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Dr. Oliver Pérez Visit to El Salvador

<p>Dr. Oliver Pérez, President of the Latin American Association of Immunology, visited El Salvador to give several lectures to medical school students and government agencies on a variety of topics regarding Immunology.</p>

18.08.2018

Dr. José Rubiera Visit to El Salvador

<p>Dr. José Rubiera, a world-renowned meteorologist and expert of the Cuban National Meteorology Institute, visited El Salvador this past June 23rd to June 30th. Dr. Rubiera was the keynote speaker in a handful of lectures, and met with several government officials.</p>

03.07.2018

Urban Health Working Group Meeting

<p>Dr. Manuel Limonta, joined by other members of the ISC ROLAC Secretariat, met with the Minister of Governance, Lic. Arisitides Valencia, and other members of the urban health working group to discuss the urban health project, and what programs are being done to move forward with the said project.</p>

18.06.2018

Urban Health Meetings at Ilopango and Nejapa’s Mayors’ offices

<p>On June 6th, the ISC-ROLAC Secretariat, joined by Dr. Helen Centeno from COAMSS, participated in a meeting held in Ilopango, El Salvador to present the Salvadoran Urban Health Model to the new mayor of the municipality.  Then, on June 13th, members of the ISC ROLAC secretariat also met at the office of the newly elected Nejapa Mayor to discuss the Urban Health priority project selected by the municipality which is “Home Gardens and Healthy Eating”.</p>

14.06.2018

World Data System workshop held in Rio de Janeiro

<p>The Brazilian Academy of Sciences hosted the World Data system this past 17th and 18th of April in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This workshop convened by ICSU-WDS aimed to discuss scientific data management best practices developed by research institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean. It was co-organized and co-sponsored by ICSU ROLAC</p>

11.05.2018

Two regional meetings held in Cartagena de Indias

<p>This past 9-12 of April, Cartagena was the host for two of ICSU’s important meetings. The 23rd ICSU ROLAC Regional Committee Meeting (RCLAC23), which happened on April 9-10, and the Regional Offices Meetings, which happened on April 11-12th. These meetings were organized by the Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean of ICSU, along with the important support of the Colombian Academy of Sciences, and ICSU headquarters.</p>

03.05.2018

CubaSalud 2018 Convention

<p>This past April 23rd to April 27th, The “CubaSalud” Convention took place in Havana, Cuba. Several of ISC ROLAC’s Secretariat were in attendance, and  were also joined by Dr. Violeta Menjívar, Minister of Health of El Salvador, among others</p>

29.04.2018

Reducing the Gender Gap in Natural Sciences and Mathematics

<p>This past March 15-16th, El Salvador was host to a workshop called “Reducing the Gender Gap in Natural Sciences and Mathematics”. Several experts from all over Latin America were in attendance, giving their expertise on the subject. Hundreds of people involved in the area of mathematics and science were present, listening to the experts and asking questions.</p>

04.04.2018

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