CUGH 2021 Plenary: Social Determinants of Health During the Pandemic in Latin America & Caribbean

Part of the CUGH 2021 Virtual Conference in March 2021
Title: Addressing the Social Determinants of Health During the Pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean

Speakers:
Paulo Buss - Director, Center for Global Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Rocío Sáenz - Director, Former Minister of Health, Costa Rica
Juan Garay - Steering Committee Member, Global Movement for Sustainable Health Equity
Carina Vance - Doctoral Student and ISLAC investigator, Former Minister of Health, Ecuador

Moderator:
Arachu Castro - Samuel Z. Stone Chair of Public Health in Latin America
Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine

The COVID-19 pandemic has unexpectedly transformed the organization of healthcare services for an undetermined length of time and is derailing efforts implemented in recent years to improve health outcomes in Latin America and the Caribbean. In this session, we will address the most salient social determinants that are widening health equity gaps, directly due to COVID-19 or to the responses to the pandemic. Panelists will contextualize the social conditions that explain the amplification of those gaps and will discuss rights-based initiatives that strengthen the public and international responses to the crisis and redress any potential effect on widening health inequities. The panelists include leaders from the Global Movement for Sustainable Health Equity, the Health Equity Network of the Americas, and the COVID-19 Impact on Health in Latin America and the Caribbean (ISLAC) Project.