The
main objective of the MASCOT project is to stimulate the
cooperation between countries from 3 world regions (Europe, Africa, and
Latin America) in order to identify and implement adequate and efficient
country-specific strategies for tackling health inequalities
preferentially affecting children, adolescents and mothers.
We
are very pleased to inform that the October 1, 2011 is the official start
date of the MASCOT project presented jointly by a consortium of partner
organizations in Europe, Latin America and Africa. IHCAI Foundation
is responsible for the development of a critical cross work package of
this project which is funded by the European Economic Community
within the Framework 7.
A nine-minute
video featuring members of the Cochrane Consumer Network describing
how they work together and contribute to improve health care in communities
around the world.
Claudia
Cattivera an Argentinean patient started the initiative for working with other
patients, and providing information for patients prepared by patients, she has
proposed a very interesting road for advocating for patients rights and
changing the patient doctor relationship working along with health
professionals.
She and
other collaborators are building the Spanish-speaking branch of Cochrane
Consumer Network (CCNet), IHCAI
Foundation is very committed with Claudia Cattivera and “Pacientes Online”
initiative, this is other of our priorities.
A review of
the use of folic acid to prevent neural tube birth defects, a health
policy successfully implemented by several countries, has proved
beneficial to the collective health of their populations by more than 30 years. This is an initiative run by the IHCAI Foundation
and Academy of Medicine of Buenos Aires, with the support of the
Iberoamerican Cochrane Network (IBC) and the Pan American Health
Organization (PAHO). This initiative has as one of its goals, strengthening
the development of research and their use in the healthcare decision making.
He is co-funded by the Wellcome Trust Engagement Programs and is presented
in Spanish at:
IHCAI Foundation co-organized
and co-hosted with the Universidad Nacional - Costa Rica the International
Conference EVIDENCE / BIOETHICS - 2008. The event succesfully had 18
countries, 48 organizations and more than 300 participants. The proceedings are now on
line. Click here!
International Health Central
American Institute
Foundation
IHCAI Foundation has its
headquartes in
San José, Costa Rica, Central America.
IHCAI Foundation is an equal
opportunity organization and do not make
any preference by gender, race,
sexual orientation or political opinions
and rejects those openly racist,
Nazi or Neo Nazi oriented.
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