{"id":1101,"date":"2016-12-26T18:40:44","date_gmt":"2016-12-26T18:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estudiocescas.iecs.org.ar\/en\/acerca-de-iecs\/"},"modified":"2017-09-12T15:45:09","modified_gmt":"2017-09-12T15:45:09","slug":"acerca-de-iecs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/estudiocescas.iecs.org.ar\/en\/acerca-de-iecs\/","title":{"rendered":"The IECS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ui--title ui--animation ui--title-bordered text-left\">\n<div class=\"ui--title-holder\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<hr \/>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>IECS is an academic independent institution affiliated with Buenos Aires University (UBA) School of Medicine, which includes a CONICET (Argentina\u2019s Scientific and Technical Research Council) unit. Since 2002, IECS conducts health-related research, education, and technical cooperation activities. <\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ui--title ui--animation ui--title-bordered text-left\">\n<div class=\"ui--title-holder\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"auto-format ui--animation\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kqD5pzmm3hg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>WATCH IECS<\/strong><strong>\u2019 INSTITUTIONAL VIDEO<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iecs.org.ar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>VISIT IECS<\/strong><strong>\u2019 WEB SITE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The objective of the IECS is to contribute to the improvement of global health by generating and promoting the use of best scientific evidence.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>IECS research projects involve thousands of persons. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>IECS\u2019 work has been featured in more than seventy annual Medline indexed journals and over five hundred health technology assessments. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>IECS strategic objectives: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>To increase<strong>\u00a0knowledge\u00a0<\/strong>through clinical and health research work, at local, regional, and global level.<\/li>\n<li>To promote the\u00a0<strong>use of scientific evidence<\/strong>\u00a0to bridge the gap between available knowledge and decision-making processes.<\/li>\n<li>To provide\u00a0<strong>training<\/strong>\u00a0in clinical and health research, management, and evaluation of health programs and policies.<\/li>\n<li>To provide<strong> technical support to health care decision makers\u00a0<\/strong>for the implementation and promotion of clinical practices, health technologies, and health policies to be conducted according to cost-effective, equitable, and high-quality criteria.<\/li>\n<li>To promote the\u00a0<strong>participation<\/strong>\u00a0of users, patients, and the general population in health care\u00a0<strong>decision-making processes. <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The IECS contributes to <strong>improve the global, national, and regional research agenda<\/strong> with studies reflective of the health priorities and needs of countries with low- and middle-income populations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">IECS activities are funded by international and governmental organizations, academic institutions, and other social security public and private entities like the National Health Institute (<a href=\"https:\/\/salud.nih.gov\/\">NIH<\/a>), the Pan-American Health Organization (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.paho.org\/arg\/\">PAHO<\/a>), the European Union (<a href=\"https:\/\/europa.eu\/european-union\/index_en\">UE<\/a>), the Inter-American Development Bank (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iadb.org\/es\/banco-interamericano-de-desarrollo,2837.html\">BID<\/a>), Argentina\u2019s National Cancer Institute (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.msal.gov.ar\/inc\/\">INC<\/a>), the World Diabetes Foundation (WDF), and the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.msal.gov.ar\/inc\/\">Dana-Farber<\/a>\/Harvard Cancer Center.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">IECS\u2019s authorities designed and teach the courses that make up the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iecs.org.ar\/maestria-en-efectividad-clinica\/\">Master\u2019s Course in Clinical Effectiveness<\/a> offered by the<strong> School of Medicine of Universidad de Buenos Aires\u2019 (UBA). This graduate course was <\/strong>created in 1999 and has already produced over 500 Argentine and foreign graduates.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">IECS\u2019 academic agenda includes both <strong>regular<\/strong> <strong>and distance-learning<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iecs.org.ar\/cursos\/\">courses and seminars<\/a>.\u00a0 At IECS courses <strong>professionals<\/strong> <strong>specialize<\/strong> in different topics related to quality and safety in medical care, health technology assessment, economic evaluations, systematic reviews, management of healthcare organizations, epidemiology, biostatistics, and health policy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The IECS is a strong and fast-growing organization devoted to research and education to improve global health offering cooperation from Latin America to the rest of the world. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IECS is an academic independent institution affiliated with Buenos Aires University (UBA) School of Medicine, which includes a CONICET (Argentina\u2019s Scientific and Technical Research Council) unit. 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