Technical Papers and Podcasts

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  1. Fifth virtual WHO infodemic management conference, 2, 4, 9 and 11 November 2021: meeting report: steps towards measuring the burden of infodemics (2022). World Health Organization. Available at: https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/353410/9789240047174-eng.pdf
  2. WHO public health research agenda for managing infodemics (2021). World Health Organization. Available at: https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/339192/9789240019508-eng.pdf
  3. COVID-19 Factsheet: Digital health facilitating telerehabilitation (2021). Pan American Health Organization. Available at: https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/53203 and https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/53023 (Spanish), https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/57017 (Portuguese), https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/57021 (French)
  4. World Health Organization (2020) An ad hoc WHO technical consultation managing the COVID-19 infodemic: call for action, 7-8 April 2020. World Health Organization. Available at: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240010314
  5. Introduction to Semantic Interoperability (2021). Pan American Health Organization. Available at: https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/55417https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/54797 (Spanish), https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/55416 (Portuguese), https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/55634 (French)
  6. Connectivity and Bandwidth: Key Areas for Improving Public Health (2021). Pan American Health Organization. Available at: https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/54578https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/55412 (Spanish), https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/55415 (Portuguese), https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/55414 (French)   
  7. Rapid Assessment Tool for Critical Data Gathering (2021). Pan American Health Organization. Available at: https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/53614https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/53740 (Spanish)
  8. Electronic Health Records and the Importance of How to Document (2021). Pan American Health Organization. Available at: https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/55410https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/54805 (Spanish), https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/55409 (Portuguese), https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/55411 (French)  
  9. Artificial Intelligence in Public Health (2021). Pan American Health Organization. Available at: https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/53732https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/53887 (Spanish) 
  10. Brooks, I. (2020) ‘Big Data’. (Information Systems and Digital health: during and after the COVID-19 pandemic). Available at: https://www.paho.org/sites/default/files/2020-10/podcast-ian-brooks-en.mp3.
  11. Digital Health: A Strategy to Maintain Health Care for People Living with Noncommunicable Diseases during COVID-19 (2020). Pan American Health Organization. Available at: https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/52543https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/52575 (Spanish), https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/52576 (Portuguese)
  12. COVID-19 Factsheet: 30 Critical Concepts for Fighting COVID-19 in the Age of Digital Interdependence (2020). Pan American Health Organization. Available at: https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/52670, https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/52672 (Spanish), https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/52673 (Portuguese).
  13. COVID-19 Factsheet: COVID-19 Information Systems and Digital Health: After-Action Review of the First 100 Days in Quarantine (2020). Pan American Health Organization. Available at: https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/52439, https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/52487 (Spanish), https://www.paho.org/sites/default/files/2020-10/podcast-covid-10-en.mp3 (Podcast).
  14. COVID-19 Factsheet: Webinar Series, Share-Listen-Act, COVID-19: The Potential of Digital Health and Information Systems for Health (IS4H) in the Fight against the Pandemic (2020). Pan American Health Organization. Available at: https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/52502, https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/52441 (Spanish), https://www.paho.org/sites/default/files/2020-10/podcast-covid-11-en.mp3 (Podcast).
  15. COVID-19 Factsheet: Why Predictive Modeling is Critical in the Fight against COVID-19 (2020). Pan American Health Organization. Available at: https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/52276, https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/52440 (Spanish), https://www.paho.org/sites/default/files/2020-10/podcast-covid-08-en.mp3 (Podcast).
  16. COVID-19 Factsheet: Understanding the Infodemic and Misinformation in the fight against COVID-19 (2020). Pan American Health Organization. Available at: https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/52052, https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/52053 (Spanish), https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/52054 (Portuguese), https://www.paho.org/sites/default/files/2020-10/podcast-covid-08-en.mp3 (Podcast).
  17. COVID-19 Factsheet: Why Data Disaggregation is key during a pandemic (2020). Pan American Health Organization. Available at: https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/52002.
  18. COVID-19 Factsheet: Electronic Health Records (EHR) and Interoperability: Understanding two key concepts for a better Public Health response (2020). Pan American Health Organization. Available at: https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/52004, https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/52004 (Spanish), https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/52005 (Portuguese), https://www.paho.org/sites/default/files/2020-10/podcast-covid-002-en.mp3 (Podcast).
  19. COVID-19 Factsheet: Teleconsultations during a pandemic (2020). Pan American Health Organization. Available at: https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/52006.
  20. Reorganization and Progressive Expansion of Health Services for the Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Pan American Health Organization. Available at: https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/52215https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/52214 (Spanish)
  21. Information Systems for Health Knowledge Capsule: Predictive Analytics (2019) Pan American Health Organization.
  22. Plan of Action for Strengthening Information Systems for Health 2019-2023 (2019). Pan American Health Organization. Available at: https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/51617.
  23. Strategy and Plan of Action on eHealth: Final Report (2018). Pan American Health Organization. Available at: https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/49448.
  24. Information Systems for Health Maturity Model (2018). Pan American Health Organization. Available at: https://www3.paho.org/ish/images/toolkit/IS4H-MAL-EN.pdf.

Invited Presentations and Editorials

  1. ‘An Anti-Infodemic Virtual Center for the Americas’ (2023). PAHO/WHO Collaborating Centers: Celebrating the Achievement of Our Common Goals, Washington DC, March.
  2. Mbamalu, O., Carter, V., Brooks, I., Patki, R., Bonaconsa, C., Charani, E. and Mendelson, M. (2022) ‘Diverse perspectives of the COVID-19 vaccine and vaccination drive – analysis of social media discourse and interviews from a university hospital’. Global Vaccine Congress 2022, Washington D.C., April.
  3. ‘The PAHO/WHO Anti-Infodemic Virtual Center for the Americas’ (2022). Paris WHO Simulation, September.
  4. ‘Information System for Health’ (2022) Keynote address West Africa Conference on Digital Public Goods and Cybersecurity, Freetown, Sierra Leone, May
  5. ‘Perspectives and roles of big data and artificial intelligence’ in ‘Infodemic in Public Health: How excessive, false or misleading information affects decisions during public health emergencies’ (2021) American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Virtual Meeting, October.
  6. ‘Big Data, Information Systems and Digital Health’ (2021). 10 Experts, 1 Question, 1 Goal, Pan-American Health Organization, Virtual Meeting, August.
  7. ‘Understanding the Infodemic and Misinformation in the fight against COVID-19’ (2020). Public Health 2020: Canadian Public Health Association, Virtual Meeting, October.
  8. ‘Analysis of Social Media Data about COVID-19 in the Americas.’ (2020). WHO Global Consultancy on the COVID-19 Pandemic, Virtual Meeting, April.
  9. ‘Building Information Systems to Detect Disease Outbreaks and Support Public Health’ (2020). Clemson University, Clemson, SC, March.
  10. ‘The Potential of Unstructured and Big Data for Public Health’ (2019). International Telecommunications Union Kaleidoscope, Atlanta, GA, December.
  11. ‘State of the Art in Information and Communication Technologies for Health Data and Information Management’ (2019). Celebrating 25 Years of the Core Health Indicators @ 57th Session of the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) Directing Council, Washington DC, September.