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MSF Scientific Days Latin America 2024

MSF Scientific Days Latin America 2024

MSF Scientific Days in Latin America 2024 focused on two thematic areas:

Climate Emergency in the Americas: What Are We Seeing as a Medical Humanitarian Organization and How Are We Responding?

  • MSF has long responded to health crises aggravated by the climate emergency —such as disease outbreaks, food insecurity, and displacement—and these events are intensifying in severity and frequency. This session presented examples of how MSF is adapting to address climate-related emergencies in the region, and explored strategies for future humanitarian action.

Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Interventions in Violence, Migration, and Indigenous Health Projects

  • This session explored the complexities of providing mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) in some of the region’s most challenging settings. It focused on interventions in areas affected by violence, the mental health impact on migrants, and the unique needs of indigenous populations. The discussion highlighted innovative strategies, culturally sensitive approaches, and the importance of integrating MHPSS into healthcare projects in these complex settings.

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Experiencias de la implementación Wolbachia en el control de vectores de arbovirus en Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Castañeda J, Gomez D, Salem-Bango L, Boquin E, Ortuno R,  et al.
2024-11-05 • MSF Scientific Days Latin America 2024
2024-11-05 • MSF Scientific Days Latin America 2024

INTRODUCCIÓN

El dengue es una enfermedad febril que afecta a la región de las Américas. En Honduras, en los últimos cinco a...

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Viabilidad de la integración del mhGAP en los servicios de atención primaria de la Secretaría de Salud en Reynosa, Tamaulipas, México: La experiencia de MSF

Salvador C, Solero L, Moreno L, Moyano M, Echeverri C,  et al.
2024-11-05 • MSF Scientific Days Latin America 2024
2024-11-05 • MSF Scientific Days Latin America 2024

INTRODUCCIÓN

La Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) estima que aproximadamente el 5% de la población adulta de América Latina sufre algún grado de depresión ...

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Salud mental en población Mbya Guaraní: Análisis de prácticas culturales en búsqueda del bienestar

Von Schmeling C
2024-11-05 • MSF Scientific Days Latin America 2024
2024-11-05 • MSF Scientific Days Latin America 2024

Given the relevant prevalence of mental health problems in Mbyá Guaraní indigenous population and the lack of specific information for a more effective care in these communities, it ...

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A crise de saúde e o bem-viver entre os yanomami: Desafios e estratégias comunitárias em tempos de emergência

Serenato G
2024-11-05 • MSF Scientific Days Latin America 2024
2024-11-05 • MSF Scientific Days Latin America 2024

INTRODUÇÃO

Atualmente, segundo dados do governo, mais de 30,4 mil habitantes vivem no território indígena Yanomami, a maio...

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Mental health in the Americas: Regional challenges and response strategies

Oliveira e Souza R
2024-11-05 • MSF Scientific Days Latin America 2024
2024-11-05 • MSF Scientific Days Latin America 2024
Conference Material
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Slide Presentation

Experiencias de la implementación Wolbachia en el control de vectores de arbovirus en Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Castañeda J, Gomez D, Salem-Bango L, Boquin E, Ortuno R,  et al.
2024-11-05 • MSF Scientific Days Latin America 2024
2024-11-05 • MSF Scientific Days Latin America 2024
Conference Material
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Experiences of Wolbachia implementation in the control of arbovirus vectors in Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Boquin E
2024-11-05 • MSF Scientific Days Latin America 2024
2024-11-05 • MSF Scientific Days Latin America 2024
Conference Material
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Mental health and psychosocial support after extreme weather events: Learned lessons in three experiences from MSF Brazil in floods and extreme rain responses in 2022

Marini N
2024-11-05 • MSF Scientific Days Latin America 2024
2024-11-05 • MSF Scientific Days Latin America 2024
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Médecins Sans Frontières in the era of the climate crisis: How are we adapting and preparing?

