Online Program

338297
Paraguay: Improving the Health Situation and Access to Health Services

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Wednesday, November 4, 2015 : 10:05 a.m. - 10:08 a.m.

Sonia Mey-Schmidt, Pan American Health Organization, Communications, Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), Washington, DC
  • This short video produced by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) highlight a regional public health initiatives in a rural area of El Alto, in Paraguay. This presentation will provide participants with a visual perspective of PAHO’s work with governments, communities and other partners.

Learning Areas:

Diversity and culture
Implementation of health education strategies, interventions and programs
Planning of health education strategies, interventions, and programs
Provision of health care to the public
Public health or related nursing

Learning Objectives:
Describe the health situation and access to health Services in the Department of Alto Paraguay. A Social Determinants Approach to Health. This is an initiative of Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO)and the former CIDA-Canada Agency now Health-Canada. This short video produced by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) highlight a regional public health initiatives in the Americas will be presented. This presentation will provide participants with a visual perspective of PAHO’s work with governments, communities and other partners.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: Sonia, a Peruvian national, began her career in the United States working on all stages of pre and post-production at a Hispanic television production company in Washington, DC. She joined the Pan American Health Organization, Regional Office of the World Health Organization in 1990 and collaborates with the multimedia, press and social media units. She is a producer and a photographer, and studied at the Corcoran College of Art and Design.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.