LILACS’ 35 years of collaborative work supporting health in Latin America and the Caribbean: solidarity is about sharing
LILACS celebrates 35 years improving the visibility and access to Latin America and the Caribbean’s scientific output.
LILACS is maintained and updated by a network of educational, governmental, and health research institutions coordinated by BIREME/PAHO/WHO.
The database includes 898 scientific journals from 21 countries in the Region.
To celebrate LILACS 35th Anniversary, PAHO/WHO through BIREME is holding a virtual event with the slogan “Solidarity is about sharing”. It will address the ways LILACS has been supporting the countries to provide visibility to their health scientific and technical output.
Event information
Date: October 29, 2020 (Thursday)
Time: 11:00 am (GMT -3)
- Find out the time of your city in the following link
- Event in Spanish with English interpretation
Zoom link: http://bit.ly/LILACS35
Agenda
Welcome words
Dr. Diego González, Director of BIREME/PAHO/WHO.
Opening words
Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, Assistant Director of PAHO/WHO.
Opening words
Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, Assistant Director of PAHO/WHO.
LILACS: trajectory of commitment and innovation for accessing Latin America and the Caribbean health scientific and technical information
Sueli Mitiko Yano Suga, Supervisor of Referential Information Sources at BIREME/PAHO/WHO.
The health scholarly communication ecosystem and the role of LILACS in Latin America and the Caribbean
Veronica Abdala, Manager of Information Sources Production at BIREME/PAHO/WHO.
Launching of the updated criteria for selection and permanence of LILACS journals
Sueli Mitiko Yano Suga, Supervisor of Referential Information Sources at BIREME/PAHO/WHO
Presentation of LILACS’ celebratory website
Dr. Diego González, Director of BIREME/PAHO/WHO.
Concluding remarks
Dr Sebastián Garcia, Director of the Department of Evidence and Intelligence for Action in Health. EIH/PAHO/WHO.
