Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro - Brasil
Alames is a non-institutionalized articulation that promotes the field of Social Medicine and Collective Health in Latin America and has representations (chapters) in all countries of the continent, maintaining a fruitful activity in the training of professionals and activist leaders for health. In Brazil, the Brazilian Center for Health Studies (Cebes) has participated in Alames since its foundation and is the representative entity (the chapter) of the association in Brazil.
The Latin American Congress of Social Medicine and Collective Health is in its 18th edition and has stood out as one of the main meetings of public health. It takes place every two years, on a rotating basis, in Latin American countries. In 2025, the event will be in charge of Brazil, and the Brazilian Center for Health Studies (Cebes) will have the task and responsibility of organizing it in the city of Rio de Janeiro, on the campus of the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ).
The central theme, For Democracy, Social Rights and Health: Resuming the Path of Social Determination and Sovereignty of Peoples, guides the set of debates and the structuring of the thematic axes. The unfolding of the theme is reflected in the axes designed to broaden the possibilities of its approach:
CAPITALISMO E HEALTH: Critical analysis of the relationship between the capitalist system and its impacts on the health of the population.
SOVEREIGNTY AND DECOLONIZATION OF HEALTH: Exploration of sovereignty in health and efforts to decolonize medical approaches and practices.
SOCIAL RIGHTS AND EQUITY IN HEALTH: Discussion on the promotion and guarantee of social rights as a basis for equity in health.
HEALTH AND DEMOCRACY: Reflection on the intersection between public health and democratic principles, highlighting challenges and opportunities.
SOCIAL DETERMINATION OF HEALTH: Address social, economic, and environmental factors that influence and determine health status, recognizing the complexity of these interactions.
POLICIES AND MODEL OF CARE: Ethical, political and organizational principles to be adopted in the construction of universal and decolonial health systems.
