Alejandra Bussalleu presented her work at the 5th Annual CUGH, where the theme of the conference was "Universities 2.0: Advancing Global Health in the Post-Millenium Development Goals Era". She presented a her poster Health and Environment : How does Climate Change Affect Our Health? A Case Study from the Peruvian Amazon, along with the poster The Use of Formal and Traditional Health Care in Remote Indigenous Communities: A Comparison of two Shawi Communities in the Peruvian Amazon
Collaborative processes for governance on climate change - Jahir Anicama Diaz
To view Jahir's poster on his work to characterize the processes of collaboration between organizational actors at the regional Technical Group on Climate Change of the Ucayali region of Peru, please click here. This work was discussed during IHACC's fourth Annual Meeting held in Guelph, Ontario, May 29-31st 2014.
Result Dissemination - Peru
Mya Sherman is currently in Peru to share the results from her thesisMyaShernan_Geography_finalthesis. She will be presenting her results to the Shipibo community of Panaillo as well as local institutions in Yarinacocha, Pucallpa and Lima. She will be sharing with various knowledge-users the pamphlets that were created in collaboration with the IHACC team, which can be found here
Congratulations to Mya Sherman - MA Thesis
Congratulations to Mya Sherman on the completion of her Masters of Arts Thesis titled Vulnerability and adaptive capacity of community food systems in the Peruvian Amazon: A case study from Panaillo.
Disaster Risk Management in Peru - A Short Report
The main extreme weather events occurring in the Ucayali region of Peru are heavy rains, “friaje” (air mass of low temperatures) and floods for which it is necessary to develop a risk management strategy. Jahir Anicama Diaz reports on his work on Learning Processes in Disaster Risk Management in the health sector in Peru. You can find the report here