Fernando C. Wehrmeister, researcher from the International Centre for Equity in Health (ICEH) from UFPel, participated in the first edition of the workshop “Mejorando la Salud Materna y Neonatal: Un taller de liderazgo para América Latina y el Caribe”, between May 27 and June 1, in Antigua, Guatemala. Coordinated by the Instituto de Salud Global (ISGlobal) from Barcelona, the event had the collaboration of the Maternal Health Task Force (Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health) and Aga Khan University.

The topic of his seminar was “Equidad y desigualdades en salud: herramientas de medición de desigualdades en SMNIR”. The session approached strategies to analyse inequalities in reproductive, maternal, neonatal and child health, as well as tools to assess the progress of countries towards health indicators, specially in the most vulnerable groups. The audience was comprised by ministry of health staff, researchers and professionals from maternal and child health.