Webinar

Webinar: National quality and patient safety policies within the framework of the Primary Health Care strategy

CountryAmericas
RegionAmericas

Summary

This meeting, which is part of the Series of seminars on Primary Health Care with a territorial perspective, will discuss national quality and patient safety policies within the framework of the Primary Health Care strategy and the experiences and challenges for the Region of the Americas. 

Objective:

This event aims to create a space for regional reflection and debate on the challenges in designing and implementing quality and patient safety policies, emphasizing the inclusion of the PHC strategy and coordination with other health policies and programs. Additionally, it seeks to initiate a discussion on the challenges related to monitoring and evaluating the impact of plans and strategies, incorporating a territorial perspective to identify gaps, needs and opportunities for improvement.

Also, the event intends to provide a space for sharing experiences and challenges in the development and implementation of national policies, strategies and plans for quality and patient safety in the Region.

 

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START DATE: April 10, 2024
Start time: 17:00
End time: 18:30

Presenter and Moderator

Natalia Houghton
Specialist in Analysis, Monitoring and Evaluation of Health Systems and Services, PAHO/WHO
Shams Syed
Special Programme for Primary Health Care, WHO (TBC)
James Fitzgerald
Director, Department of Health Systems and Services, PAHO/WHO

Speaker

Katherine Rouleau
Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto
Sergio Minué
Professor, Andalusian School of Public Health, WHO Collaborating Centre for Primary Health Care
Patricia Castillo
Health Director at Renca municipality, Chile; epresentative of the Executive Committee of the Healthy Municipalities, Cities and Communities Movement of the Americas (HMCC)
Ernesto Báscolo
Unit Chief, Primary Health Care and Integrated Service Delivery, PAHO/WHO
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