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February 04, 2016

ICEH was visited by Joao Baptista Humbwawali from Angola

On 18th and 19th January this year, ICEH was visited by João Baptista Humbwawali, doctoral student at UFRGS. A nurse and college professor in Angola, João came here to get to know the work carried out in Pelotas for future academic collaborations.

February 01, 2016

Women and girls in the center of development

 Representing the ICEH, Fernanda Ewerling went to Delhi and Jharkhand, India, to participate to a week of meeting and roundtables on India’s women lives and empowerment, discrimination and abuse, violence, and on laws and policies that influence women and girls’ health and development outcomes. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which has put women and girls as one of the priorities in their investments both globally and in India, headed all these meetings. The visit to the

December 10, 2015

The 2015 Report: A Decade of Tracking Progress for Maternal, Newborn and Child Survival

The 2015 Report, A Decade of Tracking Progress for Maternal, Newborn and Child Survival, includes an updated country profile for each of the 75 Countdown countries, which together account for more than 95% of the world’s maternal, newborn, and child deaths. Read more

December 10, 2015

Equity: A platform for achieving the SDGs and promoting human rights

We support a focus on measuring and improving equity for the world’s poorest and most vulnerable to achieve the new Sustainable Development Goals while advancing social justice and human rights. Read more..

December 10, 2015

2016 Epidemiology Congress of the Americas

The Epidemiology Congress of the Americas will be held June 21-24, 2016 in Miami, Florida. This event, happening every five years, is the premier gathering for epidemiologist worldwide. The ICEH staff will be presenting seven works in event. More informations avaiable in: Epidemiology Congress of the Americas  

October 21, 2015

Prof. Cesar Victora summarizes the main findings presented in the final Countdown to 2015 report

During the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, in Mexico, along with the launch of the 2015 Countdown report, Prof. Cesar Victora summarized the main findings presented in the report. Download the final report from here.

October 19, 2015

The staff from ICEH has presented papers in the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference

One thousand delegates are gathered in Mexico City to discuss strategies for reaching every mother and newborn with high-quality health care. More

August 20, 2015

Aluisio Barros will be giving a lecture in the Social Epidemiology Workshop – Antigua, Guatemala (17-20th November 2015)

This workshop was organized to disseminate knowledge and strengthen academic networks especially in Central America, and utilizes the expertise and experience from some of the finest faculties of Social Epidemiology across the world. More