1. Improve individual clinicians’ proficiency in the diagnosis and management of MH problems; 2. Strengthen cooperation and collaboration by:
a. developing a common language by using a common clinical tool- the mhGAP-IG; b. exploring models of ongoing and future knowledge exchange and interactions about clinical realities. 3. Compare and confront different perspectives and different models of healthcare organization; 4. Help with clinical practices to better enable the integration of MH interventions.

- Describe the characteristics of influenza viruses, and the disease they cause - List the objectives of public health surveillance and influenza surveillance - Review the common types of surveillance and the types used for influenza surveillance - Understand the need to intensify SARI surveillance - Discuss how influenza surveillance data are used - Understand the case definition for severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) and the principle etiologic agents of SARI - Compare SARI case definition to that of influenza-like illness (ILI) - Understand the methods used to identify SARI cases, types of clinical samples to collect and what data are to be reported - Describe the surveillance steps from case identification to collection of epidemiologic information - Organize, compile and assess the data collected - Understand the uses of absolute and relative measures - Describe the seven key SARI indicators - Interpret the recommended outputs for SARI indicators - Construct tables and graphs to illustrate proportions and distributions - Interpret tables and figures to analyze trends - Understand the roles and responsibilities for intensified national SARI surveillance - Describe the information flow related to intensified national SARI surveillance

- Describe the characteristics of influenza viruses, and the disease they cause - List the objectives of public health surveillance - Explain why laboratory data are important for influenza surveillance - Interpret measures used to determine the burden of disease - Understand frequency measures used in statistical reporting for influenza surveillance - Understand the uses of absolute and relative measures - Identify the five key measures to include in an influenza weekly report - List the characteristics of well-constructed tables and graphs - Display in graphical and tabular format, weekly data - List the key characteristics of oral and written presentations

- Analyze global risks and international determinants at the national, subregional and regional levels; - Develop policies and strategies to strengthen the capacity of national health systems and ITS dependencies in solving international health problems, based on the promotion of equity, exchange, cooperation and solidarity; - Perform actions that lead to the formulation of coherent policies and plans, negotiating agreements and managing the technical and financial cooperation in fields and international actors for health of their populations.

- To position the prevention and control of NCDs in the actual global, regional and national context; - To understand the applicability of policy tools for the prevention and control of chronic non communicable diseases; - To become familiar with successful surveillance systems and methodologies in the Americas; - To understand the applicability of policy tools for the prevention and control of chronic non communicable diseases; - To understand social marketing and its applicability to public health problems and behavior change; - To understand the Chronic Care Model and be able to apply the components to intervention development

Upon finishing the course, participants should be able to: - Design risk communication strategies using a risk map to analyze the local context and systematically incorporating lessons learned. - Understand the importance of risk perceptions and other relevant risk communication concepts and incorporate these in the design of effective strategies and in adjustments according to the local context. - Identify monitoring and evaluation activities appropriate for the interventions and communication processes in the risk communication strategy. - Understand the important steps for communicating effectively with the internal and external target audiences, including partners, stakeholders, the media, online social networks, health personnel and the public.

- Recognize the structural elements of PHC renewal based on a public health framework, as well as necessary competencies for their attainment; - Participate in a review process on the progress and challenges in the practice of PHC renewal in the national and international context; - Design an intervention proposal for PHC renewal within the scope of the participant’s workplace.

- Identify the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of influenza, focusing on influenza A(H1N1); - Recognize and implement critical aspects of health services preparedness; - Identify priority actions for preventing transmission and caring for cases of pandemic influenza; - Know the different protective measures for health care workers and the public; - Analyze information on the behavior and management of the epidemic; - Provide a source of recent news and developments on the epidemic’s behavior.

- Ensure smooth introduction of the rotavirus vaccine; - Assist with planning for program sustainability; - Promote further strengthening of existing immunization programs.

- Describe and analyze the issue of smoking and exposure to second-hand smoke at the global and regional level; - Disseminate tobacco control measures contained in the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control; - Analyze the factors that influence smoking uptake and persistence among young people; - Describe the strategies and characteristics of smoking cessation, at the individual and population level; - Describe the tobacco industry’s opposition strategies and provide tools for analyzing and responding to industry actions; - Present the most successful interventions and their implementation in the Region of the Americas; - Integrate knowledge about challenges and trends to comprehensive tobacco control.