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Date:         Thu, 23 Jul 1992 14:55:18 -0700
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From:         "Dr. Carlos Alejandro Gamboa" <GAMBOACA@PAHOHQ.BITNET>
Subject:      FIRST REGIONAL HEALTH INFORMATION CONGRES
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          Dear Postmaster:


          I would like your permission to post this announcment in
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          Thanks.


          Dr. Carlos A. Gamboa
          gamboaca@pahohq


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                        ****** SECOND CALL ******


          1st REGIONAL CONGRESS ON HEALTH SCIENCES INFORMATION
                           OCTOBER 14-16, 1992
                          Sao Paulo, SP. BRAZIL


        Organizer: Latin American and Caribbean Health Center on
                        Health Science - BIREME.
            Pan American Health Organization, Regional Office
                    of the World Health Organization.




PROGRAMMEE:


      The Congress activities are: Conferences, Round Tables, Courses and
Equipment fair with Open house of BIREME services.


      The 3rd. Meeting of the Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences
Network representatives will be held after the Congress on the 17th, under the
coordination of Dr. Jose Romero Teruel, Health Systems Infrastructure,
PAHO/WHO.


      Simultaneous interpretation will be provided (Portuguese, Spanish, English
)
for Conferences and Round Tables.


I. CONFERENCES


Themes and speakers.


      * Health for all and scientific and technological Information. Dr. Carlyle
      Guerra de Macedo. Director PAHO/WHO.


      * Information systems and new technologies. Dr. P.K. Abeytunga,
      Director, Canadian Centre of Occupational Health Safety. Canada


      * Medical Informatics. Dr. Daniel Sigulem. President of the Brazilian
      Association of Medical Informatics. Escola Paulista de Medicina. Sao
      Paulo, Brazil.


      * Document Image Delivery System. Dr. George Thoma. Chief,
      Communications and Image Engineering. US National Library of
      Medicine.


      * Data base searching: history, current and future developments. Dr.
      Andrew Buxton. Institute of Development Studies. University of Sussex.
      UK
      * Academic Networks in the Region. Dr. Tadao Takahashi, Chief,
      Research Network. CNPq/Brazilian Research Council.


      * Development of Health Sciences Information. Dr. Celia Zaher, Director
      BIREME; Abel Packer, Data Processing and Systems/BIREME.




II. ROUND TABLES




      * Latin American and Caribbean health Sciences Information: Its
      expansion and the challenge of the future.
      Coordinator: Dr. Celia R. Zaher, BIREME
      Speakers: Mrs. Alecia Freitas de Acosta, Venezuela; Dra. Gladys Faba,
      Mexico; Mrs. Laxmi Mansingh, Jamaica; Mrs. Sylvia Anabalon, Chile.




      * New Technologies and its impact in developing countries.
      Coordinator: Dr. Martha B. Stone, IDRC/Canada.
      Speakers: Dr. Andrew Buxton. UK; Dr. Antonio Lisboa C. Miranda,
      IBICT/Brazil; Dr. Carlos A. Gamboa, PAHO/WHO; Dr. P.K. Abeytunga,
      Canada.


      * A multidisciplinary approach to health information: the view-points of
      Health Sciences specialists and information professionals.
      Coordinator: Mrs. Lois Ann Colaianni. US NLM.
      Speakers: Dr. Derek Law, IFLA/UK; Dr. Flair Carrilho, Faculty of
      Medicine USP/Brazil; Dr. J. Felix Patino, FEPAFEM/Colombia; Mrs
      Rosaly F. Krzyzanowski Odontologia/USP.




III. Courses offered before, during and after the Congress.


      COURSES BEFORE AND AFTER THE CONGRESS


      @ Access to BIREME's Data Bases (2 days, 16 hours) Portuguese
        Date: 12-13/10   COST: US$ 75.00

        + DeCS structure
        + Bibliographic research strategy.
        + Access to BIREME's Data bases: LILACS, MEDLINE, HEALTH,
          DeCS, SeCS
        + On-line commuting.


      @ Methodology LILACS ( 2 weeks, 80 hours) Portuguese
        Date: 19-30/10    COST: US$ 200.00


        + Operating and managing data bases
        + Bibliographic description
        + Indexing.


The Number of participants is limited by the availability of microcomputers;
                        2 participant/equipment.


                       -It is necessary to reserve
                     - Payment to be made at BIREME.




                       COURSES DURING THE CONGRESS


       1. Introduction to databases access: online and CD-ROM; online delivery
      service, BITNIS, BIREME ( Portuguese ).


      2. Softwares developed by BIREME: bibliographic description, indexing
      union catalog of serials, loan services, BIREME ( Portuguese)


      3. Management of Information Systems: a) Costs; b) Evaluation
      methodology, Dr. Francisco Tancredi, Kellogg Foundation. ( Portuguese);
      c) Project building, Mrs Fay Durrant, IDRC, Canada ( Spanish ).


      4. Modern development in information retrieval; gateways, hipertext, etc.
      Dr. Andrew Buxton. UK ( English )


      5. Marketing of Information systems, Prof Amelia Silveira, UFSC/Brazil
      (Portuguese).


      6. New technologies and information supply. Dr. P.K. Abeytunga,
      CCOHS, Canada (English).


      7. The medical librarian: today and tomorrow. Mrs. Lois Ann Colaianni.
      US NLM (English)


      8. Health Legislation. Mrs Monica Bolis, PAHO and Rubens Medina US
      Library of Congress. (Spanish)




                       REGISTRATION FEE US DOLLARS


                    Until 30/7   After 30/7   During
                                              Congress


Participants        80.00        90.00        100.00


Official
Representatives     70.00        80.00         90.00


Students            40.00        45.00         50.00


Courses during
Congress            25.00        35.00         45.00




                                 PAYMENT


Please send the registration form and receipt or check to:


                             BIREME/CONGRESO
                            Rua Botucatu 862
                             Vila Clementino
                         CEP 04023 Sao Paulo, SP
                                 BRASIL




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                            REGISTRATION FORM


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Name: ..............................................


Address: ..........................................


City: .............................................


State: ........... Zip Code ............................


Country: ...............................................


Phone: .............. Fax: .............E-mail:............


Profession:................. Institution: ...................


Official Representative: ....................................


                               PAYMENT BY


Check enclosed /_/


Check Number:...........................


Bank: ..................................


Agency: ................................


The payment covers:
Registration fee     $____
Courses              $____
Total                $____






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                               HOTELS  US$


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                          SINGLE       DOUBLE


WALDORF                   41.00        50.00
STAGIUM                   41.00        50.00
SOUEN                     41.00        50.00
MONT HERMON               60.00        70.00
POETA DRUMMOND            65.00        78.00
CONTEMPORANEO             84.00        84.00
IBIRAPUERA PARK           84.00        90.00


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FOR EACH APARTMENT SEND A CHECK OF US$ 100.00 PAYABLE TO:
                    MARINGA PASSAGENS E TURISMO LTDA.


ADDRESS:


      Maringa Passagens e Turismo LTDA.
      Al. Gabriel Monteiro da silva, 1844
      CEP 01442 Sao Paulo SP- BRASIL
      Phone: 881-2688  FAX 649140


N.B. The value of the check will be deducted from the total amount of your
account.




                                 BIREME
             LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN CENTER ON HEALTH
                          SCIENCES INFORMATION
            Rua Botucatu 862 Caixa Postal 20382 V. Clementino
                       04023 Sao Paulo, SP. BRASIL


        TEL: (011) 549-2611  TELEX (11) 22143  FAX (011)571-1919
                     E-MAIL  BIREME@BRFAPESP.BITNET
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