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June 07, 2019

ICEH researchers present women empowerment index at the Women Delivery Conference 2019

ICEH researchers presented a study on gender inequality at the Women Delivery Conference 2019, held from June 3 to 6 at the Vancouver Convention Centre in Vancouver, Canada.  On June 5, from 10:00 to 12:30 pm, Aluisio Barros and Fernanda Ewerling discussed the poster "Mapping women's empowerment in low and middle income countries: inequalities within and between countries". The study applies a survey-based women’s empowerment index - the SWPER. Proposed by the researc

May 04, 2019

Haiti Country Case Study

The event for the presentation of the Haiti Country Case Study took place in Haiti in April 29th, 2019 at PAHO/WHO local. The Principal investigator of the study, Dr Gary Joseph, together with Dr. Oscar Mujica, the representative of Washington headquarters; Dr Solange Kobi Jackson, the counsellor in community and family health at PAHO/WHO in Haiti and Dr Patrick Dely, the head of the “Direction d’Épidemiologie, de Laboratoire et de Recherche (DELR) at the Ministry of public he

April 28, 2019

Haiti Workshop

The workshop organized by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) will be held in Port-au-Prince, capital of Haiti, from April 29th to May 1st  2019. The event will be attended by several PAHO professionals, such as the representative of Washington headquarters, Oscar Mujica, and coordinators of maternal and child health programs, Dr. Solange Kobi Jackson and Dr. Maximilien Iloko. The researchers Gary Joseph (ICEH - Haiti), Luis Vidaletti (ICEH - Brazil) and Patrick

February 25, 2019

How having a partner and children influence contraceptive use among adolescents from low and middle-income countries?

Although important progress has been made in improving coverage of family planning services worldwide, there is still a large gap in relation to effectively meet the contraceptive needs and family planning goals of adolescents. In this paper we provide a global picture of contraceptive use prevalence and the demand for family planning satisfied coverage among sexually active female adolescents. Using data from 73 low and middle-income countries, we compared the needs for contraception among thre

December 21, 2018

ICEH study as example of how statistical visibility can lead to improved human rights

Marilia Mesenburg et al received a special mention in Lancet Global Health for the study on inequalities in ethnic groups in Latin America and Caribbean countries. Mendoza et al wrote a comment on the importance of this study to draw attention to the statistical invisibility of some marginalized population (e.g., afro-descendant in Peru), which should be considered a violation of their human rights. Therefore, Mendoza et al suggest that this type of evidence should motive changes in national sta

November 28, 2018

Meeting at Università  Degli Studi Di Triest

Yesterday, November 27th 2018, professor Cesar Victora participated in a meeting on EQUITY IN HEALTH, held at the UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI TRIESTE in Italy. The workshop was organized by Dipartimento Universitario Clinico di Scienze Mediche Chirurgiche e della Salute. Professor Victora talked about inequalities in maternal and child health in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals.    

October 21, 2018

Aluisio Barros is a special highlight of the Gaucho Researcher Award 2018

Epidemiologist Aluisio Barros, from the Post-graduate Program in Epidemiology at UFPel, is the winner of the 2018 Gaúcho Researcher Award in special highlight "Science for the Reduction of Inequalities" modality. This is the eighth edition of the award, promoted by the Foundation for State Research Support (FAPERGS), with the objective of recognizing the work of researchers in the most diverse areas of knowledge. The award received by Professor Aluisio

September 26, 2018

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation visits UFPel's Epidemiological Research Center

Nutrition and maternal and child health experts from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation visited the Epidemiological Research Center of the Federal University of Pelotas (CPE-UFPel) on 30 and 31 August to attend a series of meetings with the research group led by epidemiologist Cesar Victora. Sindura Ganapathi is a project analyst at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, where she manages funding projects in the area of maternal and child health with a focus on solutions to health proble