News

See the latest news, activities, and events from SALURBAL and our partners.

For media inquiries please contact Carolina Rendón at cr3283@drexel.edu.

- SALURBAL Joins Mayors from Across the Americas for the Third Meeting of the Healthy Municipalities Movement in Paipa, Colombia
  
  November 18, 2019
  
  SALURBAL team members, mayors, health ministers, local authorities, and PAHO representatives met in Colombia to set the foundations for the formalization of a network for healthy municipalities in Latin America.
  
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- SALURBAL Regresa a Lima, Peru Para la Sexta Reunión Semestral Del Proyecto
  
  November 11, 2019
  
  Sesenta y siete asistentes de nueve países asistieron a la reunión, que se celebró del 21 al 25 de octubre en la Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia.
  
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- SALURBAL Team Returns to Lima, Peru for Sixth Biannual Project Meeting
  
  November 11, 2019
  
  Sixty-seven attendees from nine countries attended the meeting, which was held from October 21-25 at the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia.
  
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- Drexel UHC and SALURBAL team members participate in IAPHS 2019 Annual Conference in Seattle
  
  October 04, 2019
  
  Highlights from the Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science 2019 Annual Conference in Seattle, Washington.
  
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- SALURBAL team members share work at regional workshop on urban health in El Salvador
  
  October 01, 2019
  
  Highlights from the International Urban Health Workshop for Latin America and the Caribbean in San Salvador.
  
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- Multi-City Study Finds Traffic Congestion, Lack of Transit Access Associated with Depressive Symptoms
  
  September 23, 2019
  
  Researchers examined associations between travel conditions and mental health in 11 cities in Latin America.
  
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- Estudio de 11 ciudades en América Latina muestra que la congestión y la falta de acceso a transporte público están asociadas con síntomas depresivos
  
  September 23, 2019
  
  Los investigadores examinaron la asociación entre condiciones de viaje y salud mental en 11 ciudades de América Latina.
  
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- SALURBAL team members participate in the 2019 Planetary Health Annual Meeting in Palo Alto, California
  
  September 07, 2019
  
  Participants engaged in discussions to work towards the overarching objective of "catalyzing efforts towards resolving the great planetary health crises of our time."
  
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- Pre-symposium event convenes regional experts to discuss mortality in Latin American cities
  
  September 05, 2019
  
  SALURBAL project researchers and regional experts discussed what we can learn about how urban environments might be influencing mortality and life expectancy across Latin America.
  
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- SALURBAL team members participate in Latin American Conference on Complex Networks in Colombia
  
  August 12, 2019
  
  The week-long conference allowed team members to showcase the SALURBAL project's work on networks and complex systems approaches and engage with local and international researchers from a broad range of disciplines.
  
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