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02/May/2014
Ethical priority-setting for a progressive realization of universal health coverage
When: Thursday 8th May, 2014, 10:00 am to 11:30 am (Washington, D.C. Time).
Where: Room B, PAHO HQ Building, 525 23rd Street N.W., Washington DC, 20037, USA.
The session will be broadcasted through the following links:
25/Apr/2014
The Argentina VCPH Node informs that inscription is opened for the Course of Patient Rights Law. With this course, students will have the opportunity to learn about the law that determines which 26,529 are the essential rights of the patient and what the obligations of the professional health team and what to consider your company or health institution.
Entry deadline: April 30 | Quota: 25 students | Starts: May 5 | Offer: distance
More information and Registration
08/Apr/2014
E-learning and open and distance education is growing worldwide. There is no doubt that the experiences in each region, although different and dependent on the context, can be useful to improve proposals.
According to some market research reports, in Africa the demand for products and services for e -learning (platforms, authoring tools, content development, etc.) is growing rapidly, as well as Asia and Latin America.
02/Apr/2014
We warmly invite you to be part of an exciting event in global public health – the 14th World Congress on Public Health to be hosted in Kolkata, India from 11-15 February 2015. The Congress will aim towards fostering the promotion of “Healthy People – Healthy Environment” and will bring together thousands of participants from a wide range of public health disciplines from many countries around the world.
25/Mar/2014
On March 25, 2014, Dr. Jose Jardines and Mr. Edgardo De Gracia from the Virtual Campus of Public Health (VCPH) team, made the presentation of the pilot of the Educational Virtual Clinic (EVC) project in Evaluation Workshop of Palliative Care National Program of the Republic of Panama. In it, VCPH services were presented and especially the Educational Virtual Clinic as an opportunity to exchange experiences in Palliative Care.
24/Mar/2014
The Virtual Campus of Public Health modernizes the reports generation system, implementing JasperReports for generating relevant information required by the Academic Coordination and Virtual Courses.
24/Mar/2014
In the last four months the Virtual Campus of Public Health (VCPH) of the Pan American Health Organization has developed in conjunction with the Caja de Seguro Social (CSS) of the Republic of Panama a virtual training for managing Health Information System (HIS). This health information system generates a single electronic patient record, which can be consulted at national level health facilities in the CSS.
10/Mar/2014
The EXPOELEARNING Conference and Exhibition is an international event focused on e-learning, ICTs and Human Resources, organized by AEFOL. It is one of the main e-learning events of Spain and Latin America.
According to its website, several editions have been planned for 2014 in Latin America (May 15th in Chile and June 11 & 12 in Costa Rica). There has also been announced and edition in Bogotá, Colombia, but no specific dates are given in the website.
Access to the exhibition area is free...
24/Feb/2014
In the middle of February 2014 the migration process of Drupal Countries Nodes to a Multi-Sites installation was completed.
This migration took place in nodes countries Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay and the American Center for Social Security Studies (CISS). Allowing integrate these nodes with the goal of the Virtual Campus of Public Health (VCPH) and educational services provided in Educational Virtual Clinic...
20/Feb/2014
Live from Lima, Peru: International Conference “Towards universal health coverage” 20th and 21st of february.
We invite you to participate virtually: http://minsacu.tribalhost.net