Date: 
Monday, September 16, 2024
Time: 
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. EST.
Description: 

PAHO's Regional Program on Bioethics conducted this seminar to present the WHO Guidelines on Ethical Issues in Public Health Surveillance (now also available in PortugueseFrench, and Spanish) and discussed some prominent challenges in different aspects of surveillance work.

The seminar was held on Monday, September 16, from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. (Washington, DC time). 

English-Spanish translation was available. 

Objective(s) of the meeting: 

-To analyze some prominent challenges in different aspects of surveillance work, based on the leading publication WHO Guidelines on Ethical Issues in Public Health Surveillance.

Speakers. Brief summary of the curriculum: 

Speakers:

  • Dr. Roberta de Betânia Caixeta - Advisor, Noncommunicable Diseases Surveillance, Prevention and Control-PAHO
  • Dr. Martha Saboya - Senior Advisor, Initiative for the Elimination of Communicable Diseases-PAHO
  • Dr. Oscar Mujica, Advisor, Social Epidemiology and Health Equity -PAHO
  • Dr. Lionel Gresh, Virologist and Laboratory Specialist - PAHO
  • Dr. Carla Saenz - Regional Advisor, Program on Bioethics-PAHO
Keywords: 
Public Health Surveillance
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