Barceló AR
2024-11-05 • MSF Scientific Days Latin America 2024
2024-11-05 • MSF Scientific Days Latin America 2024
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Climate change, thermal anomalies, and the recent progression of Dengue in Brazil

Barcellos C
2024-11-05 • MSF Scientific Days Latin America 2024
2024-11-05 • MSF Scientific Days Latin America 2024
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Stressometer: A psychoeducational tool to identify symptoms of stress in the care of people on the move

Aranda S, Miranda S
2024-11-05 • MSF Scientific Days Latin America 2024
2024-11-05 • MSF Scientific Days Latin America 2024
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Feasibility of integrating mhGAP into primary care services of the Ministry of Heath in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico: The MSF experience

Gómez D
2024-11-05 • MSF Scientific Days Latin America 2024
2024-11-05 • MSF Scientific Days Latin America 2024
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Dialogues between ancestral knowledge and DMC: Implementation of a SMAPS experience with indigenous communities in Chocó, Colombia

Triana LXG
2024-11-05 • MSF Scientific Days Latin America 2024
2024-11-05 • MSF Scientific Days Latin America 2024
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Diálogos entre saberes ancestrales y DMC: Implementación de una experiencia SMAPS con comunidades indígenas de Chocó, Colombia

Triana LXG, Rodríguez MF
2024-11-05 • MSF Scientific Days Latin America 2024
2024-11-05 • MSF Scientific Days Latin America 2024

INTRODUCCIÓN

La exposición prolongada al conflicto armado en comunidades ubicadas en el Alto Baudó en Chocó, Colombia, ha conllevado un deterioro significativo ...

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Health crisis and good living among the Yanomami: Challenges and community strategies in times of emergency

Serenato G
2024-11-05 • MSF Scientific Days Latin America 2024
2024-11-05 • MSF Scientific Days Latin America 2024
Conference Material
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Mental health in the Mbya Guarani population: Analysis of cultural practices in search of well being

Von Schmeling C
2024-11-05 • MSF Scientific Days Latin America 2024
2024-11-05 • MSF Scientific Days Latin America 2024
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Estresómetro: Herramienta psicoeducativa para sensibilizar sobre síntomas de estrés a la población en movimiento

Aranda S, Miranda S
2024-11-05 • MSF Scientific Days Latin America 2024
2024-11-05 • MSF Scientific Days Latin America 2024

INTRODUCCIÓN

En Ciudad de México existe un flujo migratorio creciente y diverso, con una presencia en aumento de Personas en Movimiento (PeM) extracontinentales...

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Médicos sin Fronteras en la era de la crisis climática: ¿Cómo nos estamos adaptando y preparando?

Barceló AR
2024-11-05 • MSF Scientific Days Latin America 2024
2024-11-05 • MSF Scientific Days Latin America 2024
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Keynote speech: Mental health in the Americas

Oliveira e Souza R
2024-11-05 • MSF Scientific Days Latin America 2024
2024-11-05 • MSF Scientific Days Latin America 2024

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Healthcare needs of older people in humanitarian settings

Globally, the number of older people is rapidly increasing, with those aged 60+ expected to more than double by 2050—yet in humanitarian crises, they remain one of the most neglected groups. Older adults often face higher risks due to chronic illnesses, mobility issues, and limited access to appropriate care, especially in low-resource or emergency settings. Despite these needs, humanitarian responses rarely prioritize them, and data on their health and mortality are often lacking.


This collection highlights some of MSF's work towards addressing this gap through targeted mental health support, care for older homeless populations, and operational research into barriers and needs. However, MSF also acknowledges major challenges remain, including inadequate age-specific services, data gaps, and the need for more geriatric expertise.


Watch this space for more publications from a Lancet Healthy Longevity series on healthcare rights and needs of older people.

The climate crisis and health in humanitarian settings
The climate crisis and health in humanitarian settings
The climate crisis is also a health and humanitarian crisis, disproportionately impacting people in the world’s most climate-sensitive regions—mainly low- and low-middle income countries with the least capacity to respond. MSF and other humanitarian organizations witness the consequences daily. More frequent, intense weather events and a warming planet contribute to food and water scarcity, more severe and widespread disease outbreaks, and more injuries and preventable deaths. They also drive massive population displacement, with over 32 million people fleeing their homes in 2022 alone due to floods, drought, storms and fire—nearly triple the number displaced by violence and conflict. To mark Earth Day 2024 (22 April) we present a cross-section of work by MSF and collaborators, drawing from a range of data sources and from first-hand experience at our medical projects. Emphasizing the urgency of adapting humanitarian operations to the climate crisis, the collection also explores loss and damage through a health lens, proposes policies and practices for creating climate-resilient health organizations, and advocates for embedding fair, just ethics perspectives into humanitarian action and research on climate.
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