José Luis Bobadilla Networks

FUNSALUD was designated the executive agency of the José Luis Bobadilla Inter-American Network for Health Policies. The Network is financed by the Inter-American Development Bank and includes five categories, wherein diverse activities are carried out to reinforce and support the agencies that participate in the health sector reforms of the region.

1. The adaptation of policy instruments to reform health systems, through courses on national health accounts, measuring the burden of disease and evaluating the political context of health sector reforms.

2. The Inter-American Forum on Health Leadership, which is directed to health ministers from Latin America and the Caribbean, in collaboration with Harvard University and with the support of IADB and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).

3. The Clearinghouse on World Health Systems Reform Initiative (NAADIIR), through a consortium with the National Public Health Institute, maintenance of a web page within the Foundation or Institute’s main web site, as well as the publication of its products in Spanish (Informando y reformando) and English (Informing & Reforming).

More information on the Internet site of
NAADIIR

http://www.insp.mx/ichsri/español/index.html

4. A scholarship for post-graduate studies in the field of health policies, at the INSP, for professionals from Latin America and the Caribbean.

5. The International José Luis Bobadilla Award, which awards prizes on alternating years, one for research, awarded in 1998, 2000 and 2002, and the other for policy innovations in the countries of the region, awarded in 1999, 2001 and 2003.

In 2002, with the support of the Health Ministry, the Mexican Network was established, expanding the benefits of these five categories to the Mexican States, in accordance with the decentralization process of the country’s health services.

A proposal to form a Meso-American Health Network is in its design stage. It would profit from the experiences of both the Inter-American and Mexican networks which could then be implemented in Mexican States as well as in Central American countries, within the context of the Puebla-Panama Plan.

More information on the Internet site of
José Luis Bobadilla Networks

www.funsalud.org.mx/red-jlb/principal.html