MSF Scientific Days LatAm is a space designed for health professionals around the world to meet to discuss and challenge research within the humanitarian sector in Latin America.
Session 1: Climate emergency in the Americas: What are we seeing as a medical and humanitarian organization and how are we responding?
Impacts of climate change on human health in humanitarian setting. Manuel Albela, Epidemiology Advisor, MSF-OCG
Key Note Speech: The 2022 South America report of The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change and 2024 Global Report. Stella M. Hartinger, Lancet Countdown South America
Mental Health and Psychosocial Support after extreme weather events: Learned lessons in three experiences from MSF Brasil in floods and extreme rain responses in 2022. Nadia Marini, Mental Health Specialist, MSF BRAMU | Watch the video
Experiences of Wolbachia implementation In the control of arbovirus vectors in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Edgard Boquin, Project Coordinator, MSF Arbovirus Project, Tegucigalpa | Read the abstract | Watch the video
Médecins Sans Frontières in the era of the climate crisis: How are we adapting and preparing? Aina Roca Barceló, Climate Preparedness Support Specialist, Humanitarian Action on Climate and Environment Inititiative (HACE) MSF Canada | Watch the video
Climate change, thermal anomalies, and the recent progression of dengue in Brazil. Christovam Barcellos, Climate and Health Observatory, Institute of Health Information and Communication, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (ICICT/Fiocruz) | Watch the video
Session 2: Regional Approaches to mental health and psychosocial support: Mental health and psychosocial support interventions in violence, migration and Indigenous health projects.
Key note speech: Salud mental en Las Américas. Renato Oliveira e Souza, Chief of the Mental Health Unit at PAHO/WHO | Watch the video
Stressometer: A psychoeducational tool to identify symptoms of stress in the care of people on the move. Sebastián Miranda, MSF Psychologist, Ciudad de México Migration Project Mexico | Read the abstract | Watch the video
Feasibility of integrating mhGAP into primary care services of the Ministry of Health in Reynosa, Tamaulipas Mexico: the MSF experience. Diana Gómez, Qualitative Research Manager, MSF México and Central América | Read the abstract | Watch the video
Dialogues between ancestral knowledge and DMC: Implementation of a SMAPS experience with indigenous communities in Chocó, Colombia. Laura Ximena Garzón Triana, MSF Mental Health Activity Manager, Chocó Project Colombia | Read the abstract | Watch the video
Health crisis and good living among the Yanomami: Challenges and community strategies in times of emergency. Gabriela Serenato, MSF Mental Health Activity Manager, Yanomami Project Brasil | Read the abstract | Watch the video
Mental health in the Mbya Guaraní population. Analysis of cultural practices in search of well-being. Lic. Carla Erika von Schmeling, Instituto Superior Antonio Ruiz de Montoya (ISARM) Argentina | Read the abstract | Watch the video