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The ePORTUGUÊSe network

Portuguese-speaking countries in the areas of health information and capacity building of Human Resources for Health, therefore enhancing health information systems in those countries.[2]

According to

Timor-Leste) in four WHO Regional Offices (AFRO , PAHO-AMRO , EURO Archived 2010-05-27 at the Wayback Machine and SEARO
). Portuguese is also the third most spoken language in the Western hemisphere and the most widely spoken in the southern hemisphere.[3]

In November 2012, ePORTUGUÊSe received a recognition award for its contribution to the South-South and Triangular collaboration at the UN High Level and Directors General Meeting during the Global Development EXPO 2012 held in Vienna, Austria.[1]

In May 2015, the ePORTUGUÊSe network ceased to exist as a WHO Programme.

History

Portuguese-speaking countries

Activities

VHL capacity training
Blue trunk libraries
  • Promoting and improving access to health information available in Portuguese, by developing a Virtual Health Library based on a model created by the Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information (BIREME/PAHO/WHO), a specialized center of the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization,;[7][8]
  • Supporting and promoting local research in Portuguese;[1]
  • Delivering health Information in Portuguese through a compact library called – Blue Trunk Library to be distributed to rural and distant areas;[9]
  • Using information in science and technology (ICT) to build capacity of Human Resources for Health;[1]
  • Developing platforms in different social media, collaborative space, blogs and discussion groups;[1]
  • Encouraging training in the HINARI programme (Access to Research in Health Programme);[10]
  • Strengthening HIFA-pt (Health Information for all in Portuguese) based on HIFA2015 (Health information for all by 2015)– a discussion group with nearly 7000 members from 150 countries that aims to collect tacit knowledge and facilitate the exchange of experiences. HIFA-pt was developed by the ePORTUGUÊSe network in collaboration with the Global Healthcare Information Network.[11]

Structure

The ePORTUGUÊSe network is part of the Knowledge Management and Sharing Department of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva. The ePORTUGUÊSe network has focal points in every country that work together to support the dissemination of health information. The coordinator of the ePORTUGUÊSe Network is Dr Regina Ungerer.

Members

The members of the ePORTUGUÊSe network are: health and information professionals from the eight Portuguese-speaking countries:

Timor-Leste
, as well as anyone with an interest in supporting these countries.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i ePORTUGUÊSe website http://www.who.int/eportuguese/en/
  2. ISBN 978-85-7967-067-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)[permanent dead link
    ]
  3. ^ Lewis, M. Paul (ed.), Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Sixteenth edition, Dallas, Tex.: SIL International, 2009
  4. ^ "Ministerial Summit on Health Research". Archived from the original on October 29, 2004.
  5. ^ "ePORTUGUÊSe network goals".
  6. ^ "Community of Portuguese Language Countries". Archived from the original on 2012-11-01. Retrieved 2013-04-29.
  7. ^ "Virtual Health Library".
  8. ^ "Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information".
  9. ^ "Blue Trunk Library".
  10. ^ "HINARI".
  11. ^ "HIFA-pt". Archived from the original on 2013-04-08. Retrieved 2012-07-12.

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