Thematic Breakout Session:

Health & Biomedical Data & Metadata

Report by:

Bill Anderson

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Number of attendees : 12

What are some of the most promising existing models or mechanisms for providing such access?

• To built nets to integrate, to facilitate the collaboration and to faster the contacts among institutions.

• To promote courses and events to discuss policies and rules to the open and permanent access of data base information

• To create financial support towards the objectives for this new policy• To promote a intensive program to improve the discussion on these matters to

better inform the responsible for the museums on the advantages of this new policy that could be built to serve all institutions

• To implement courses to create professionals able to use the new technologies on this matters

• Try to sensibilize politicians about all difficulties the restrictive laws are causing in scientific issues

Questions

What are some potential realistic cooperative activities in Latin America to help address the challenges and barriers

that have been identified?

1. Ecosystems, climate & health projects [partner GEOSS]

Demonstration project linking PAHO public health indexes with climate indexes (e.g., Dengue fever and temperature)

Activities would include, for example

bibliography of LA papers on dengue fever

Monitoring disease vector (transmission) activity

use legacy and new data types

Digitize old climate & health records and make available

Generate scenarios for interventions (local, national, regional)

Write a proposal:

Stakeholders: OTCA, FIOCRUZ, PAHO, INPE, NOAACoordinators: Lais Costa (FIOCRUZ), Janette, Aguirre (OTCA)

What are some potential realistic cooperative activities in Latin America to help address the challenges and barriers

that have been identified?

2. Telehealth University network LA Based on national telehealth programs of Brazil and Mexico Based on telehealth initiatives in Columbia, Ecuador, Chile Orgs: REDClara, RNP, CENTEC, CEDIA, FUNDATEL, RENATA,

FIOCRUZ, OTCA, PAHO, & IDB, WBPractical steps:

form working group on telehealth under REDClaranetworking institutionsvideo conference sessionseach LA country submit member proposal

(strengthening national and local capacity) write a final proposal Coordinators: Luiz Ary Messina, Carlos Castillo-Salgado

Start date: 1 June 2007 End date: 30 August 2007

What are some potential realistic cooperative activities in Latin America to help address the challenges and barriers

that have been identified?

3. Capacity building and training in health & biomedical data

internships with young professionals, sabbaticals with experienced professionals (International, interdisciplinary sabbaticals)

Link virtual campuses in Latin America

List available online programs on health and environment

Recommendation

National Academies recommend support for the sustainability of fundamental initiatives, such as REDClara

[Financial support from the EU has increased.]

Help build political support and provide advice for these kinds of sustainable activities

Can the NA help build relations with the private sector?

How can such new or improved initiatives specifically be implemented and who should be

involved?

• HOW? • WHO?

Any final comments or thoughts