[Strategy for governance of open health data: a paradigm shift in information systemsEstratégia para a governança de dados abertos de saúde: uma mudança de paradigma nos sistemas de informação].

Policy development and review, planning, innovation, research, and the measurement of progress, barriers, and opportunities require open access to reliable data, information, and expert knowledge. This is part of the principles of the Pan American Sanitary Code and the Constitution of the Pan American Health Organization. Between 1950 and 1978, the subject of health data collection, in particular vital statistics, was expressly addressed in each of the first seven editions of Health in the Americas.

Stories From the Field: The Use of Information and Communication Technologies to Address the Health Needs of Underserved Populations in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Background: As their availability grew exponentially in the last 20 years, the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in health has been widely espoused, with many emphasizing their potential to decrease health inequities. Nonetheless, there is scarce availability of information regarding ICT as tools to further equity in health, specifically in Latin American and Caribbean settings.

Objective: Our aim was to identify initiatives that used ICT to address the health needs of underserved populations in Latin America and Caribbean.

The link between information and communication technologies and global public health: pushing forward.

.Global public health (GPH) continues to be a challenging field. It focuses on health-related issues that transcend national boundaries and thus requires global cooperation for implementing solutions to public health problems.