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 November 30 - Tuesday
 December 1 - Wednesday  December 2 - Thursday
 December 3 - Friday

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November 30 Tuesday
Opening session
George A. O. Alleyne, Director PAHO
Mirta Roses, Assistant Director PAHO
Juan Antonio Casas, Director HDP/PAHO
Abel Laerte Packer, Director BIREME/PAHO
 

 

 

Key Conference
The VHL and the democratization of knowledge and health information
Alberto Pellegrini Filho, Coordinator HDR/HDP/PAHO

 

 

 

Coffee break
Plenary Session 1
Coordinator: Juan Antonio Casas, Director HDP/PAHO
Secretary: Stella Launy, Uruguay
   
The VHL in perspective
Abel Laerte Packer, Director BIREME/PAHO
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Model of the VHL site
Julio Takayama and Silvia de Medeiros Cabral, BIREME/PAHO
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Announcement of CRICS V
Jeremias Hernández Ojito, Cuba
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Invitation to the 8 ICML: Converge on London
Tony McSean, British Medical Association, Chair, 8 ICML Organizing Committee
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Lunch
Plenary Session 2
Coordinator: Abel Laerte Packer, Director BIREME/PAHO
Secretary: Virginia Siles, Costa Rica
   
Cooperative services of the VHL: SCAD, Portal and Consortia
Carmen Veronica Abdala, BIREME/PAHO
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Scientific literature in the VHL: LILACS System
Regina C. Figueiredo Castro, BIREME/PAHO
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The VHL integrating components: DeCS and LIS
Elenice de Castro, BIREME/PAHO
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Coffee break
Plenary Session 3
Coordinator: Virgilio Bosch, Venezuela
Secretary: Salvador Octavio Montes, El Salvador
   
The SciELO Model
Mariana Rocha Biojone, BIREME/PAHO
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Epidemiological Bulletin / Boletin Epidemiologico (Colombia)
Carlos Hernández, Instituto Nacional de Salud / MS, Colombia
   
Model for the evaluation of scientific journals
Gladys Faba de Beaumont, CCN, México
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December 01 Wednesday
Plenary Session 4
Coordinator: Juan Antonio Casas, Director HDP/PAHO
Secretary: Gladys Faba de Beaumont, Mexico
   
VHL - Health Legislation
Marcelo D'Agostino, INPPAZ/PAHO, Argentina and Ana Lucia Ruggiero, HDP/PAHO
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VHL- Food and Nutrition Surveillance
Juan Carlos Cabrera, INCAP/PAHO, Guatemala

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VHL - Disasters
Ricardo Perez, PED/PAHO
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VHL - Toxicology
Diego Gonzalez, CEPIS/PAHO, Peru
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VHL - Environmental Health
Martha Bryce, CEPIS/PAHO, Peru

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VHL - Adolec: Regional, Brazil and Mexico    
Katherine Weaver y Silvia Singleton, HPP/HPF/PAHO slide presentation  
José Domingues Junior, Ministério da Saúde    
Miriam Piazza, BIREME/PAHO, ADOLEC Brazil slide presentation  
Alfredo Hidalgo, IMSS, ADOLEC Mexico    
Coffee break

Inauguration of SciELO - Public Health
President: George A. O. Alleyne, Director PAHO
Coordinator: Juan Antonio Casas, Director HDP/PAHO
Secretary: Mariana Rocha Biojone, BIREME/PAHO

   
The SciELO Public Health
Abel Laerte Packer, Director BIREME/PAHO
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Presentation of the editors:
Pan American Public Health Journal

María Luisa Clark, HBI/PAHO
   
Revista de Saúde Pública
Moisés Goldbaum, Brazil
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Cadernos de Saúde Pública
Carlos E. A. Coimbra, Brazil
   
Salud Pública de México
Carlos Oropeza Abundez, Mexico
   
Revista Española de Salud Publica
Cristina Perez Andrés, Spain
   
Lunch
Parallel meetings    

Meeting of the Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Information System
Restricted to representatives of National Coordinating Centers and/or VHL National Committees, PWR Offices Documentation Centers, PAHO Specialized Centers, PAHO Headquarters Library and PAHO/HQ Programs

