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The Congresses of ABRASCO, IAHP and ALAMES represent a special opportunity for reflection on these and other relevant themes for researchers, health professionals and civil society. The proposal is:
1. To update the discussion about the addition of Human and Social Sciences paradigms into the Public Health area, including its practices and theoretical development;
2. To create conditions to interact with the sanitary movement in Latin America and countries in Europe, Africa and Caribbean seeking to strength knowledge networks and policies action experiences favorable to the Public and Universal Health Services;
3. To define strategies for joint actions between Institutions that promote its Congresses aiming at theoretical development, Public Health education and practices, in its geographic areas of operation;
4. To propose actions between institutions to develop and broaden communication, cooperation and participation channels of the active social movements in the Health Area;
5. To create opportunities promoting the integration among Public Health professionals, researchers and social movements actors to reflect on subjects of global amplitude that impacts on life and, in the communities where they live or work.
6. To strengthen a common agenda all over the world and in Latin America , about the defense of the right to health, involving all different actors that participate on congresses.
The Congress is interest in engage not only professors and researchers of Social and Human Sciences in Health, Social Medicine and Health Policies, but also professionals acting in the fields of the prevention, health care, health management, as well as post-graduate and undergraduate students of the various disciplines of health, social and human sciences.
Alvaro Matida -Executive Secretary of the Brazilian Association on Collective Health - Abrasco, Rio de Janeiro – Brasil www.abrasco.org.br

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Salvador Bahia, Brazil