO)- The National Regulatory Authorities (NRA) of Argentina (ANMAT), Colombia (INVIMA), Ecuador (ARCSA), El Salvador (DNM), Guyana (GAFDD), Mexico (COFEPRIS) and Venezuela (INHRR) have participated for the first time of the Single Medical Device Audit Program (MDSAP) Forum held on 5 and 6 December 2019 in…
Do you know what you think you know about leprosy?
GENEVA, Switzerland – Imagine having the doctor refuse to treat you years after you have been cured of a disease. Having a nurse step back and adamantly not touch you though you started taking antibiotics months ago. Or having your family ostracised in the community. All because you were affected…
The Dominican Republic has inaugurated the first Cancer Registry unit, located in the Department of Health Sciences of the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD), an important advance in the systematization of information that seeks to build an organized history of the new cases of cancer registered in the country.
This Registry is the…
Paramaribo, 4 December 2019 (PAHO/WHO) - With the support of a PAHO/WHO grant for Information Systems for Health (IS4H), a new solar-powered, web-based patient management information system has been developed by Medical Mission (MM). This NGO has provided for the past decades primary health services to very remote communities in the Suriname…