   
Meeting of the PWR Offices Documentation Centers and PAHO
Restricted to PWR Offices Documentation Centers, PAHO Specialized Centers, PAHO Headquarters Library and PAHO/HQ Programs
   
Meeting of the Committee for Recommendations of the I Regional Coordination Meeting of the VHL    
Exhibition OF VHL products and services
Open to all participants
   

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December 02 - Thursday

Conference
Coordinator: Abel Laerte Packer, Director BIREME/PAHO

   

Quality of Health Information on the Internet
David Rodbard, American Institutes for Research, USA

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Plenary Session 5: Development of the VHL in the countries
Coordinator: Abel Laerte Packer, Director BIREME/PAHO
Secretary: Marilin Sanches Rada, Bolivia and Tania Ardón, Guatemala

   
VHL - Costa Rica
Virginia Siles, CCN, Costa Rica
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VHL - Cuba
Jeremias Hernández Ojito y Pedro Urra, CCN, Cuba
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VHL - Argentina
Susana Catalina Ianello, CCN, Argentina

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VHL - Mexico
Gladys Faba de Beaumont, CCN, México
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Coffee break
VHL - Venezuela
Virgilio Bosch y Alecia Freitas de Acosta, CCN/SINADIB, Venezuela
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Scielo Venezuela     
VHL - Ecuador
Victoria de Garcia, CCN, Ecuador
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VHL - Uruguay
Stella Launy, CCN, Uruguay

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VHL - Bolivia
Marilin Sanches Rada, CCN, Bolivia
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VHL - El Salvador
Salvador Octavio Montes, CCN, El Salvador
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PAHO Headquarters Library and the VHL: implementing the challenge
Maria Tereza Astrosa, Library, HBI-L/PAHO
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Lunch offered by PAHO/HQ Library
Plenary Session 6
Coordinator: Abel Laerte Packer, BIREME/PAHO
Secretary: Jeremias Hernández Ojito, Cuba and Aurora Scavini, Argentina
   
VHL - Guatemala
Tania Ardón, CCN, Guatemala
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VHL - Perú
Miguel Saravia Rojas, CCN, Perú
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VHL - Jamaica
Laxmi Mansingh, CCN, MEDCARIB, Jamaica
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VHL - Barbados
Michael Gill, CCN, Barbados
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VHL - Trinidad y Tobago
Ernesta Greenidge, CCN, Trinidad y Tobago
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VHL - Honduras
Orfilia Piriel, CCN, Honduras
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VHL - Nicaragua
Susana Quiroz de Morales, Consulting Committee VHL Nicaragua
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SciELO Colombia
Alexander R. Rodriguez, CCN, Colombia
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VHL - Public Health - Brazil
National Consulting Committee of the VHL - Public Health - Brazil
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Coffee break
SciELO Chile
Ana Maria Pratt, CONICYT, Chile
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Perspectives for the development of the Iberoamerican Health Sciences Information System
Jorge Veiga de Cabo, Biblioteca Nacional de Ciencias de la Salud, Spain
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Discussion of national VHL reports    
Celebration Dinner

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December 03 - Friday
Conferences
Coordinator: Alberto Pelegrini Filho, Coordinator, HDR/HDP/PAHO
Secretary: Jocelyn Polanco, República Dominicana and Carmen Lowenstein, Chile
   
Telemedicine
Daniel Sigulem, CIS/UNIFESP, Brazil
   
Evidence Based Medicine
Fernando Althabe, CLAP/PAHO, Uruguay
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The VHL and equity in health
Juan Antonio Casas, Director HDP/PAHO
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Coffee break
Plenary Session 7
Coordinator: Regina C. Figueiredo Castro, BIREME/PAHO
Secretary: Elenice de Castro, BIREME/PAHO
   
Guidelines for the implementation of the VHL
Abel Laerte Packer, Director BIREME/PAHO
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Closure Session
George A. O. Alleyne, Director PAHO
Mirta Roses, Assistant Director PAHO
Juan Antonio Casas, Director HDP/PAHO
Abel Laerte Packer, Director BIREME/PAHO
   
Lunch
Parallel meetings    
Visit to the National Library of Medicine
Open to participants of the Meeting
   
Meeting of the Scientific Technical Committee of CRICS V
Restricted to members of the Committee
   

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