March 2025 marks the 58th anniversary of BIREME – the Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information of the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) – one of the longest-lived and most strategic institutions in the Region of the Americas. Founded in 1967 as the Regional Library of Medicine, BIREME maintains its original […]
BIREME achieved results with progress aligned with Strategy 2023-2025 and contextualized in its Biannual Work Plan for 2024-2025 (BWP 24-25) aligned with the priorities and strategic objectives of the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO). The main milestones for the period include new projects, information products and services, events and management and operational activities […]
The SMS-SP VHL achieved significant results in 2024, consolidating itself as a benchmark in the management and dissemination of information and knowledge in public health. With the creation of new content, the portal updated regularly, the production and availability of new Experience Reports and the strengthening of the Windows of Knowledge, in 2025 the project […]
In 2024, the program “Strengthening Health Information Networks in Latin America and the Caribbean (LA&C)” became an important initiative consolidated by BIREME with the Virtual Health Library (VHL) Network to share information, knowledge and good practices among professionals and institutions in the region. The program included 23 thematic sessions, divided into four main lines: VHL Network: Strengthening […]
On November 25, 2024, the Ministry of Health Library celebrated 71 years of work on behalf of public health with a special ceremony in Brasilia. The event brought together authorities, professionals and partners who have helped consolidate the institution as a reference in the dissemination of technical and scientific information on public health in Brazil. […]
On December 5 and 6, 2024, the 31st Inter-Agency Workshop of the Inter-Agency Health Information Network (RIPSA, in its Portuguese acronym) was held in Brasilia. Held in the Carlyle Guerra Auditorium, at the office of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) in Brazil, the event brought together presentations of recently developed products, with discussions on their […]
BIREME’s Strategy 2023-2025 aims to guide information products and services for action in health, with an emphasis on the use of scientific evidence for decision-making, focusing mainly on four areas: Strengthening the capacity of lay people and communities for health-related decision-making; Strengthening professional decision-making capacities; Supporting the development of evidence-based health policies; and Supporting health […]
João Paulo Souza, Director of BIREME/PAHO/WHO, was recently recognized among the 2% of the world’s most influential scientists in a study conducted by Stanford University and published by Elsevier. The global analysis assessed the impact of 6.8 million researchers from various fields, considering standardized metrics such as the h-index and the hm-index adjusted for co-authorship. […]
In order to strengthen the development of the Indigenous Peoples VHL (IP VHL), BIREME/PAHO/WHO intensified its cooperation with the Ministry of Health’s Special Secretariat for Indigenous Health (SESAI) by holding a series of technical and strategic meetings in September and October 2024. The meetings consolidated new guidelines and targets for the activities of Technical Cooperation […]
In the second semester of 2024, in coordination with the MedCarib Network, BIREME has being leading a series of technical sessions aimed at the public in English-speaking Caribbean countries that occurred with the active participation from Barbados, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica and, Trinidad and Tobago among others. More than 80 participants have engaged across all sessions. […]