Emergency responsiveness and Disaster planning:

How the Hospital Batista De sousa and the health system responded to the recent natural disaster and how to build resilient systems in a world of climate change.

A stimulating and provocative conversation with

Dr. Sandra Beleza, a researcher at University of Leicester, UK on the genetic Admixture and population structure in Cabo Verde: implications for infectious disease susceptibility. the Conversation floats in tangents of history , skin tones and racial diversity, etc....

A Conversation with Dr. Liliane Hungria Silva, a Public Health Specialist in the Sao Lourenço dos Orgãos, gives us a Comprehensive overview of the current situation with the Dengue Epidemic and the public health strategies being implemented.

Dr Taisse Mosso Ramos MD PhD is one of the youngest neurosurgeons in Cabo Verde and she joined us to discuss the most common problems encountered and the general history and state of neurosurgery in Cabo Verde

We often focus exclusively on health care issues. Once in a while I like to divert to topics that can reground us on our roots, history and purpose.

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Dr. Aminah Pilgrim is a Professor of Africana Studies at The Berkele College of Music and specializes on our History in New England and was kind enough to have this enlightening conversation with us.

Listen to this fascinating conversation with Dr Mandeep Singh for John Hopkins University and his patient Valeta Miranda about a rare genetic condition that may be unique to Cabo Verde and the need for genetic testing and the potential for gene therapies

Breast Cancer is one of the leading causes of Death among women in Cabo Verde.

Are there specific mutations and a higher prevalence of genetic factors among women in Cabo Verde?

Dr. Pamela Borges is the Leading researcher trying to answer some of these questions. Listen to our enlightening conversation with her today

As a professional Society we have faced challenges in returning to Cabo Verde to collaborate

with our colleagues. The Psychodynamics are complex intertwined with feelings of fear, insecurity and fairness not to mention the difference in the culture of professionalism, language, etc.

This Podcast is a frank conversation with Dr. Raffaella Gozzelinoan Italian Cabo Verdean a Professor of Biomedical Sciences who returns to lead a University on Cabo Verde.

In this episode hear a presentation of a young Colo-rectal surgeon about the growing incidence of colorectal cancer in Cabo Verde, the cultural and socio-economic barriers to screening and the challenges of treating colon cancer in Cabo Verde. presentation by Dr. Luis Bernardo Moreira and a great discussion with CVAMS members