Mariana Iacono e Dinys Luciano Introdução A amamentação materna continua sendo uma prática amplamente incentivada na América Latina e no Caribe (ALC), devido aos seus reconhecidos benefícios nutricionais, imunológicos e de desenvolvimento infantil. No entanto, para as mulheres que vivem com HIV, essa prática envolve dilemas difíceis por causa do risco de transmissão do vírus...
Authors: Dinys Luciano and Jenedith Montenegro The Amazon rainforest, spanning territories in Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana, is increasingly vulnerable to climate-related emergencies, including droughts, floods, and wildfires. These environmental events not only threaten the ecological balance but also generate significant psychosocial risks for the populations residing within and...
Mariana Iacono y Dinys Luciano Introducción La lactancia materna continúa siendo una práctica altamente promovida en América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) por sus conocidos beneficios nutricionales, inmunológicos y de desarrollo infantil. Sin embargo, para las mujeres que viven con VIH (MVV), esta práctica entraña dilemas complejos relacionados con el riesgo de transmisión vertical, el...
Why Mental Health Must Be a Central Pillar of Maternal Health Programs and Policies Dinys Luciano Introduction Despite notable progress in reducing maternal mortality across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) over the past three decades, a critical and often overlooked dimension remains: maternal mental health. Conditions such as anxiety, depression, trauma from gender-based violence...
Digital Multimodal Psychosocial Support for Women Living with HIV in Latin America and the Caribbean
Lessons from the Positive Women and Emotional Well-Being Program Dinys Luciano, Mariana Iacono and María Lourdes Herreira The Positive Women and Emotional Well-being (PWEW) program, a multi-component digital psychosocial intervention, was launched in November 2023 to address the pressing mental health needs of women living with HIV (WLHIV). This program, designed for and with WLHIV...
Dinys Luciano, Enma Interiano, Jenedith Montenegro, Roxana Pintado y Yanine Montero Abril 2025 En Bolivia, miles de mujeres dedican su vida al cuidado de personas adultas y niñez con discapacidad. Muchas son madres, hermanas, hijas o pareja, miembros de organizaciones de personas con discapacidad (PcD), que cotidianamente asumen un rol fundamental para el bienestar de...