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The Brazilian Ministry of Health, through the Department of Pharmaceutical Assistance and Strategic Inputs (DAF) of the Secretariat of Science, Technology, Innovation and Strategic Inputs in Health, held on December 10 and 12, 2019, the VII Brazilian Congress on the Rational Use of Medicines (VII CBURM). The event, held in the city of Brasília, had as its central theme: "Challenges and perspectives for the rational use of medicines in interprofessional practice".

The Ministry of Health of Peru, through the General Directorate of Health Personnel (DIGEP), in coordination with the Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization (PAHO / WHO) and the National Interprofessional Education working group, carried out , on December 6th, the event: International and National Experiences in Interprofessional Education in Health (IPE).

Bogotá, Colombia, May 21 and 22, 2020.

More information: https://sites.google.com/misena.edu.co/educacioninterprofesional

On November 18 and 19, 2019, at the University of Santander (UDES) in the city of Bucaramanga, Colombia, the Academic Network for Interprofessional Health Education in the Americas (UNIRED-EIP) held its first technical meeting under the slogan "Together Transforming Education and Health Performance."

On November 7, the Victoria School of Nursing (FEV) of the Autonomous University of Tamaulipas (UAT), in Mexico, held the International Nursing Congress “Leading Change: The Nurse as a Reference in Primary Health Care”.

Collaborating Across Borders (CAB) is North America's premier conference on interprofessional education (IPE) and collaborative practice. The biannual event aims to bring together educators, researchers, practitioners, students and patients from Canada and the United States to discuss key issues in education, practice, leadership and interprofessional health policies.