This event launched a series of research briefs at the intersection of COVID-19 policy and impact in Latin America. Undergraduate and graduate student researchers working at the Center for Global Health Science and Security as well as the Center for Latin American Studies teamed up to provide policy discussion and cultural, political, and social analysis for seven different countries in the region. These briefs cover topics including Indigenous rights, rising rates of gender-based violence, the impact of school closures, economic policy drivers, and sex-based discriminatory policies. In both English and Spanish, the students cover a diverse set of issues across these countries in order to provide key policy insights in order to move toward culturally relevant, effective global health policy in the region and across the world.
Part of the Global Health Security Seminar Series, this event was co-sponsored by the Georgetown University Global Health Initiative (GHI) and Georgetown Center for Global Health Science and Security (CGHSS) with the Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) and Latin America Leadership Program (LALP).
Featured
- Ariyand Aminpour (G’21, Mexico), B.S. in Biology of Global Health and Minor in Science, Technology, and International Affairs; Undergraduate research assistant CGHSS/AMP
- Valeria Villarreal Martinez (G’23, Mexico), B.A.; LACCOM contributor and translator
- Manya Jain (Peru/Colombia), Undergraduate research assistant CGHSS/AMP
- Madeleine O’Hara (G’22, Peru and Colombia), B.S. Science, Technology and International Affairs, Minor in Economics; LACCOM contributor
- Timothy Rudolph-Math (G’22, Panama), B.S. in Science, Technology and International Affairs (STIA), Concentration in Biotechnology and Global Health; Undergraduate research assistant CGHSS/AMP
- Julia Benbenek (G’21, Panama), B.A. in International Politics, Concentration in International Law, Minor in Spanish; LACCOM contributor
- Lucca Maraston Oliveira (G’21, Brazil), B.S. Human Science; Undergraduate research assistant CGHSS/AMP
- Paula Gutierrez (G’22, Argentina), B.S. in Global Health and Minor in Science, Technology, and International Affairs; Undergraduate research assistant CGHSS/AMP
- Maria José Flores (G’21, Argentina, Honduras), M.A. in Latin American Studies; LACCOM contributor and translator
- Alexandra Reichert (Honduras, Ecuador), Research Assistant, Center for Global Health Science and Security