Brazil

Escolhares Roundtable

Exclusive event for our partners about the current Brazilian scenario in the visual health sector and the Escolhares initiative that helps visually impaired children receive the treatment and support they need.

Our event

The view of the carioca schoolchildren

In Brazil, about 15% of children suffer from some vision deficit, which in most cases can be corrected with a simple pair of glasses. It is important to remember that even in this scenario, vision is one of the essential senses in a child’s normal physical and cognitive development.

It is worth asking: What is the current situation of children’s visual health in Rio de Janeiro? What is the observed impact on the development of this population? And finally, how to plan interventions tailored to the carioca school children.

Program

18:30 –  Welcoming – Swissnex in Brazil

18:32 – Dr. Katia Steinfeld – Escolhares 

18:40 – Q&A with Dr. Viviane Lanzelotte, Dr. Renata Monteiro Maia and Dr. Katia Steinfeld – moderated by Pedro Capra, Program Manager

19:00 – Opening for questions from school principals

19:30 – Dr. Katia Steinfeld – Closing remarks

 

 

 

 

SPEAKERS

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    Bio

    Dr. Katia Steinfeld

    University of Lausanne

    Co-founder of Escolhares, Md-PhD candidate in the neuroscience of vision conducted at The Sense Institute for Innovation and Research, University of Lausanne (UNIL) and Vaudois University Hospital Center (CHUV) in Switzerland, a medical degree from University of Lausanne (UNIL).

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    Bio

    Dr. Viviane Lanzelotte

    Municipal Health Secretariat - RJ

    Ophthalmopediatrician specialized in ophthalmology at PUC and pediatrician with a specialist title from the Brazilian Society of Pediatrics. Master in Maternal and Child Health from Universidade Federal Fluminense, member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the Brazilian Society of Pediatrics. Coordinator of the team of ophthalmologists of the maternity hospitals of SMS RJ. President of the Ophthalmology GT of Soperj and former president of the Soperj Committee for Integral Attention to Development and Rehabilitation.

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    Bio

    Dr. Renata Monteiro Maia

    Oswaldo Cruz Institute

    Biologist, Master in Immunology and Ph.D. in Cellular and Molecular Biology, both degrees from Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (IOC) / Fiocruz-RJ. Researcher in Public Health at the Laboratory of Insect Molecular Biology (LABIMI) of the Oswaldo Cruz Institute. Coordinator of the IOC+Schools Program. Currently, dedicated to research on scientific dissemination and popularization of science, with emphasis on arboviruses.

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