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Past activities

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October 12, 2016 - Committee Meeting - As part of the 15^th General Assembly of COPA, Salta, Argentina

 

• Agenda

 

• Topics:

  • “Zika Virus, Dengue and Flu A”

    Speakers:

    Dr. Giovanini Coelho – Consultant on Epidemiology and Transmitted Diseases

    Dr. Adriana Falco – Specialist Doctor in Epidemiology

  • “Cancer in the Americas”

    Speaker: Dr. Maria Caridad Rubio – Gynecologist and Cuba Legislator

    • Resolution on cancer in the Americas

 

June 1^st, 2016 - Committee Meeting - As part of the Executive Committee Meeting, Aracaju, Brazil

 

• Topics:
  • Zika Virus
    • Presentation by Dr. Marcos Aurélio de Oliveira Goés, doctor specialist of infectious diseases
    • Resolution on Zika virus

 

• Follow-up on the topic: "Cancer in the Americas"
  • Presentation by Dr. Carlos Anselmo Limas, oncologist and mastologist

 

September 9, 2015 - Committee Meeting - As part of the 14th General Assembly of COPA - Guanajuato, Mexico

 

• Agenda
• Topics:
  • "Cancer in the Americas"
  • "The prevention of epidemics and the strengthening of healthcare systems"
  • "Health Border security: Ebola and Chikungunya"
  • "The integration of public heatlh policies in the Americas"

 

• Invited expert: Dr. Amalia Elisa Ayala, PHO/WHO Mexico

 

• Presentations:
  • "The health challenges: security issues in the 21st century" (in spanish) - By Dr. Amalia Elisa Ayala, PHO/WHO Mexico
  • "The current situation of cancer" (in spanish) - By Dr. Maria Caridad Rubio, Chair of COPA's Committee on Health and Social Protection

 

• Declaration on the integration of public health policies in the Americas
• 2015-2016 Work plan

 

November 3, 2014 - Committee Meeting - As part of the 13^th General Assembly of COPA, Asunción, Paraguay

 

• Agenda
• Topics:
  • "Ebola Virus"
  • "Integration of Public Health Policies in the Americas"
  • "Chronic Diseases"

 

• Resolution asking the World Health Organization (WHO) to invest funds in and focus its efforts on producing dengue and chikungunya vaccines and medication, in keeping with the concept of preventive medicine

• Resolution on Ebola
• Resolution on chronic diseases

 

• 2013-2014 Activity Report and 2014-2015 Work Plan

 

October 15, 2013 - Commitee meeting - Brasilia, Brazil - As part of the 12^th General Assembly of COPA

 

• Agenda

 

• Resolution to continue guaranteeing universal access to safe drinking water
• Resolution to reduce child mortality
• Declaration on the adverse effects of the Cuban Embargo on the health of Cuban people

 

• Presentations:
  • "Chronic Diseases" (in portuguese) - Mr. Volnei Morastoni, Rapporteur of the Committee and MP for the State of Santa Catarina, Brazil
  • "Water, Health and Poverty" (in spanish) - Mrs. Alicia Gutiérrez, Rapporteure of the Committee and MP for the province of Santa Fe, Argentina

 

October 27-28, 2011 - Commitee meeting - Havana, Cuba

 

• Program
• Draft resolution to reduce child mortality
• Meeting summary

 

September 8, 2011 - Committee meeting - As part of the 11^th General Assembly of COPA, Quebec City, Canada

 

• Agenda
• Resolution to guarantee universal access to potable water
• 2011-2012 work plan
• Meeting summary

 

November 17, 2010 - Committee meeting - As part of the 10^th General Assembly of COPA, Mar del Plata, Argentina

 

• Agenda
• Resolution to reduce child mortality
• 2010-2011 work plan

 

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