MSF Scientific Day Latin America 2022
How has the COVID-19 pandemic transformed the migration landscape in the Americas? Are we better prepared for the next global emergency?
The vulnerability that accompanies people on the move presents itself in many forms, but COVID-19 has amplified the risks faced by migrants and refugees in a new and dangerous ways. Refugees who live in overcrowded camps or in degraded and overpopulated urban surroundings may lack tools or capacity to prevent the transmission of diseases in such environments.
The voices and experiences of migrants and refugees are usually absent from research related to COVID-19. Additionally, their needs are overlooked when responses to the disease are designed.
Therefore, the MSF Scientific Days LatAm 2022 conference will investigate the ways COVID-19 has increased health risks and vulnerability for migrants and refugees all over the world.
You can learn more about MSF Scientific Day Latin America 2022 by visiting the MSF Scientific Days website.
Day 1
Session 1: Mapping and key findings of research at the intersection of COVID-19, health access and outcomes for PoM
COVID-19 Impact on Migration and Health: A bibliometric analysis from the International Organization of Migration. Aleksandar Arnikov, Regional Thematic Specialist on Migration and Health for the Americas, OIM & Sweetmavourneen Agan, National Migration Health Research Analyst of the Migration Health Division, OIM | Watch the video
Systemic discrimination and exclusion: COVID-19 vaccination and the health rights of displaced Venezuelans in Latin America. David Cecil Hill, University of Toronto, Dalla Lana School of Public Health | Watch the video
The experience of the COVID-19 emergency response on the Northern border in México. Evelyn Zorrilla, Data Analyst, MSF CAMINO & Derek Johnson, Manager Epidemiologist, MSF | Watch the video
Session 2: Insight into migration plans during the COVID-19 pandemic in LatAm
How the COVID-19 pandemic may have impacted migration plans and mental health of Haitians in Chile and Mexico. Teresita Rocha Jiménez, Center for Research in Society and Health, Universidad Mayor, Chile and SocioMedicine Nucleus (SocioMed) | Watch the video
COVID-19 and migration routes to the Caribbean. Dr. Edwin Matamoros Chávez, Director at the Institute of History of Nicaragua and Central
America (IHNCA) | Watch the video
America (IHNCA) | Watch the video
Session 3: Essential lessons learned for improved health care responses for PoM during pandemics
Health care for international migrants in São Paulo, Brazil: Access and universality in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. Denise Martin Coviello
Associate Professor, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP) | Watch the video
Associate Professor, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP) | Watch the video
Inclusion of migrants in health systems in Latin America: Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic. Ietza Rocío Bojórquez Chapela, Co-director, Latin American Hub of the Lancet Commission on Migration and Health | Watch the video
Migration and refuge: necessary topics for Nursing teaching in COVID-19 times Migration. Regina Yoshie Matsue, Associate Professor, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP) | Watch the video
How Should Clinicians Express Solidarity With Asylum Seekers at the US-Mexico Border? Hannah H. Janeway, International and Domestic Health Equity and Leadership (IDHEAL) Fellow. University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) | Watch the video