This paper analyses the changes in ITC that can be endorsed to modifications in the international scenario as well as those that can be attributed to the functioning of the international organizations themselves. Health policies and health reform are taken as the central instances for the analysis, specially the role played by the World Health Organization and its area office, the Panamerican Health Organization and its relationships with multilateral agencies. It also compares the outputs of ITC in terms of cost/effectiveness and, finally, it suggests courses of action addressed to improve the ITC, based upon three main aspects: consequences of the international scenario dynamics on the ITC, varieties of ITC, and the values that must steer the process of producing ITC.
International Technical Cooperation; Health policies; Health reform