PAHO/WHO eSAC Project panel at mHealth Summit 2011:

EHealth: Exploring Innovation and Collaboration in The Americas

Tuesday, December 6, 2011, 3:30–5:00 PM at 2011 mHealth Summit 1011

The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH), the mHealth Alliance and the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Washington Harbor, Washington, D.C. area

The purpose of this panel is to present two innovative and collaborative initiatives, destined to address the issues of inequities in health, in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Health disparities between groups with different levels of underlying social advantage are the product of the action of factors know as the social determinants of health, which include, among many others, poverty, gender and ethnicity.


As a response to this reality, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) has launched its eHealth Strategy for the Americas, which intends to promote the use of ICTs in the healthcare scenario. During the first part of the panel, keynote-speakers of PAHO’s Knowledge Management and Communication Area will share information regarding this important regional strategy. The second part of the panel will highlight another regional initiative: Public eHealth Innovation and Equity in Health in Latin America and the Caribbean, coined eSAC.


This regional project is funded by the Ottawa-based International Development Research Centre (IDRC) whose ultimate goal is to contribute to the advancement of equity in health in the LAC region through the application of innovative Public eHealth solutions. It is jointly designed and implemented by the PAHO and the People, Health Equity and Innovation (PHI) Research Group at the University of Toronto, who will be presenting an overview together with the Young Professionals selected for the program.


Web site: http://mhealthsummit.org/program_special_ehealth.php

Overview

We are gathering to:
- Outline progress in addressing national eHealth strategies and regulations

- Share information and experiences on new projects in the Region - Analysis of eHealth strategy 2012-2017

- Discuss the prospect for developing Public Private Partnerships PPP

Session Moderator: Giselle Ricur, MD PAHO/WHO Consultant for eSAC Project

From 3:30 – 3:40 pm  PAHO/WHO eHealth Strategy for the Americas
                          Marcelo D’Agostino, Manager Knowledge management and Communications PAHO/WHO

                                eSAC Project - Public health Innovation and Equity in Latin America and The Caribbean
                                 Alex Jadad, Canada Research Chair in eHealth Innovation


From 3:40 – 3:50 pm IDRC International Development Research centre Ottawa Canada
                          Chaitali Sinha Senior Program Officer -GEH - Governance, Equity and Health


From 3:50 – 4:00pm  eHealth Project for Haiti –Collaboration and Innovation
                         
Richard Scott  Director, Office of Global e-Health Strategy; University of Calgary

       Moné Palacios Assistant Director, Office of Global e-Health Strategy; University of Calgary

From 4:00 -  4:10 pm eSAC Project
                          Andrea Cortinois Andrea A. Cortinois, PhD Lead, Multiculturalism & Health - Phi Research Group

       Centre for Global eHealth Innovation - Toronto General Hospital & University of Toronto

From 4:10 – 5:00 pm Presentations of Young Professionals YP’s  - eSAC project

                           
                        
Fabiola de Andrade - Brazil,
                         Camilo Erazo - Chile,
                         Felipe Mejia - Colombia,
                         Nasim Farach - Honduras,
                         Soroya Julian – Jamaica


Background Notes:

CD51/13 — “PAHO/WHO Strategy and Plan of Action on eHealth
CD51/13 — OPS/OMS Estrategia y Plan de acción sobre eSalud     
CD51/13—  OPAS/OMS Estratégia e Plano de Ação para eSaúde  


eSAC Young Professionals Call for applications website: http://bit.ly/eAEkgV

Inequities in health are prevalent in and across many parts of Latin America and The Caribbean – this can be found between different social groups and are influenced by race, gender, ethnicity, among other things. eSAC Project aims at improving the health of disadvantaged groups and contributing to the advancement of equity in health in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), by nurturing and promoting Public eHealth innovation.

The Regional project is jointly designed and implemented by the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), Washington DC, and the People, Health Equity and Innovation (PHI) Research Group (www.phi-group.org) at the University of Toronto, Toronto. eSAC Project is funded by the Ottawa-based International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (www.idrc.ca).


2011 mHealth Summit

The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH), the mHealth Alliance and the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

December 3-7, 2011
Washington Harbor, Washington, D.C. area
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