- 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

- 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.

Inform about Creation of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health.

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

- Describe practical methods for collecting surveillance data; - Understand how surveillance data guide decisions related to rotavirus vaccine introduction.

- 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.

- Describe and analyze the issue of smoking and exposure to second-hand smoke at the global and regional level; - Disseminate information about tobacco control measures contained in the WHO FCTC; - 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 sucessful interventions and their implementation in the Region of the Americas; - Integrate knowledge about challenges and trends related to comprehensive tobacco control.