ANNOUNCEMENTS

Publications

The WHO’s 2004 AnnualReview: General Director’s Report was presented at the 58th World Health Assembly, on May 25, 2005 in Geneva..

In assessing the job of the WHO in 2004, the report includes key events indicating the scope and diversity of actions carried out by the organization in all regions and countries.

One of the most notable issues of this year’s World Health Assembly was the approval of a new International Health Rules Book to handle international public health emergencies. The new norms aim to “prevent and protect against the spread of disease internationally, and provide a public health response.” The SARS outbreak in 2003 and more recent outbreaks of avian flu have called for new guidelines to define the role of each country and the WHO in detecting health emergencies and responding to them.

Click here to see the International Health Rules: Reglamento Sanitario International - en inglés

Events

The IX INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE will be held at Havana’s Convention Center on September 5-10, 2005.

The main topics include:

• Perceptual processing and recognition
• Neural plasticity
• Affective processing
• Decision making and response selection
• Attention and awareness
• Memory
• Language
• Social cognition
• Math abilities
• Cognitive studies of human individuality
• Developmental cognition and learning
• Brain pathologies
• Integration of brain imaging techniques
• Measuring neural circuitry in cognitive processes

For further information, please visit http://www.cneuro.edu.cu/icon9/index.htm or contact the Organizing Committee.

Cuban Neuroscience Center
Ave 25 # 15208,
Cubanacan, Playa, Cuba.
Phone: (53-7) 208-4461
             (53-7) 208-6375
Fax:      (53-7) 208-6707
Email: icon9@cneuro.edu.cu

The 4th National Symposium and 3rd International Meeting “HealthSurveillance 2005” will be held at the Pedro Kourí Intitute of Tropical Medicine from October 4-7, 2005.

Sponsored by the Pedro Kourí Institute of Tropical Medicine (IPK), the Latin American Center for Disaster Medicine (CLAMED), the National School of Public Health (ENSAP), and the Pan American Health Organization (OPS), this event includes the following topics:

• Epidemiological Stratification. Geographical Information Systems. Design; Methods; and Applications
• Analysis of health picture and quality of life. Methods and techniques. Application experiences
• Emerging and re-emerging diseases. Surveillance
• Surveillance in natural or man-made emergencies
• Surveillance system for non-transmissible chronic diseases and their risk factors
• Prediction Methods in Public Health
• Information and knowledge management in Public Health
• Social Sciences in Public Health
• Epidemiology for Primary Health Care
• Surveillance for Health Management
• Applications

For information on the Symposium, please visit its website at:
http://cencomed.sld.cu/vigilancia/index.htm or contact:

Nancy Sánchez Tarragó
Organizing Committee
vigilancia2004@infomed.sld.cu

Phones: (537)553405 and (537)553350