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ILC-BR President Alexandre Kalache delivered several master classes during the month of May.

In May 2018, hundreds of people in Rio and São Paulo had the opportunity to listen to Alexandre Kalache, in the Jewish Cultural Centre (Centro Cultural Midrash), the House of Knowledge (Casa do Saber), Fiocruz’s Centre of Strategic Studies of Health, the University of São Paulo and at an event for 300 professionals of the agribusiness sector. He also delivered a keynote at SESC, the Social Service of the Commerce for the State of São Paulo.

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Much more attention needs to be paid to the positive effects of the use of art in healthcare. Art makes people feel better and helps them to better cope with their illness. Art can also mean a lot in the social domain and prevention, and in shortening hospital admissions.

The first Global Citizen Science for Health conference was held from 29 October to 1 November 2023. This is the registration of the keynote "The Participatory Turn in Health Research: Its Roots, Methods, Ethics, Validity and Future" by professor Dr Tineke Abma.

With contributions from 21 authors, the book "Prevention of frailty among older persons in Japan: A community-wide approach" reflects the decades of first-hand experience of Prof. Tsujii, a former senior official at the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

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