Pan American Health Organization

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Biannual Meeting of the CARMEN Network General
Assembly Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 13-14 November
2003 Lucimar Coser Cannon Raul Murillo Karla
Polito

• Pan American Health Organization
• Pan American Sanitary Bureau
• Regional Office for the Americas for the
• World Health Organization

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C A R M E N Conjunto de Acciones para la
Reduccion Multifactorial de Enfermedades No
transmisibles Integrated Noncommunicable
Disease Prevention

• Pan American Health Organization
• Pan American Sanitary Bureau
• Regional Office for the Americas for the
• World Health Organization

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• PAHO, as the CARMEN Network Secretariat,
  translates the demands of the countries into
  action.
• Disseminates information
• Advocates and markets for NCD prevention
• Mobilizes resource
• Supports the development, and implementation of
  national plans
• Provides administrative support
• Looks for integration with affinity areas and
  sectors

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Report of the Secretariat

• What have we done?
• What are we doing?
• What do we need to do?

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What have we done?

• CARMEN Book
• CARMEN Brochure
• Glossary of frequently used terms
• Virtual Communication tools

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What have we done?

• Fact Sheets
• Networks and Coalitions in collaboration with the
  Ohio State University (20) Modified and
  translated into Spanish
• World Health Report 2002
• Policy Observatory
• Public Policies
• FAQ of CARMEN
• Global Forum on NCD Prevention and Control

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Third Meeting of the CARMEN Network Directing
Board

• New members Peru and Panama
• Collaborative members
• CARLI
• The Americas Network for Chronic Disease
  Surveillance
• The Physical Activity Network of
• the Americas
• The Produce for Better Health Foundation 5 A
  Day for Better Health

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Third Meeting of the CARMEN Network Directing
Board

• Group discussion topics
• The development, implementation, and evaluation
  of CARMEN Programs and Projects
• The CARMEN Virtual Community
• Management of the CARMEN Network
• Detailed Report Available

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Third Meeting of the CARMEN Network Directing
Board

• After requested by participants, the Secretariat
• Developed Terms of Reference for its Listserv,
  Newsletter, and Bulletin Board
• Updated the How to Join the Network fact sheet
• Developed a draft of the Networks Plan of Action
  2003/2004
• Worked with the CARLI Sub-regional Network to
  develop a proposal for CARMEN Network Management

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Joint Statement Between PAHO and NHLBI for
collaboration in CVD Prevention and Control in
the Americas

• Purpose to provide technical support for the
  implementation of new guidelines and tools that
  can be adapted to low-resource settings for
  maximum effectiveness
• NHLBI is a WHO/PAHO collaborating center in CVD
  research and is one of the largest and oldest CVD
  research institutes in the world.

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What are we doing?

• Working to develop the CARMEN School in
  collaboration with SLU and the Catholic
  University of Chile
• Meeting with MoH of prospective member countries
• Maintaining all legislation and country
  information in order to be an updated clearing
  house of information

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What do we still need to do?

• Develop specific ToR for potential CARMEN
  collaborating centers
• Develop a database on working groups in the
  Network
• Create a directory of all the initiatives taking
  place in the Region
• To further develop CARMEN School
• LAB certification

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Difficulties?

• HHRR
• Financial constraints
• Lack of integration
• Turf issues

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Challenges?

• Keep our virtual community update
• Prompt answer to members demands
• Include, maintain and extend NCD prevention in
  the agenda (internal, regional and international)
• CARMEN Network must be
• Scientifically sound
• Dynamic
• Collaborative (Solidarity)
• And ????

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Portfolio of Special Projects
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• THANK YOU