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September 2005
Newsletter VHL 020 30/September/2005
9th International Congress on Medical Librarianship (ICML9)
- Authorities speak out in favor of equitable access to information on health
- Speech of PAHO's Director highlights the importance of access to information for health
- Conferences focus on the state of the art in scientific knowledge and information
- Declaration of Salvador: Commitment to Equity
- The Perspective of the Developing World in the Declaration of Salvador on Open Access
- The VHL consolidates its role as a public reference space for technical and scientific information on health
Authorities speak out in favor of equitable access to information on health After 10 days of conferences, meetings and courses centered around
the equitable access to information on health, the ICML9/ CRICS7
ended on Friday, September 23 2005, in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
In the closing session, the Declarations of Salvador were approved
by consensus. These declarations call for a commitment to equity
and to the Open Access to scientific information movement, reaffirming
the importance of the VHL, SciELO and ScienTI networks Speech of PAHO's Director highlights the importance of access to information for health In a speech delivered in the opening ceremony of the ICML9/CRICS7,
the Director of PAHO, Mirta Roses Periago, highlighted the importance
of establishing policies to promote access to information and knowledge
on health to foster social development and equity. She also acknowledged
the technical cooperation between BIREME and PAHO, through the VHS Conferences focus on the state of the art in scientific knowledge and information Free access to information and knowledge in line with the Commitment
to Equity was the main topic of the ICML9. The quality and scope
of the scientific program were highlighted during the opening ceremony
by the Director of BIREME and General Coordinator of the Congress,
Abel Packer, by PAHO's Director, Mirta Roses Periago, and by the
Secretary of Science, Technology and Strategic Input of the Ministry
of Health, Moisés Goldbaum, representing the Minister of
Health, Saraiva Felipe, by the Secretary of Health of the State
of Bahia, José Antonio Rodrigues Alves, representing the
Governor of the State of Bahia, Paulo Souto, and by the Municipal
Secretary of Health, Luis Eugênio de Souza, representing the
Mayor of Salvador, João Henrique de Barradas Carneiro Declaration of Salvador: Commitment to Equity Discussed and acclaimed in the closing plenary session of the
ICML9/CRICS7, on September 23 2005, in the Yemanjá Auditorium,
in the Convention Center of Bahia, the Declaration of Salvador "Commitment
to Equity", states that universal access to information and
knowledge is essential to promote the health and quality of life
of individuals The Perspective of the Developing World in the Declaration of Salvador on Open Access Acclaimed by the participants of the ICML9/CRICS7, the Declaration
of Salvador on Open Access, named "The Perspective of the Developing
World ", was the result of the International Seminar on Open
Access for developing countries, an event held concurrently with
the congress, on September 21 and 22 2005 in the city of Salvador,
Bahia, Brazil The VHL consolidates its role as a public reference space for technical and scientific information on health The 4th Regional Coordination Meeting of the Virtual Health Library
(VHL4) was held before the ICML9/CRICS7 and gathered approximately
500 participants from more than 40 countries in the Xangô
Auditorium at the Convention Center of Bahia, in Salvador, Brazil,
on September 19 and 20 2005. The proposals of the 14 Working Groups
stress the VHL's role as a reference for information on health.
The Declaration of Salvador - "Commitment to Equity",
presented and approved by acclamation in the closing session, was
another important outcome of the meeting |
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