The Center for Health Informatics was designated a PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center. As a Collaborating Center, it was tasked by the organisation’s director-general to carry out activities supporting PAHO/WHO programs.
The centre contributed to the Pan American Health Organization’s Information Systems for Health (IS4H) project. This initiative aims to assist countries in developing strategies, policies, standards for interoperable and interconnected systems, and best practices for health data management to enhance decision-making and overall well-being.
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) serves a dual role: it is the specialized health agency of the Inter-American System and also functions as the Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health Organization (WHO), the health-focused agency of the United Nations.
The centre’s four-year designation as a PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center spanned from September 28, 2019, to September 27, 2023, with the possibility of renewal for additional four-year terms.
Terms of Reference
Terms of reference (TOR) define the purpose and structures of a project or any similar collection of people who have agreed to work together to accomplish a shared goal.
TOR 1
To support PAHO/WHO in the implementation of the Information Systems for Health (IS4H) initiative.
TOR 2
To support PAHO/WHO in the development and implementation of the IS4H Toolkit and plan to strengthen national IS4H initiatives.
TOR 3
To support PAHO/WHO in its efforts to strengthen and improve the scientific validity of PAHO/WHO technical databases.
Publications with WHO/PAHO
- M. D´Agostino, N. Samuel, M.J. Sarol, G. de Cosio, M. Marti, T. Luo, I. Brooks, M. Espinal, “Open Data and Public Health.” Pan American Journal of Public Health. 2018;41:e134. doi: doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2018.66
- M. D´Agostino, F. Mejía, I. Brooks, M. Marti, D. Novillo-Ortiz, G. de Cosio, “Fear on the networks: Analyzing the 2014 Ebola outbreak,” Pan American Journal of Public Health. 2017;41:e134. doi: 10.26633/RPSP.2017.134