The Health and Mortality and ProDatos panels of the Latin American Population Association (ALAP) are pleased to announce the 1st Seminar on Health and Mortality in Latin America, to be held in Montevideo (Uruguay) on September 17 and 18, 2025. This seminar will focus on discussing recent changes in health and mortality profiles in Latin American countries, as well as the challenges these pose for different countries. 

Location: Universidad de la República, Faculty of Social Sciences, Montevideo, Uruguay 
Date: September 17 and 18, 2025 
 

Contributions that explore the following topics are welcome: 

➢ The health transition in Latin America 
➢ Economic and social determinants of health and mortality 
➢ Spatial analysis of health and mortality 
➢ Maternal and child mortality 
➢ Demographic effects of violence 
➢ Migration, health, and mortality 
➢ Impacts of climate change on health and mortality 
➢ Innovative methods for the analysis of mortality and health 
➢ Challenges related to the comparability of health and mortality data in the region 
 

The above list is not exhaustive and other topics will also be considered as long as the focus is on aspects about Latin American health and mortality. 

Please send your structured abstracts (e.g., background, objectives, data, methods, expected results) with a maximum length of 2 pages in PDF format. Abstracts in Spanish, Portuguese, English, and French are welcome. Contributions may be based on analysis of empirical data, present innovative methods, or theoretical knowledge. 

To submit your abstract, please use the following form. The results of the selection will be communicated by 05/15/2025.

Please note that limited funding may be available to support the participation of selected paper presenters from students and researchers whose main affiliation is a Latin American institution, contingent upon availability of funds. 

The organizers will select exceptional submissions for a special issue on “Health and Mortality in Latin America” to be published in the Estudios Demográficos y Urbanos journal of El Colegio de México. 

Do not hesitate to contact the organisers by email at saludymortalidad.alap@gmail.com for any questions.

Organizing Committee: 

• Catalina Torres, Programa de Población, Universidad de la República, Uruguay  
• Jenny García, Institut National d'Études Démographiques, France
• José Manuel Aburto, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and University of Oxford
• Víctor M. García-Guerrero, Center for Demographic, Urban & Environmental Studies,  El Colegio de México, México
• Enrique Acosta, Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics de Barcelona
• Hiram Beltrán Sánchez, Community Health Sciences and California Center for Population Research (UCLA), USA
• Bernardo Queiroz Lanza, Cedeplar, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil.