Foro de Salud Pblica para las Amricas Retos

Foro de Salud Pública para las Américas Retos sobre Bioética y Salud Pública Carlos Castillo-Salgado, Foro Regional de Salud Pública OPS-OMS, Washington, DC XI World Congress on Public Health – VIII Brazilian Congress on Collective Health Riocentro Convention Center Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 22 August 2006

PAHO’s Regional Forum Team Members • • • Luis Galvao, SDE Manuel Peña, PWR Representative, Peru Charles Godue, SHD/HRR Hugo Prado, GPP/RP José Antonio Escamilla, PWR Brazil Rafael Mazin, FCH/AI Marcelo D'Agostino, IKM Rosalba Ruiz, FO-USMB Cristina Puentes Markides, SHD Luís Gerardo Castellanos, PWR/México Carlos Castillo-Salgado, DD/RF. Team Leader FORO REGIONAL DE SALUD PUBLICA PARA LAS AMERICAS/OPS Dr. Carlos Castillo-Salgado

Challenges of XXI Century • • • Globalization Biodefense and bioterrorism Epidemiological Polarization Environmental changes and natural disasters Information revolution and divide Social Inequities Dr. Carlos Castillo-Salgado. PAHO Forum for Public Health in the Americas. forum@paho. org

Commitments Establish a Forum to complement PAHO's traditional governance and policy-making bodies and activities Selecting two or three annual topics as a focus for the PAHO Forum Permanent public health Forum Individual Forum events Multiple perspectives, insight and creative solutions Dr. Carlos Castillo-Salgado. PAHO Forum for Public Health in the Americas. forum@paho. org

Concept of the PAHO’s Regional Forum • The Forum is proposed as a coordinating mechanism for academia, civil society, NGO’s, intergovernmental agencies and the private sector to discuss, debate, and contribute to close the knowledge-for-action gap on selected important public health topics. • Opportunity for dialogue and “out of the box” thinking without the constraints of traditional governance procedures. • Opportunity for the diverse parties who have expertise in a specific public health areas to share their knowledge with the Organization and to learn from each other. Dr. Carlos Castillo-Salgado. PAHO Forum for Public Health in the Americas. forum@paho. org

Concept of Regional Forum • The Regional Forum is not just a conference. • It is a network of interested and expert professionals and leaders throughout the Americas whom will convene at various intervals to discuss relevant issues. • Supporting the redirection of the public health work in the Americas Dr. Carlos Castillo-Salgado. PAHO Forum for Public Health in the Americas. forum@paho. org

3 Key components • Incorporation of the social determinants of health • Review and propose relevant health information and new health metrics • Translating evidence into practice and use of health impact assessment Dr. Carlos Castillo-Salgado. PAHO Forum for Public Health in the Americas. forum@paho. org

Public Health Ethics • PHE has been defined as “the analysis and application of principles and values to public health professional practice”. • Ethical analysis clarifies moral issues in complex situations by identifying and balancing ethical principles involved in specific situations. . • Coughlin, SS et al. 1997 Dr. Carlos Castillo-Salgado. PAHO Forum for Public Health in the Americas. forum@paho. org

Ethical perspectives for public health • The bioethics challenge of equity: its significance in public health • Global trade, health and ethics of social determinants of health • • The ethics of public health decision making Mainstreaming social justice: human rights, forced migration • Biotechnology, Biodefense, cloning, genetic testing and screening in public heath • The ethics and the conduct of public health surveillance • Rising the profile of Public health ethics in the Americas: time for debate Dr. Carlos Castillo-Salgado. PAHO Forum for Public Health in the Americas. forum@paho. org

Thanks for your participation How to contact PAHO’s Regional Forum: Forum for Public Health in the Americas Pan American Health Organization 525 23 rd. St. , NW Washington, DC 20037 Tel (202) 974 -3327 forum@paho. org Dr. Carlos Castillo-Salgado. PAHO Forum for Public Health in the Americas. forum@paho. org