REPORT OF ACTIVITIES "LATIN AMERICAN CONFEDERATION OF CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY" 2020 (COLABIOCLI)
Dr. Álvaro Justiniano Grosz
President of COLABIOCLI.
The Latin American Confederation of Clinical Biochemistry defines the entity as "A professional institution of a private and international scientific, academic and trade union nature, non-profit, which will group entities formed by university professionals who are dedicated to Clinical Biochemistry or similar professions, created or to be created, in Latin America, or in other countries with a Latin language, without political, racial or religious purposes, and their affiliates will have the rights and obligations established in their statutes "this Paragraph precisely define the activities to be carried out by the Latin American entity.
Latin America has been the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic for a few months now, which has been advancing without restraint across the continent. Until December 2020, a total of 13,189,470 cases of COVID-19 have been registered in Latin America and the Caribbean. Political management in a fragile health system led many Latin American governments to decree confinement and closed borders, with the aim of protecting inconsistent health systems, instead, unequal or rotating restrictions, difficulties in controlling movements of the Population and stress on health systems have catapulted the numbers of infections and deaths in these countries.
The immediate challenges will not be limited to the post-pandemic, which is already an immense challenge, given that we are facing a very deep economic recession and serious difficulties to respond, when the situation stabilizes. The pandemic brings an enormous social weight, an increase in inequality and greater poverty, however, our entity is not outside this situation and virtuality allowed us to interconnect more, exchange experiences, develop projects, programs of updating, continuous training activities. The pandemic allowed our entity to advance in some spaces of the clinical laboratory and its role in diagnosis in some countries, in many other postponed plans, it prevented the development of actions aimed at improving not only sanitary conditions, but also an agenda aimed at generating the leadership of institutions in very important issues such as regulatory frameworks that allow incorporating laboratory medicine in certain countries into external quality assessment programs, laboratory accreditation, insertion of young professionals, and others. Despite this, our entity, in this difficult situation, was able to find adequate mechanisms to develop activities that serve as an instrument to help the countries during an extremely complicated year for the region. A detailed report of the activities carried out by the Latin American Confederation of Clinical Biochemistry is presented below.
The Executive Committee of COLABIOCLI wants to thank everyone for the contribution and work done during this year, since without their support nothing would not have been achieved in such difficult times.
Nº | Activities | DATE | relevant issues |
1.- | COLABIOCLI Executive Committee Meeting On Line | 03 November 2019 |
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2.- | AEFA Invitation To The COLABIOCLI President To Participate At The 50th Anniversary Of AEFA, Madrid Spain | 22 - 23 November 2019 |
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3.- | Meeting Of The Executive Committee Of COLABIOCLI In Cochabamba - Bolivia | January 14, 15 And 16, 2020 |
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4.- | Monthly Meetings Of The Executive Committee Via Online | February 27, 2020 March 25, 2020 April 22, 2020 May 25, 2020 June 24, 2020 July 22, 2020 August 25, 2020 September 30, 2020 October 26, 2020 November 25, 2020 December 15, 2020 |
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5.- | Meetings For The Organization Of The Leon- Mexico Congress 2022 - On Line | April 2, 2020 |
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6.- | Approval Of The Strategic Plan COLABIOCLI 2020 - 2022 | April 22, 2020 | 1. COLABIOCLI strategic plan.
2.-preparation of the COLABIOCLI 2020 - 2022. budget 3.- conformation of working groups:
4.- proposal for the creation of the work force of young professionals. |
7.- | Official Declaration Of COLABIOCLI Regarding The Permanent Support Of Professionals In Biochemistry And Equivalent Degrees Working In Clinical Analysis Laboratories During The Pandemic, And Their Important Role In Health Care System. | May 06, 2020 03 July 2020 | document published on the web page and COLABIOCLI facebook page |
8.- | Strengthening The Entity In Social Networks As Well As Launching The New Web Page And Its Moodle Platform. | July 10, 2020 | Fame Page Facebook COLABIOCLI web page |
9.- | Launched Of COLABIOCLI Conversatories In Agreement With The Colombian College Of Bacteriologists. | July 8, 2020 July 29, 2020 August 5, 2020 August 26, 2020 2 September 2020 September 23, 2020 7 October 2020 28 October 2020 4 November 2020 November 25, 2020 |
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10.- | Quality Management Course And Laboratory Good Practices Forums In Conversatories | June 20, 2020 September 17, 2020 October 22, 2020 November 19, 2020 December 10, 2020 |
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11.- | Sbac Digital And COLABIOCLI | August 14, 2020 September 23, 2020 October 21, 2020 November 25 November 26 | Fifty scholarships to each member country of COLABIOCLI to participate in the virtual event of the brazilian society of clinical analysis. Current topics and COVID 19- Professor Lippi Conference, University Of Verona - Italy. |
12.- | Xiii Uruguayan Congress Of Clinical Biochemistry Of The Uruguayan Biochemical Association. | October 15-17, 2020 | Round Table entitle the COLABIOCLI space "Vision And Challenges Of Biochemistry Professionals And Equivalent Degrees In Latin America And The Caribbean"
questions and conclusions |
13.- | Virtual Congress Of The National College Of Bacteriologists Of Colombia. The Challenges Of Innovating | November 14 To 17, 2020 | COLABIOCLI gave auspices to the congress |
14.- | COLABIOCLI President Interview With Norwegian Bioengineering Magazine | August 2020 | how Latin America faces the pandemic in the clinical laboratories. the role of biochemistry professionals and equivalent degrees of Latin America |
15.- | Virtual Meeting Of Presidents Of National Entities Of COLABIOCLI | June 12, 2020 |
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16.- | Webinar Conversatory Modality With Costa Rica College Of Microbiologists | December 3, 2020 | leadership and sustainable development of clinical laboratories and the role of young professionals. |
17.- | Virtual Meeting Of Presidents Of National Entities Members Of COLABIOCLI | December 15, 2020 |
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18.- | COLABIOCLI Agreement - National Quality Control Program (PNCQ) Of The Brazilian Society Of Clinical Analysis. | October 1, 2020 | 1. signature of the agreement with PNCQ to provide free 30 basic pt programs per country a year. each country will invest in the transportation of control materials based on their external quality assessment program regulations. each country will be able to access through its national entity affiliated to COLABIOCLI |
19.- | Conclusion Of The COLABIOCLI Agreement - National Program Of Quality Control (PNCQ) Of The Brazilian Society Of Clinical Analysis - Free Webinar | December 17, 2020 |
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20.- | Meeting Of The Tf Ys-IFCC And The Young Professionals Of Latin America | November 18, 2020 |
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21.- | Interviews And Permanent Reports Of COLABIOCLI To The Radio El Micorospocpio - | January 2020 July 2020 September 2020 |
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