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Pan-Amazonian Network of
Science, Technology and
Innovation in Health
Atibaia, May 9th, 2007
Laís Costa – laiscosta@fiocruz.br
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Globalization, Health and Sustainable Development
Health Sector  human development, equity and social justice
Unexplored potential of health sector to achieve development goals.
Health industry, research, market, services, education  relevant tool
for the regional integration and development
Technologic and economic importance: innovation, job, profit
Brazilian & The International Agenda
→ Health Sector’s importance for human and overall development;
→The project must foster national development and regional
integration through the empowerment of endogenous resources.
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Mundial jungle covering distribution –
Distribuição
da Cobertura
Florestal
M undial Amazon
countries,
except
Guyanne
Países Amazônicos (exceto guiana Francesa)
Française.
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18
22,3
21,1
17,5
18,5
82%
Child mortality rate (by 1000 born.)
Source: OPAS, 2005
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Amazon and strategic development
•Region of global interest, low HDI - poor access to basic services;
•One of the richest biodiversity - better competitiveness;
•Forest’s potential - social inclusion, industrial development;
•Urgent needs to develop environmental management;
•Common issues & cooperative work
•Improvement of S&T capacity - mutual effort work;
•Empowerment of population - guarantee of resources’ sustainable
use;
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Amazon - Challenges
 To establish the Amazon’s importance in a global set;
 To implement public policies to develop science,
technology, biotechnology and innovation skills;
 To preserve biodiversity stimulating research;
 Foster civil society’s participation to definition
priorities and policies evaluation implementation;
 To approach strategically the health sector in Amazon
for the national and South American development;
 To establish a natural resources management.
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Pan-Amazonian Network of ST&I/H
The need to address regional matters locally
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There's a recognition that challenges concerning to
sustainable development of Amazon, and building science,
technology and innovation in health research skills is no
longer considered a domestic one, but a regional, or better,
a global, one.
There's a recognition of the mutual benefit of addressing the
challenge in collaboration with other Amazonian countries,
specifically, and other countries and development agencies
and initiatives.
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Amazon and Fiocruz:
Amazon has been highlighted as a strategic
basis for developing knowledge and
innovation which concerns not only to
Brazil, but either for all South America and
other countries.
Rubber tapper’s Home at Amazon, 1912
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Amazon and OTCA
OTCA succeeded in building a
political arena of regional dialogue
OTCA consolidated initiatives in topics such as:
 Health;
 Water resources;
 Sustainable management of forests; and
 Social participation.
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Amazon and OTCA
OTCA search values such as:
 conservation and sustainable use of renewable natural
resources;
 forests, soils and protected areas;
 improvement of social infrastructure (health in
particular);
 integration and regional competitiveness, biological
diversity, biotechnology and biotrade;
 knowledge; and
 institutional strengthening.
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Fiocruz, OTCA and Amazon
Cooperation networks as a tool to overcome
challenges
 Mutual benefits recognition of a coordinated work trough
international cooperation
“Pan-Amazonian Network of S,T & I/H”
as an answer to demands of the “Amazon agreement in
S,T&I/H” strategic planning.
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Fiocruz, OTCA e Amazônia
PROJECT
Pan-amazonian Network of
Science, Technology &
Innovation in Health
Agreement
GOVERNANC
E
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Borders
MANAGEMEN
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Amazon Agreement
A technical-scientific cooperation among Amazon institutes
to develop common researches and programs to know the real
scenario on Amazon health, their epidemiologic reality and
develop, as well as, to implement and to evaluate health,
innovation and S&T policies.
•Common problems and challenges
regional strategies.
•Importance of strengthening scientific research.
•Necessity of installing the Pan-Amazonian Network of ST&IH.
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Health Frontiers and the Brazil three times program
Technical Relevance
It promotes analysis of the dynamics of the Brazilian health
sector and build scenarios, parameters and index.
Political relevance
It is a “Brazil three times program” module; it is a tool to
subsidize decision making within the State’s development
policy.
Brazil 3 times Program
Brazil’s strategic plan which is not a government policy but a
State’s one. It contemplates strategies until the year of 2022.
