{"id":1670,"date":"2026-05-20T17:19:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T23:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racsel.org\/nueva\/?page_id=1670"},"modified":"2026-05-20T18:07:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T00:07:22","slug":"conectaton-2022","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.racsel.org\/en\/conectaton-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Connectathon 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As part of the execution of the \"Regional Public Good: Digital Health Transformation to Mitigate the Effects of COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean\" project, the \"LACPass Connectathon\" event was held in Santiago, Chile, between May 30 and June 1, 2022, in hybrid format, and was sponsored by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).<\/p>

LACPass is a multi-country initiative under the framework of RACSEL (Latin American Network for Electronic Health Cooperation) and sponsored by the IDB (Inter-American Development Bank), which aims to build bridges toward health care for all people in the Latin America and Caribbean region. RACSEL is a collaborative network to advance regional digital transformation that follows the World Health Organization's guidelines for digital COVID-19 documentation and PAHO's strategic plans in the Americas, specifically the roadmap approved by the countries of the region in September 2021.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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How did it develop?
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During the two days of the technical event, activities were carried out that demonstrated it is currently feasible for different countries' information systems to access, exchange, integrate, and cooperatively use the data associated with COVID-19 certificates, through the use of and interaction with the LACPass regional directory services -which is based on the EU DCC definition- and the IHE (Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise) Gazelle testing platform.<\/p>

What was achieved?<\/h2>

The LACPass Connectathon was a technical milestone for the participating countries of the Regional Public Good. The 8 countries that took part in the technical process were able to issue and validate COVID-19 certificates valid under the EU DCC (European Union Digital Covid Certificates) standard.<\/p>

For the first time in the Latin America and Caribbean region, it was possible to carry out a proof of concept related to cross-border health interoperability. A common ground was established and a path was charted toward mutual technical understanding and the use of digital health standards.<\/p>

In parallel with the technical event, the countries of the region met at the RACSEL General Assembly, where they agreed to strengthen the network, giving formal structure to the governance aspects of health interoperability in the region. During this session, the delegation of Colombia's Ministry of Health and Social Protection was designated to hold the presidency of RACSEL for the current term.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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