Partnership to support health of individuals, environmental health projects and capacity building building
Description
The telehealth and telemendicine center works on medical teleconsultation, virtual seminaries to health professionals, environmental health assistance on a daily base. Moreover he delivers learning at distance to pupils and professors of public health and environmental health. In the meantime the staff members develop researches, attend international conferences on e-health and environmental health and keep on maintaining and developing the network of consultants and experts. Last but not least it edits and disseminate multimedia tutorials about good practices in medicine and environmental health issues
As in her methodology, the capacity building and technology transfer is based mainly in Information and Communication Technology tools and global networking.
The Telehealth and Telemedicine Center of Amazonas is the headquarter of the partnership. Nowadays, such a center, set-up inside the academic environment of the University of the State of Amazonas many years ago, has already expanded his network of brazilian national and international consultants in medicine, public health, environmental engineering, information and communication technologies (ICT) as much as to provide assistance to about 25 of the 53 municipalities of the huge territory of the Amazonas State over 1.5 millions of square kilometers. Moreover, the multi campus structure of the bachelor of public health, chiefly sustained by the ICT of the Center, enables to get in touch and keep contacts with 470 pupils, 18 professors of public health and environmental health and, through them, with mayors and ministers of the isolated municipalities of the State of Amazonas. In practice the Telehealth and Telemedicine Center of Amazonas has established a strong network of beneficiaries inside the State of Amazonas and a strong network of national and international consultants and experts, supporting in various disciplines. The international networking was made possible by the experience of some staff members having previously worked in United Nations and in international cooperation agencies, therefore with a big portfolio of highly qualified and influent relations.
SDGS & Targets
Goal 3
Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
3.1
3.1.1
Maternal mortality ratio
3.1.2
Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel
3.2
3.2.1
Under-five mortality rate
3.2.2
Neonatal mortality rate
3.3
By 2030, end the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and neglected tropical diseases and combat hepatitis, water-borne diseases and other communicable diseases
3.3.1
Number of new HIV infections per 1,000 uninfected population, by sex, age and key populations
3.3.2
Tuberculosis incidence per 100,000 population
3.3.3
Malaria incidence per 1,000 population
3.3.4
Hepatitis B incidence per 100,000 population
3.3.5
Number of people requiring interventions against neglected tropical diseases
3.4
3.4.1
Mortality rate attributed to cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes or chronic respiratory disease
3.4.2
Suicide mortality rate
3.5
Strengthen the prevention and treatment of substance abuse, including narcotic drug abuse and harmful use of alcohol
3.5.1
Coverage of treatment interventions (pharmacological, psychosocial and rehabilitation and aftercare services) for substance use disorders
3.5.2
Alcohol per capita consumption (aged 15 years and older) within a calendar year in litres of pure alcohol
3.6
3.6.1
Death rate due to road traffic injuries
3.7
By 2030, ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health-care services, including for family planning, information and education, and the integration of reproductive health into national strategies and programmes
3.7.1
Proportion of women of reproductive age (aged 15-49 years) who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern methods
3.7.2
Adolescent birth rate (aged 10-14 years; aged 15-19 years) per 1,000 women in that age group
3.8
Achieve universal health coverage, including financial risk protection, access to quality essential health-care services and access to safe, effective, quality and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all
3.8.1
Coverage of essential health services
3.8.2
Proportion of population with large household expenditures on health as a share of total household expenditure or income
3.9
3.9.1
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution
3.9.2
Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (exposure to unsafe Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for All (WASH) services)
3.9.3
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning
3.a
3.a.1
Age-standardized prevalence of current tobacco use among persons aged 15 years and older
3.b
Support the research and development of vaccines and medicines for the communicable and non-communicable diseases that primarily affect developing countries, provide access to affordable essential medicines and vaccines, in accordance with the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health, which affirms the right of developing countries to use to the full the provisions in the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights regarding flexibilities to protect public health, and, in particular, provide access to medicines for all
3.b.1
Proportion of the target population covered by all vaccines included in their national programme
3.b.2
3.b.3
Proportion of health facilities that have a core set of relevant essential medicines available and affordable on a sustainable basis
3.c
3.c.1
Health worker density and distribution
3.d
Strengthen the capacity of all countries, in particular developing countries, for early warning, risk reduction and management of national and global health risks
3.d.1
International Health Regulations (IHR) capacity and health emergency preparedness
3.d.2
Percentage of bloodstream infections due to selected antimicrobial-resistant organisms
SDG 14 targets covered
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Nando Campanella, Telemedicine and Environmental Health Advisor