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II Regional Coordination Meeting of
the Virtual Health Library
Location: Room 4

April 23 - Monday

Registration and reception of participants
Location: Meeting secretariat at the Palacio de las Convenciones
 

Opening session

Ileana Morales Suárez, Vice-Minister Salud Pública de Cuba
Yamila de Armas Aguila, Vice-Minister Salud Pública de Cuba
Jeremias Hernández Ojito, Director CNICM, MinSaP de Cuba
Juan Antonio Casas, Director HDP/PAHO/WHO
Abel Packer, Director BIREME/PAHO/WHO

 

The VHL in perspective
 Abel Packer, Director BIREME/PAHO/WHO

Scientific-technical information and health equity Alberto Pellegrini Filho, Coordinator HDR, PAHO/WHO

Coffee break
 

Remarkable national experiences

Cuba - Pedro Urra, CNICM/InfoMed
 
Trinidad y Tobago - Ernesta Greenidge, University of West Indies
 
Honduras - Eduardo Pleitez Valle, Sist. Bib., UNAH
 
México - Gladys Faba, Director CENIDS/INSP
 
Costa Rica - Virginia Siles Rojas, Director BINASSS
 
Brasil - Marcia Rollemberg, Coord. Doc. & Inf., Ministry of Health
 
El Salvador - Salvador Montes, Medical Library, UES
 
Uruguay - Stella Launy, Director BINAME/CENDIM
 
Colombia - Jaime Perez Castillo, Library, Ministry of Health
 

Lunch: Hotel Palco's restaurant
 

   
Remarkable experiences in specialized areas
Food Safety - Marcelo D'Agostino, INPPAZ/PAHO/WHO
 
Disasters - Ricardo Perez, PED/PAHO/WHO
   
Health Sector Reform - Zaida Sequeira, HSP/PAHO/WHO
 
Adolescence and Health
   
      Latin America and Caribbean - Ernesto Succi, UERJ, Brazil
 
      Quality Control - Alfredo Hidalgo, IMSS, México
 
Environment and Health - Marta Bryce, CEPIS/PAHO/WHO
 
Maternal and Perinatal Health - Alicia Rapetti, CLAP/PAHO/WHO
 
Initiatives in progress - Regina Castro, BIREME/PAHO/WHO
 
 
Coffee break
   

International cooperation

Health InterNetworks Project - Michael Scholtz, WHO
 
WHO/Open Society Project - Barbara Alonson, WHO; Michel Key, Open Society
   
SHARED - Barend Mons, SHARED-NWO, Netherland
 
INASP/ICSU - Abel Packer, BIREME/PAHO/WHO
 
Metodology and specific developments
BVS architecture - Jorge Walters, BIREME/PAHO/WHO
 
LILACS - Regina Castro, BIREME/PAHO/WHO
 
SciELO -  Anna Maria Prat, CONICYT, Chile
              Abel Packer, BIREME/PAHO/WHO
 
Probe Consortium - Rosaly Krizyzanowski, FAPESP, Brazil
   
OFIS - Gladys Faba, CENIDS/INSP, Mexico
 
CvLACS - Gerson Galvão, CNPq, Brazil
 
Technology Observatory - Ernesto Spinak, Consultant, Uruguay
 
Conclusion
Juan Antonio Casas, Director HDP/PAHO/WHO
Abel Packer, Director BIREME/PAHO/WHO
    
Bus transportation to Club Habana
 
  
Welcome dinner to participants of the II VHL Meeting
Location: Club Habana
(Invitation ticket required. Additional tickets may be purchased at the Meeting Secretariat on April 23 from 08:00am - 12:00pm)


April 24 - tuesday

Working groups and specialized areas
Location: specific rooms
 

Lunch: Hotel Palco's Restaurant
 

Working groups and specialized areas
 

Coffee break
 
Recomendations and conclusions of the working Groups

Location: Room 4
 

Agreements
          La Habana Declaration
          Next venue - CRICS VI

Closure session  

Simultaneous interpretation
Simultaneous interpretation in Spanish, Portuguese and English will be available

Registration
The participation in this meeting is restricted to the official invited guests/delegates. For thenon invited guests/delegates participation it is necessary to request previous authorization through the e-mail: crics5 @bireme.br The access to the venue of the Meeting will only beallowed to previously identified participants.