NEWS
EVENTS
ISPOR – 20th Annual European Congress
/in EventsISPOR – 20th Annual European Congress, 4 – 8 November 2017; Glasgow, Scotland. Abstract submission opens: 27 March 2017. https://www.ispor.org/Event/index/2017Glasgow
ISPOR – 6th Latin America Conference
/in Events15 – 17 September 2017; Sao Paulo, Brazil. “Driving Better Health Outcomes Through Stakeholder Engagement”. Hotel Transamerica Sao Paulo. Abstract submission deadline: 23 March 2017. https://www.ispor.org/Event/index/2017SaoPaulo
III Cluster Health Forum of Latin America
/in EventsIII Cluster Health Forum of Latin America, August 23 and 24, 2017; Medellín, Colombia. Plaza Mayor Medellín. “Towards a preventive health system”. http://www.foroclustersalud.com/
XVI Annual Meeting of the Ibero-American Cochrane Network
/in EventsXVI Annual Meeting of the Ibero-American Cochrane Network, June 5 – 7, 2017. Medellín, Colombia. “Synthesis and transfer of knowledge”. http://es.cochrane.org/es/news/xvi-reuni%C3%B3n-anual-de-la-red-cochrane-iberoamericana-en-medell%C3%ADn-colombia-del-5-al-7-de-junio-de
ISPOR – 22nd Annual International Meeting
/in EventsISPOR – 22nd Annual International Meeting, May 20 – 24, 2017; Boston (MA), USA. “Evidence and Value in a Time of Social and Policy Change”. Sheraton Boston Hotel y John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center. https://www.ispor.org/Event/index/2017Boston
World Malaria Day – 25 April 2016
/in News“End malaria for good” 2 billion people are exposed to malaria There were 214 million new cases of malaria worldwide on 2015 There were 438.000 deaths caused by malaria in 2015 Between 2000 and 2015, 57 countries achieved reductions in new malaria cases of least 75 % http://www.who.int/campaigns/malaria-day/2016/en/
Term for the nomination of health technologies for the Health Benefits Plan
/in NewsThe Ministry of Health and Social Protection has opened the call for nomination of health technologies for inclusion in the Plan of Benefits under the UPC, between 04/01/2017 and 05/31/2017. More information at: https://www.minsalud.gov.co/Lists/Calendario1/DispForm.aspx?ID=742
Ministry of Health of Colombia nominates 10 technologies and services to the “list of exclusions”.
/in NewsThe Ministry considers that none of them has enough evidence of efficacy and safety, and therefore should not be paid with public resources allocated to health: https://www.minsalud.gov.co/sites/rid/Lists/BibliotecaDigital/RIDE/VP/RBC/nominaciones-primera-semana-resolucion-330-2017.pdf Theophyline Anakinra Diazepam for the treatment of eclampsia Phenytoin for the treatment of eclampsia Breast reconstruction with prosthesis before postmastectomy radiotherapy Therapeutic shades for the treatment of autism […]
EpiInfo on-site course.
/in NewsInstituto Nacional de Salud (Colombian National Health Institute) will develop this course in Bogotá from May 15 to 19, 2017. More information on http://www.ins.gov.co/curso-epiinfo7/index.html
Patients and experts will determine what benefits the system will not pay.
/in NewsThe Ministry of Health and Social Protection presents the methodology to determine which services and technologies will not be financed with public resources. https://www.minsalud.gov.co/Paginas/Pacientes-y-expertos-determinaran-que-prestaciones-no-pagara-el-sistema.aspx