- Recognize priorities and strategic interventions criteria for public action on SDH;
- Recognize the importance of primary health care and the participation of civil society in public policies oriented to health equity and social justice in health care, and their interrelation with the SDH agenda;
- Recognize past experiences and practical action opportunities in the different contexts of countries and regions.
- to gain a more critical and deeper insight into the context in which you work;
- to build a comprehensive and problem-based vision of SDH, identifying their potential for the design of public policies;
- to gain a critical and reflective view to help you identify new ways of overcoming recurring problems.
- to gain a more critical and deeper insight into the context in which you work;
- to build a comprehensive and problem-based vision of SDH, identifying their potential for the design of public policies;
- to gain a critical and reflective view to help you identify new ways of overcoming recurring problems.
- Become familiar with the rationale of the social determinants of health (SDH) and their potential for designing public policies, taking WHO and PAHO work proposals into consideration;
- Identify the principles of social justice, health equity, human rights and their relationship as key values for SDH interventions;
- Identify structural and intermediary mechanisms underlying health inequities in population groups and territories, as a basis for public policy actions;
- Recognize the need for a comprehensive, intersectoral and participatory approach towards understanding and taking actions on SDH.
- Ensure smooth introduction of the rotavirus vaccine;
- Assist with planning for program sustainability;
- Promote further strengthening of existing immunization programs.
- Understand characteristics of rotavirus;
- Identify who is at risk for rotavirus;
- Describe how rotavirus spreads;
- Recognize different patterns of disease transmission;
- Recognize the importance of rotavirus as a public health problem;
- Describe practical methods for collecting surveillance data;
- Understand how surveillance data guide decisions related to rotavirus vaccine introduction.
- Recognize the main types of rotavirus vaccines;
- Understand the history of rotavirus vaccines and intussusception;
- Estimate the potential impact of rotavirus vaccine introduction in your country.
- Understand the different methods for evaluating the economics of health interventions, such as introducing a new vaccine;
- Understand how to use a cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) to measure the costs and benefits of introducing a rotavirus vaccine;
- Identify the main drivers of CEA for a rotavirus vaccine;
- Conduct a cost analysis for introducing a rotavirus vaccine.