Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to describe the fundamental elements of the right to health, identify key articles of UN and OAS treaties that recognize the right to health, define the responsibilities of PAHO Member States and other responsible parties, and describe the different accountability mechanisms at the national and international level.
Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to Identify other human rights that are most closely related to the right to health and wellbeing, and that are enshrined in binding instruments.
Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to identify some of the most vulnerable groups in the Americas; understand how UN and OAS human rights instruments protect health and other related human rights in practice; understand why the enjoyment of the right to health is indispensable for the exercise of other human rights; understand why a greater fulfillment of human rights contributes to the enjoyment of health and wellbeing; and become familiar with practical applications for accomplishing the Regional Expected Results on human rights based approaches to health within PAHOs Secretariat and at national, regional, and global levels in a manner consistent with PAHO strategic plan.
- Analyze public policies and their impact on equity;
- Analyze PHCs contribution to the reduction of inequities;
- Analyze the different approaches and challenges for reducing inequities;
- Identify the barriers of access to health care;
- Recognize health as a right.
- 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 participants workplace.
- Review the historical process and impact of PHC at the national and international levels;
- Identify the new scenarios and critical factors associated with PHC renewal;
- Analyze the values and principles of PHC renewal.
- Identify the central aspects that define the comprehensive PHC approach;
- Analyze the integration of health services networks in each participants country;
- Analyze the competencies of local PHC teams and the relationship with the organization of services and requirements in staff training.
- Identify the elements for managing change toward PHC renewal;
- Analyze the specific attributes of PHC renewal that guide health system organization;
- Examine the different strategies for quality improvement in PHC-based health systems.
This course will help you:
- In assessing whether the introduction of pneumococcal vaccine into the immunization program is cost-effective and feasible;
- In designing and implementing a vaccine introduction plan when the evidence supports the introduction;
- In monitoring the implementation and evaluating the impact after introducing the vaccine.
- Know basic concepts regarding pneumococcal epidemiology, transmission, and distribution;
- Identify those groups most susceptible to pneumococcal disease;
- Recognize the importance of pneumococcal disease as a public health problem;
- Understand pneumococcal disease burden and how it varies between developing and developed countries;
- Distinguish characteristics of specific pneumococcal disease syndromes.
- Describe practical methods for collecting surveillance data;
- Understand how surveillance data guide decisions related to pneumococcal vaccine introduction;
- Learn how to use surveillance data to estimate disease burden.
