From April 14 to 17, 2025, BIREME/PAHO/WHO participated in the 1st Symposium: The Panorama of Health Education in the Municipality of São Paulo, held by the Municipal Health Secretariat (SMS-SP), through the Municipal Health School (EMS). The event brought together workers, teachers, managers and authorities from the sector to debate the challenges and advances of […]
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. […]
BIREME, the Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information, is hosting a booth during the 61st PAHO Directing Council (CD61), from September 30 to October 4, 2024, in Washington, D.C., United States, at the Organization’s headquarters. The session, which brings together health ministers and other sector leaders from across the Americas, is ideal […]
We invite colleagues from the Reference Networks, Indexers and other networks that work in collaboration with BIREME, to participate in the talk on: COVID-19 and Infodemic: perspectives from the Pan American Health Organization 📅 Diary: * Conceptual development of Anti-Infodemic Virtual Center for the Americas (AIVCA) Panelists: Eliane Pereira dos Santos y Marcelo D’Agostino * […]
