2nd International Congress on Access to Public Health Services

THURSDAY 19TH OCTOBER 2023

9:00. Gathering credential budges.

9:30. Congress Opening. Table of authorities.

• Mr. Carmelo Rodríguez Torreblanca. Rector Magnificent of the University of Almeria.
• Mr. José Fernández Díaz. President of Doctors of the World.
• Mr. Gabriel Aguilera Manrique. Dean Faculty of Health Sciences.
• Mr. Joaquín Pérez de la Blanca Pradas. Councilman Delegate of the Area of Tourism, Communications and Promotion of the City.
• Mr. Juan de la Cruz Belmonte Mena. Delegate of Health and Families of the Junta de Andalucía.
• Mrs. Lilith Verstrynge Revuelta, secretary of State for the 2030 Agenda.

10:00. Opening Talk.

• Mario Hernández Álvarez. Movimiento por la Salud de los Pueblos. "More than universal health coverage, independent rights".

Dynamized by: Pilar Garrido, member of the Board of Directors of Médicos del Mundo.

11:00-12:00 Coffee break.

12:00-14:00 Round Table 1. "Models of financing different healthcare systems".

• Nicoletta Dentico. Director of the Global Health Justice Program at the Society for International Development (SID), "The global context in terms of the trends of the last decades in financing and management models of the different health systems".
• Barbara Fienieg. Financial team of WEMOS. "Key aspects of the relationship between the use of public funds and the private sector in healthcare management".
• Marciano Sánchez Bayle. FADSP. "Analysis of the privatizing advance of healthcare in Spain".

Dynamized by: José Granero Molina, Professor of the Department of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Medicine-University of Almeria.

14:00. Lunch break

16:00-18:00 Round table 2: "Improving strategies and experiences on barriers to accessing healthcare".

• Ainhoa Ruíz Azarola. Andalusian School of Public Health, "Analysis of Strategies for the improvement of accessibility to the health system.
• Table of experiences:
  • Raúl Osvaldo Emiliozzi
  • Tlaitmas Saou
  • Alexandra Yisset Gutiérrez Ortiz.
  • Liz Karina González Rojas.

Dinamized by: Angels Camps, president of Metges del Món Catalunya.

18:00-19:30 Theatrical performance. Theater Company "Moscas". Play performed "Moscas en el Paraíso" ("Flies in Paradise").

Presented by: Carmen Domínguez, President of Doctors of the World Andalusia.

Exhibition of selected posters. Location: Hall Aulario I.

FRIDAY 20TH OCTOBER 2023

9:00- 11:00. Round table 3. “The challenge of health systems to ensure universal and equitable access to medicines”.

• Germán Velásquez Arango. Special Advisor for Policy and Health at the South Centre and Chair of the Farmamundi/UCM Chair on Access to Medicines and former member of the WHO, "Global perspective on the keys that govern the biomedical R&D model and the efforts of states to introduce new drugs and treatment into their health systems".
• Jordi Bosch Codina. Director of the Pharmaceutical Poverty Observatory. "Keys to pharmaceutical poverty in Spain".
• Irene Bernal Carcelen. NoEsSano Campaign. "Presentation of the experience ol a collective advocacy campaign in Spain in defense of universal access to medicines".

Facilitated by: José Félix Hoyos, first vice-president and International Affairs/International Network, Médicos del Mundo-Spain.

11:00-11:30 Coffee break

11:30- 13:30. Table 4.A  "Access to sexual and reproductive health in a context of cultural battle".

• Estefanny Molina Martinez. Women´s Link Worldwide. "A global look at international advances and setbacks since Cairo 1994".
• Susana Chávez Alvarado. Director of the Center for the Promotion and Defense of Sexual and Reproductive Rights - PROMSEX (Peru) "PROMSEX's work experience and analysis of the main challenges faced by the most vulnerable women regarding the full enjoyment of their right to sexual and reproductive health in Peru and/or the Latin American context".
• Raquel Hurtado López. Deputy Director of Sedra/Federation of Family Planning. "The reality of the Spanish context with respect to access to sexual and reproductive health services and resources".

Dynamized by: Isabel Fernández Medina, permanent professor in the Department of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Medicine- University of Almería.

11:30- 13:30. Table 4.B. Oral Communications. Location: Health Sciences Seminar.

• Ana Belén Ruiz Jiménez. "Building bridges to health".
• Santiago Alonso Pardo. "Application of a Geographic Information System to improve access to the public health system in Mauritania." 
• Fanny Procureur. "(Re)-Integrating vulnerable populations into the health system: action research for and by the frontline health workers".
• Lola María Ibáñez González. "Biosocial Paradox: How does the biomedical model affect the implementation of Low Menstrual Leave in Spain".
• Gema Martos Casado. "Community programs and leprosy: the voice of health professionals".
• Alberto Basterra Rincón. "Economic evaluation and political incidence of comprehensive care program for victims of gender violence in Mauritania"

Dynamized by: María Isabel Ventura Miranda, assistant professor Doctor of the Department of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Medicine-University of Almería.
 

13.30 - 14.00. Closing Presentation. "Vindication of the right to health through art". Hadriana Casla - Grigri Projects

Dynamized by: Laila Colmerares, member of the Board of Directors of Doctors of the World.


14.00. Closing Ceremony: José Fernández Díaz, president of Médicos del Mundo.

9:00-15:00 Exhibition of selected posters. Location: Hall Aulario I.

CO-CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE II CONGRESS ON ACCESIBILITY TO PUBLIC SYSTEMS

José Miguel Rodríguez Ferrer, member of the Board for State and Autonomous Community Projects, Médicos del Mundo. 
María del Mar Jiménez Lasserrotte. Assistant Professor. Department of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Medicine. University of Almeria.

*Event recognized of Scientific Health Interest by the Consejería de Salud y Consumo de la Junta de Andalucía. 

1.  Oral communications or posters may be submitted to the Congress around the topics proposed on the scientific programme.
2. The summary template can be found here, along the presentation rules.
3. You can submit your summary by filling in this online form and attaching the template to this mail address.
4. The deadline for abstract submission is October 1st, 2023.
5. The Scientific Committee will select the summaries for the oral communication and posters that will participate in the Congress and will notify it to the authors of the selected summaries on October 3rd 2023.
6. The authors of the selected posters will need to send the final poster (an editable model will be shared) by October 10th 2023.
7. The authors of the selected oral presentations Swill need to prepared a PowerPoint and submitted it by October 12th 2023. 
8. The first author of the selected works must register for attendance (preferably in person for oral communications, although they can be done online as well) at the II Congress.
9. Telected oral communications and posters will be publish in the conference book of abstracts. Selected posters not published during the Congress will be made available in the web repository together with their explanatory videos. All evaluated papers that meet the criteria will receive a certificate of written communication.
10. Médicos del Mundo and the University of Almeria will award the Best Oral Communications and Posters among those presented during the II Congress to promote research in the framework of accessibility to public health systems (Competition rules here).