IV Mexican Conference on Critical Thinking in Health and Health Sovereignty
From August 24 to 28, the University of Guadalajara in Mexico will host the “IV Mexican Conference on Critical Thinking in Health and Health Sovereignty"Of CLACSO.
There will be workshops and discussions with invited study groups and institutions, and participation from critical academia, government, and social and grassroots movements. This is the first School of Critical Thinking in Public Health in Mexico.
Organized by:
CLACSO Working Group “International Health and Health Sovereignty” and the University of Guadalajara.
Co-organized and sponsored by:
COVES
CENADEH – CNDH (National Human Rights Commission, Mexico)
CISS (Inter-American Conference on Social Security)
Postgraduate Unit of Latin American Studies UNAM (Mexico)
National School of Medicine and Homeopathy – IPN (National Polytechnic Institute)
UACM (Autonomous University of Mexico City)
ENAH (National School of Anthropology and History MX)
UIC (Intercontinental University, Mexico)
UNISA (University of Health – Mx)
Observatory of Inequalities – University of Guadalajara
Center for Gender Studies – University of Guadalajara
Ministry of Public Health – Mexico City
MSS Welfare
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Thematic axes and objectives
-The conference aims to bring together critical academics, government teams, and social movements to discuss and research the following topics:
-Refounding of health systems: Analysis of the reforms and transformations of public and institutional health models in Mexico and the region to move towards universal models.
-Decolonial, Black and Community Feminisms: Addressing Gender Inequalities, Racism and Territorial Knowledge in Health Care from the Global South.
-Critical epidemiology and socio-environmental health: Discussion on how development and extractivism models impact territories and the epidemiological profiles of communities.
-Overcoming Pan-American healthism: Critical review of Eurocentric frameworks or "neoliberal global health" to propose a matrix of health sovereignty of our own.
