History and Geography of Health: The Territory and its Social Construction as a Key Determinant of Health

Faculté de Médecine

Institut d'Histoire de la Médecine et de la Santé

 

History and Geography of Health: The Territory and its Social Construction as a Key Determinant of Health

 

14h00 October 2 – 13h00 October 4, 2008

Brocher Foundation, Hermance, GE, Switzerland

 

Program

 

Thursday, October 2, 14h30 – 19h00

Jon Arrizabalaga, CSIC - Institucion Milà I Fontanals, Barcelona, Spain
Between Medical Geography and Disease Ecology: Mirko Grmek's Views on the History of Collective Diseases

Gérard Lambert, Paris, France
Sida et Pathocénose: l'hypothèse de Grmek 20 ans plus tard

Jean-Paul Gonzalez, Centre International de Recherches Scientifiques, Franceville, Gabon
Viral Pathologies: Domains of Emergence

Friday, October 2, 09h00 – 13h00

Iris Borowy, Universität Rostock, Germany
Acclimatization as a Health Issue

Rakefet Zalashik, New York University, USA
OZE (The Society for the Preservation of the Health of the Jewish Population) East/West and Jewish Medical Relief 1912-1939

Clélia Gasquet, Université Parix X, France; Unité des maladies émergentes CIRMF, Franceville, Gabon
Changes in the Dynamics of Diseases in Gabon

 Esteban Rodriguez, University of Granada, Spain
The Rural Dimension in Spain's Health Policies During the first Third of the 20th Century

Friday October 3, 14h30 – 19h00

Michel Oris and Mathias Lerch, Geneva University, Switzerland
An Ecosocial Approach of Death in Switzerland, 1991-2004

Zoé Vaillant, Université Paris X, France
The Social Construction of Territory and its Impact on Therapeutic Trajectories in Rivière des Galets, a Disadvantaged Area in Reunion Island

Paula Remoaldo, University of Minho, Portugal
The Geography of Health in Portugal and the Study of Mobility and Lifestyles

Saturday, October 4, 09h00 – 13h00

Bernardino Fantini, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Malarial pathocoenosis in Italy: Some Local Historical Case Studies

Gérard Salem and Stéphane Rican, Université Paris X, France
Urban Changes and Health Inequalities: Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Mortality in France

Final Round Table, including the organization of the 2009 Pathocoenosis Workshop

Participants: Ivana Burgjelez, Centre for Advanced Academic Studies, Dubrovnik, Croatia,
Joël Coste, Groupe Hospitalier Cochin, France,
Louise L. Lambrichs, Paris, France