The IUPESM has set up a Health Technology Task Group (HTTG) which is intended to assist countries in defining their health technology needs, and identifying and rectifying health system constraints for adequate management and utilization of health technology, particularly through training, capacity building and the development and application of appropriate technology.
Scientific Educational Workshops
Asia-Oceania Congress of Medical Physics 2008, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Hard Cover Publication:
"Proceedings on the First Workshop on Palliative Radiotherapy in Developing Countries”
Allen BJ and Rahman, Vivid Publishing, 2010.
ICMP 2011, Porto Alegre, Brazil
World Congress 2012, Beijing, China
ICMP 2013, Brighton, UK
2nd WHO Global Forum on Medical Devices, Geneva, 2013
2nd WHO Global Forum on Medical Devices, Geneva, Switzerland, 2013
Human Resources in Technology Life Cycle Management
Sunday 24 November 2013, 14:00-14:45
Session Chair: Dr. Caridad Borrás
Session Co-Chair: Ms. Laura Alejandra Velez
MBEC2014, Dubrovnik, Croatia, September 2014
Publication:
Caridad Borrás, Saide Jorge Calil, Yadin David, Nicolas E. Pallikarakis and Mario Forjaz Secca.
IUPESM-HTTG Workshop on Radiological Equipment Maintenance Issues.
IFMBE Proceedings CD-Rom Vol 45, p. 926 ff. 6th European Conference of the International Federation for Medical and Biological Enginering. Dubrovnik, Croatia.
Slide Presentations:
MBEC2014, Dubrovnik, Croatia, September 2014
Publication:
Yadin David, Caridad Borrás and Fred Hosea.
Disaster Preparedness Program for Health Facility’s Technology Managers.
IFMBE Proceedings CD-Rom Vol 45, p. 1015 ff. 6th European Conference of the International Federation for Medical and Biological Enginering. Dubrovnik, Croatia, 2014.
Slide Presentations:
Other Presentations
2nd WHO Forum
Disaster Preparedness for Health Technology Managers
2nd WHO Global Forum on Medical Devices, Geneva, 2013
ICMP2013 Presentation Slides
Digital Imaging X-Ray Detectors: Historical Perspectives, Current Capabilities, Future Promises
ICMP 2013, Brighton, UK
2nd WS Presentation Slides
Second Medical Physics Workshop of the Health Technology Task Group of the IUPESM
April 2011
Links
World Health Organisation
- Integrated Healthcare Technology Package: Introduction
- Safe Medical Devices
- WHO Levels of Health Services
- WHO Guidelines for Health Care Equipment Donations
- Medical Device Regulations
- Sixtieth World Health Assembly
- Guidelines for Healthcare Equipment Donations
- Levels of Health Services - Definition
- Medical Device Regulations
- Safe Medical Devices