BIREME’s digital transformation is now also illustrated on its entrance panel: to celebrate the trajectory and new directions of the Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information (BIREME/PAHO/WHO), the entrance hall has gained a new institutional panel. The artwork, the result of a collaborative process with leaders and teams, highlights BIREME’s digital evolution […]
The first semester of 2025 was marked by important results for BIREME/PAHO/WHO, within the framework of its 2024–2025 Biennial Work Plan and in alignment with its 2023–2025 Strategy, which is focused on digital transformation, innovation, and institutional strengthening. BIREME continued to support the countries of the Region through information products and services aimed at knowledge […]
The first half of 2025 was marked by BIREME’s strategic action with countries in the Latin American and Caribbean region, with actions aimed at strengthening the national instances of the Virtual Health Library (VHL) network. Through technical cooperation initiatives, actions ranged from updating content and technological platforms to reactivating committees, including the resumption of strategic […]
Project strengthens public health knowledge management in the municipality of São Paulo, Brazil The third phase of the technical cooperation project between the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), through BIREME, and the Municipal Health Secretariat of São Paulo, Brazil (SMS-SP), ended in the first half of 2025 with significant advances in the maintenance […]
The World Health Organization Traditional Medicine Global Library (WHO TMGL) was presented by João Paulo Souza, director of BIREME, as part of the program for the Regional Consultation for Prioritizing Research in Traditional, Complementary, and Integrative Medicine (TCIM), held on June 11 and 12 in São Paulo, Brazil. The event was organized by the Pan […]
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), through its Departments of Health Systems and Services (HSS) and Social and Environmental Determinants for Health Equity (DHE), and its Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information (BIREME), together with the World Health Organization (WHO), through its Global Traditional Medicine Centre (GTMC), held in Brazil, on June […]
On June 10 and 13, 2025, representatives from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) conducted a technical visit to two municipal integrative and indigenous health services in São Paulo, Brazil, with the aim of learning about innovative experiences and discussing the Global Library of Traditional Medicine, developed by BIREME […]
The Dominican Republic took a key step in its journey to strengthen national scientific output by holding the first meeting of the Advisory Committee of the country’s Virtual Health Library, informally known as “BVS-DOM“, on May 29, 2025. The meeting took place at the PAHO/WHO headquarters in Santo Domingo and was attended by representatives from […]
The activities of BIREME/PAHO/WHO in the Caribbean have been in the spotlight in recent weeks, consolidating technical cooperation with countries in the region to strengthen health systems and expand access to scientific and technical information produced by countries in the region. The activities were carried out in June in Curaçao and in May in Trinidad […]
On May 31, 2025, World No Tobacco Day will be celebrated, an initiative of the World Health Organization (WHO) which, this year, has adopted the theme “Unmasking the tobacco industry: exposing companies’ tactics to make tobacco and nicotine products more attractive”. The campaign aims to reveal the strategies used by these industries to make their […]