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Pan-Amazonian Network of ST&I/H
Challenges
1. To implement a ST&H/I International Cooperative
Network with members of the Amazon Pact and
Amazon agreement in ST&I/H;
2. To stablish an Strategic Agenda for developing
ST&IH in the region (sustainable development,
globalization and citizenship).
Date: July 2007
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Pan-Amazonian Network of ST&I/H
 Executive Committee Structure:
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Fiocruz, OTCA, PAHO, UNAMAZ, the Andean Health
Organism and the Ministry of Health of Brazil
(Mercosul)
 Achieved Results :
I International meeting Pro- Pan-Amazonian network of
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S,T&I/H – Nov/2006:
Work Plan to its installation;
Establishment of priorities.
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Pan-Amazonian Network of ST&I/H
Leads to empowerment through:
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Coordination of investment;
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Rationalization of research;
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Connection of researchers to obtain a concrete
application and the benefits of their uses;
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Improvement of civil society’s participation;
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Endogenous knowledge and economic impact;
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Transparency (governance and accountability).
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Pan-Amazonian Network of ST&I/H
Expectations: sustainable development, tackling
inequalities, improve HDI, strengthen participation of
civil society, developing indigenous knowledge and
research skills; to improve sustainable use of natural
resources (better off relation of sustainable exploration
which foresees maintaining fresh water, forests,
biodiversity and others).
The main issue is diminishing vulnerability
of poor people and of regional
development.
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Relevance of Pan-Amazonian Network
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Increasing the HDI trough the regional development;
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Increasing of the capability to provide basic services;
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Strategic region (sustainable use of natural resources);
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precarious access to basic services;
Better focus and evaluation on education and health policies;
Empower population to take part in the definition of strategies and
resources application.
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High potential of generation of innovation to regional industries;
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Strengthen the region through build up research capabilities;
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Promote international cooperative and mutual work;
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Rationalize use of human and financial resources.
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Relevance of Pan-Amazonian Network
It helps channeling the reality that only 10% of
world’s health research resources are applied to
solve diseases that affects 90% of population, by
defining, with civil society participation and within
the region, the priorities of research.
By promoting international
cooperation, research will be
optimized, and the gains will
become more transparent,
leading to a better share of its
benefits and more civil
society’s participation.
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Aims of Pan-Amazonian Network
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To improve S&T capacity;
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To promote transparency;
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To approximate research of its final use and real necessity;
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To set priorities to Amazonian knowledge-based development;
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To establish natural resource management;
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To improve indigenous capacity;
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To foster participation on political and development strategies
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To improve regional capacity to set priorities, generate, and apply
knowledge;
To give support to production, rationalization, dissemination,
application and evaluation of S&T results.
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Fiocruz and Amazon: Challenges
• Financial and organizational sustainability;
• Efficacy and effectiveness;
• Biodiversity;
• Sustainable development;
• Articulation of knowledge and policies.
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Fiocruz and Amazon: Opportunities
1. Amazon’s Biodiversity Innovation Network;
2. Brazil three times program;
3. Amazon Sustainable Plan;
4. Legal Amazon Health Plan;
5. Growth Acceleration’s Plan;
6. Brazilian Society for Science's Progress (SBPC);
7. Malaria Research Network;
8. Brazilian Association of Collective Health’s Post graduation
(ABRASCO);
9. Financial (IDRC, PAHO, IDB, Eletrobrás, Ministry of Health)
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Fiocruz and Amazon:
Involved Parties:
1. Presidency of Republic - Nuclear Strategic Issues - NAE
2. Presidency of Republic - Federative Issues Sub secretariat
3. National Integration Ministry
4. Science and Technology Ministry
5. Ministry of Environment
6. ELETRONORTE
7. Ministry of Health – Science and Technology Department
8. Ministry of Health – Decentralization Support Department
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Oswaldo Cruz Foundation - Fiocruz
Laís Costa
Strategic Projects and Programs Coordination
SEPN 510, unidade II do MS, 4and., sala 413
Brasília – Distrito Federal – CEP 70.750-520
Phone.: +55 61 3349-0659 / 3447-6160
Site: www.fiocruz.br
E-mail: lais.costa@fiocruz.br
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