The webinar Evidence-Informed Tools for Better NCD Care, the first webinar in a series of five certifiable webinars from the Better Care for NCDs Initiative. Within the framework of this initiative, PAHO seeks to strengthen the quality of NCD care in primary health care (PHC) through the use of evidence-based tools such as clinical guidelines and protocols. These tools improve quality, efficiency, and a people-centered approach. To support their implementation, PAHO has created a regional dashboard that brings together these resources by country. The objective of the technical webinar is to present these instruments, showcase the dashboard as a support tool, and share practical experiences with their use in health services.
To introduce evidence-informed instruments for addressing NCDs in PHC, promote the regional dashboard as a support resource, and showcase national experiences applying these tools in primary health care services.
- Opening remarks.
- Evidence-informed tools and a regional dashboard for improved NCD care.
- Regional experience of the HEARTS clinical pathway.
- Country Experience: HEARTS Implementation and Clinical Pathway in El Salvador.
- Country experience: development of clinical practice guidelines for the management of chronic respiratory diseases in Paraguay.
- Question panel and interactive discussion.
- Closing and final comments.
- Moderator: Dr. Jonás Gonseth -García, Senior Advisor, Better Care for Noncommunicable Diseases Initiative, accelerating action in PHC.
- Dr. Anselm Hennis – Director, PAHO Department of Noncommunicable Diseases (NMH).
- Dr. Ludovic Reveiz – Head of the Science and Knowledge for Impact Unit (SK), Department of Evidence in Intelligence for Action in Health (EIH), PAHO.
- Andrés Rosende, International Consultant, HEARTS Initiative in the Americas, PAHO.
- Dr. Matías Villatoro, HEARTS Strategy Coordinator in El Salvador.
- Dr. Xintia Ayala, Coordinator of the National Program for Tobacco Control and Chronic Respiratory Diseases of the MSPyBS.
- Dr. Sebastián García Saisó – Director, Department of Evidence in Intelligence for the Action in Health (EIH), PAHO.