Physical Health United States Project #28293

Support Student Advocacy for Access to Medicines

by Universities Allied for Essential Medicines Corp

Support Student Advocacy for Access to Medicines

Project Report | May 13, 2019
UAEM student organizing in Brazil!

By Luciana Lopes | Executive Director, UAEM Brazil

UAEM Brazil conference

Our network is growing and we are happy to share with you some exciting news from Brazil.

In the end of March, UAEM Brazil held its annual meeting in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Members of all Brazilian chapters attended the meeting and it was the first time UAEMers from all countries where UAEM is present in Latin America were reunited! It was the UAEM Brazil Annual Meeting with the biggest participation of UAEMers from other countries: Argentina, Colombia and the United States. Students had the opportunity to discuss and learn about the importance of the Brazilian National Health System for the universal access to medicines in the country, neglected diseases and social determinants of health. It was also a moment to review UAEM's work in Latin America in 2018 and plan the future.

The new Coordinating Committee of UAEM Brazil was elected and, along with UAEM Global Campaign, three other topics were established for projects/campaigns in 2019: the defense of public researches and universities, antimicrobial resistance and the studen-driven empowerment of representatives of health councils to take action for the defense of the universal access of medicines.

Other good news are the efforts that have been made to reactivate UAEM chapters in two Brazilian cities: São Paulo and Pouso Alegre. An access to medicines seminar was held at the Law School of the University of São Paulo (USP) in the end of April and a conversation to start an UAEM chapter at the Medicine School of UNIVÁS in Pouso Alegre was initiated the with professors and the Academic Directory of the faculty.

We believe 2019 is going to be a very productive year for UAEM in Brazil.

Your support has made possible the growth of our network and we thank you for that. Together, we can empower students and their communities to take action for a better world.

Avante!

Luciana

Strategy meeting

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