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<\/a><\/span>On Wednesday, February 24, the Tordesillas Doctoral School of Public Health and History of Science, along with the Faculty of Medicine\u2019s Doctoral Program in Public Health, Medical and Surgical Sciences at the Miguel Hern\u00e1ndez University of Elche (UMH), is continuing the \u2018Covid-19: Reflections on History and Public Health\u2019 cycle of international seminars.<\/p>\nOn this occasion, there are going to be two presentations. The first is on \u2018The 1918 Flu and Covid-19 Representations and Spatial Distribution in the Brazilian Context,\u2019 and given by professor Claudio Bertolli, from S\u00e3o Paulo State University. Professor Esteban Rodr\u00edguez, from the University of Granada, is presenting the second presentation, entitled ‘A Historical Conclusion to Pandemics: Death as Social Disease.’ Professor Laurinda Abreu, representing the University of \u00c9vora, is charged with moderating.<\/p>\n
This event starts at 17:00 Central European Time, and will be broadcast live on both Google Meet (https:\/\/meet.google.com\/mwq-oxnf-wjz?authuser=0) as well as on the UMH YouTube channel, at youtube.umh.es. Debates 20 minutes in length follow both presentations, and those in attendance will be able to ask the speakers questions on Google Meet.<\/p>\n
According to UMH coordinator of the Tordesillas Doctoral School of Public Health and History of Science, Mar\u00eda Pastor, \u201cthe aim of these meetings is to create an international collaborative space to analyze the varying experiences, activities, and public policies during the management of the Covid-19 pandemic and to reflect upon them.\u201d<\/p>\n
The cycle of conferences began on January 27, with the seminar on \u2018Commercial and Political Determinants for Access to Covid-19 Vaccines.\u2019 Participants in this introductory activity included professor L\u00edgia Bahia, from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, and professor Giulano Russo, from Queen Mary University of London. Soledad M\u00e1rquez, representing the Junta de Andaluc\u00eda, was moderator. This conference may be viewed on the UMH YouTube channel.<\/p>\n
These international meetings then conclude on March 30, with the cycle of \u2018Governing in Times of Crisis (and without Crisis): Connections between Scientific Evidence and Decision Making,\u2019 which will feature professor Henrique Barros, from the University of Porto, along with professor Ana M. Garcia, representing the University of Valencia. Both of these speakers have been advising their respective governments during the pandemic. Moderating this final meeting is professor Ildefonso Hern\u00e1ndez Aguado, from the Miguel Hern\u00e1ndez University of Elche.<\/p>\n