Design and efficacy of an Ecohealth competency-based course on the prevention and control of vector diseases in Latin America.

Objective: To design and analyze the efficacy of an Ecohealth competency-based course on the prevention and control of vector-borne-diseases for specific stakeholders.

Materials And Methods: Multiple stakeholders and sectors of the region were consulted to identify Ecohealth group-specific competencies using an adjusted analysis matrix. Eight courses based on the competencies were implemented to train EA tutors.

[School of Public Health of Mexico: educational and technological innovation in the new millennium].

This article was conceived to analyze the work of the School of Public Health of Mexico (ESPM for is acronym in Spanish) from the year 2000 to the present day. One of the highlights that we will examine is the reorientation of the educational work of the school in order to meet the challenges in health and education that emerged during the end of the twentieth century. In order to explain the evolution of this process, we will describe the three main guiding principles that characterize the present work of the school: the pedagogical model's change, the incorporation of the information and communication technologies, and the professionalization in teaching.

[The use of game engine learning as an education strategy in ecohealth].

This paper analyzes an educational intervention using Game Engine Learning (GELearning) in the project Leadership in Ecohealth for Vector Born Diseases in Latin America and the Caribbean, financed by the IDRC-Canada, and whose training component is coordinated by the National Institute of Public Health of Mexico. GELearning is an educational tool that uses virtual educational games, where participants face real-life situations with clear pedagogical purposes. To learn through GELearning is to simulate situations, very similar to the ones faced in real life.