EPHF are comprehensive public health capacities that form the foundation complementing PHC, an essential pillar for strengthening public health and ensuring equitable, resilient, and sustainable health systems. In this session, experts and country representatives will share experiences on the evaluation and application of EPHF, addressing strategies for their strengthening and their role in transforming health systems.
Intended for policymakers, representatives of ministries of health, health sector leaders, public health professionals, the academic community, PAHO collaborating centers, and PAHO/WHO technical staff, this session aims to promote knowledge exchange and generate actionable recommendations.
The event will offer simultaneous interpretation in English, French, Portuguese, Spanish and International Sign (IS).
The webinar is designed for policymakers, health ministry representatives, health leaders, public health professionals, and other stakeholders involved in health system strengthening.
- Present a comprehensive methodology for evaluation, analysis, and strengthening of capacities for the effective exercise of the EPHF.
- Offer a regional situation analysis based on the results obtained from the evaluation and strengthening of the EPHF, implemented by Member States.
- Promote an exchange of country experiences in the strategic application of EPHF results
- Provide recommendations for action and continued strengthening of the EPHF, with the aim of improving public health in the Region.
Strategy for Strengthening the EPHF to Accelerate Health Systems Transformation
Implementation of the EPHF in the Americas: Evaluation and Strengthening of Capacities
Panel: Accelerating the implementation of essential public health functions in the Americas
Strengthening and implementation of the Essential Public Health Functions
- Experience and key takeaways from the EPHF evaluation.
- Translation of results into action in Mexico.
Strengthening leadership, stewardship, and governance for primary health care-based health systems through implementation of the EPHF
Strengthening public health workforce competencies to effectively implement the EPHF
- Evaluation of the competencies of HRH for EPHF in Colombia
- Key actions to strengthen competencies
Capacity building and evaluation
- Evaluation as a key capacity to strengthen health systems
- Recommendations and identified areas for capacity building
The global commitment to strengthen the EPHF
- EPHF as a key component of building resilient health systems around the world
- Identified actions to continue building EPHF capacity at a global level
Key takeaways and action points
Jarbas Barbosa da Silva Jr., Director, Pan American Health Organization
Ana Rivière Cinnamond, PAHO/WHO Representative, Panama
Ernesto Báscolo, Unit Chief, Primary Health Care and Integrated Service Delivery, PAHO/WHO
Natalia Houghton, Technical Officer, Primary Health Care Policy, Planning and Evaluation PAHO/WHO
Andrés Castañeda Prado, Coordinator, National Public Health Service, Mexico (TBC)
Ministry of Health representative, Dominican Republic (TBC)
Eduardo Guerrero, President, Colombian Public Health Association
Wolfgang Munar, Associate Professor and Director, Gill-Lebovic Center for the Caribbean and Latin America, George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health
Sohel Saikat, Lead, Health Systems Resilience and Essential Public Health Functions, World Health Organization
James Fitzgerald, Director, Department of Health Systems and Services PAHO/WHO