Capacitar a los profesionales de la salud de la Región de las Américas para actuar en las acciones de detección, diagnóstico y tratamiento de la lepra a fin de promover acciones de control de la transmisión y reducción de las discapacidades causadas por la enfermedad.
Train health professionals in the Region of the Americas to act in actions to detect, diagnose, and treat leprosy in order to promote actions to control transmission and reduce disabilities caused by the disease.
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
- Describe the main concepts and values that currently define health promotion
- Identify several tools and resources for implementing health promotion strategies
- Describe how health promotion concepts, tools, and perspectives can be used and integrated into our area of work
Review the epidemiology of substance use and substance-related diseases and disorders; the role of psychoactive substances in health and illness; the role of different actors (professionals, stakeholders, civil society) in the development, implementation and evaluation of public policies; and the effectiveness of different strategies and interventions that can serve as a scientific basis for alcohol and drug policies in the Americas
Review the epidemiology of substance use and substance-related diseases and disorders; the role of psychoactive substances in health and illness; the role of different actors (professionals, stakeholders, civil society) in the development, implementation and evaluation of public policies; and the effectiveness of different strategies and interventions that can serve as a scientific basis for alcohol and drug policies in the Americas