- Apoyar las acciones de vigilancia, control o eliminación de las enfermedades desatendidas en las Américas (ejemplo, Leishmaniasis)
- Mejorar la capacidad técnica y la atención a la población afectada por Leishmaniasis
- Capacitação de técnicos no no diagnóstico parasitológico da infecção chagásica
- Manter a extensão do Laboratório de Doenças Parasitárias do IOC/FIOCRUZ no desenvolvimento de pesquisas
- 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