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EN About us - Salud Entre Culturas

Promoting understanding and coexistence between cultures through health

Salud Entre Culturas (SEC) is a multidisciplinary public health and migration team that is part of the Asociación para el Estudio de las Enfermedades Infecciosas (Association
for the Study of Infectious Diseases or AEEI).

The AEEI was created in 1991 and declared of Public Utility in 2003. It is associated with the Infectious Diseases Service of the Ramón y Cajal Hospital in Madrid.

Goals

  • Inform a particularly vulnerable group, from a medical and social point of view, about the most relevant infectious diseases and thus enable them to adopt preventive behaviours and reduce attitudes conditioned by stigma.
  • Train the voluntary and professional staff of NGOs to achieve effective communication that manages to transmit health information to the immigrant population.
  • Promote early diagnosis of HIV and Chagas disease.
  • Train healthcare professionals in managing cultural diversity.
  • To offer intercultural mediation and language interpretation services in the healthcare field.
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  • New
    patients
  • Silent
    diseases
  • Building
    bridges
  • Women's
    health
  • Transcultural
    psychology

New citizens, New patients

Health education program focused on the migrant population settled in Spain. We carry out culturally and linguistically adapted health education activities. Sometimes, these activities include a community screening for diseases such as hepatitis or tuberculosis.

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Silent diseases

Program to prevent and promote the early diagnosis of HIV, hepatitis, chagas disease and sickle cell disease through screening campaigns in community settings. This program includes health education activities and the subsequent referral of the detected cases to the health system.

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Building bridges

Patient assistance program in which we help them overcome cultural and linguistic barriers to the health system, follow up with them, and encourage continuity of medical control and adherence to treatment. We also train new intercultural mediators to continue and expand this service.

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Women's health

Program aimed specifically at women in which we address the barriers arising from the intersection of gender and migration. We work on issues related to health education with an emphasis on sexual and reproductive rights.

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Transcultural psychology

Psychosocial care program in which we carry out a comprehensive approach working on psycho-emotional problems related to the migration process, adaptation to the new context and/or a diagnosis of a chronic pathology. We also train and sensitize health professionals who care for migrant patients.

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OUR TEAM

Salud Entre Culturas (SEC)

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Dr. Rogelio López-Vélez

Director

He has dedicated his professional career to imported infectious diseases and the health of migrants since 1989 when he launched the Tropical Medicine Unit at the Ramón y Cajal Hospital in Madrid. He is currently a researcher at the Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria (Institute for Health Research) of the Ramón y Cajal Hospital in Madrid.

Ignacio Peña Ruiz

Coordinator

Degree in Political Science and Administration by the UCM [Universidad Complutense de Madrid].Master’s degree in Development Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Latin
America by the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. Expert in direction and
management of NGOs by ESADE. He has been an aid worker in Ecuador, participating in programs of UNDP, the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation
(AECID) and other cooperation agencies. His experience is extensive in the design, monitoring and evaluation of socio-health projects involving migrants. He has participated in various scientific publications in collaboration with the National Reference Centre for Imported Tropical Diseases of the Infectious Diseases Service of
the Ramón y Cajal University Hospital in Madrid. He is a teacher in various courses and training programs that address intercultural mediation and the migration phenomenon in
public services. Since 2013, he has been the coordinator of Salud Entre Culturas.

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Martina Corral Aller

Head of the Intercultural Interpretation and Mediation Service

Degree in Translation and Interpreting from the University of Vigo with specific training in Public Services Interpretation. Over the last few years, she has been trained in interculturality, intercultural mediation and in mediation techniques as a method of conflict resolution. She has also completed studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology.

Cristina Arcas Noguera

Head of the Health Care Division

Nurse and Social and Cultural Anthropologist by the Universidad de Granada. Diploma in Tropical Nursing by LSHTM. Expert in European Project Management by PIXEL-Florence. Currently studying MSc in Gender Studies by the University of Linköping.
She has participated in health promotion, health education and sexual and reproductive
health programs with migrant population in Greece. Since 2018, she has been the head
of the health care division at Salud Entre Culturas.

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Layla Bellach Elkasimi

Interpreter and intercultural mediator

Degree in Semitic and Islamic Studies by the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Intercultural mediator of Classical Arabic, Maghrebi Arabic, Eastern Arabic and Riffian in the health field. Training in Dual Pathology and Addictive and Gender Violence Disorders in Immigrant Women.

Emmanuela Beda

Interpreter and intercultural mediator

Intercultural mediator in French, Bambara, and other African languages such as Twi. She is a former student of our Course on Intercultural Mediation in Public Services, which is part of our project School of Intercultural Mediation in Public Services.

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Axa Milá de la Roca

Head of Communications

Communicator and audiovisual content creator. Certified pedagogical and didactic training by the UNED. Over the last few years, she has specialized in social media, as well as in content creation and campaigns for non-profit social entities.

Mª Ángeles Vegas González

Administrative assistant

Extensive experience in economic management of projects in non-profit entities.

Majdouline Benkirane

Interpreter and intercultural mediator

Licenciada en Filología Hispánica por la Universidad Abdelmalek Essaâdi. Máster en Comunicación Intercultural, Traducción e Interpretación en los Servicios Públicos por la Universidad de Alcalá de Henares. Diploma en Competencia Cultural para el Cuidado y los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible por la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela. Mediadora intercultural en el ámbito sanitario, especializada en árabe clásico, árabe magrebí y árabe oriental.

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Michel Alpízar López

Psychologist

Degree in health psychology from the Universidad de La Habana and Master’s degree in Health Promotion and Education. Collegiate in the Official College of Psychology of Madrid. Experience in cognitive behavioural therapy, neuroscience, psychogerontology and psychosocial work with groups living in situations of vulnerability or risk of exclusion. Cross-cultural Psychologist in Salud Entre Culturas.

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Ángel García Morales

Interpreter and intercultural mediator

Degree in English Studies by the Universidad de Alcalá. Master’s degree in Intercultural Communication, Translation, and Interpretation in Public Services. Doctorate in the treatment of neurodivergent patients with Health Interpretation. Intercultural mediator in English.

CSUR-ET Reference Centres, Services and Units of the National Health System

National Reference Centre for Imported Tropical Diseases

Dr. José Antonio Pérez Molina

Associate Director of the National Reference Centre for Imported Tropical Diseases (CSUR-ET)

Coordinator of the National Reference Centre for Imported Tropical Diseases. Co-director of Salud Entre Culturas. Specialist doctor in the Ramón y Cajal Hospital in Madrid, National Reference Centre for Tropical Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases. Principal investigator of the CB21/13/00085 Group of CIBERINFEC and Coordinator of the national network +Redivi. Specialist in Microbiology and
Parasitology. PhD in Medicine by the Universidad de Alcalá, Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Public Health by the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and Diploma in Research Methodology and Biostatistics by the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. Author of more than 250 scientific articles in indexed medical journals and coordinator of more than 16 clinical trials. His areas of interest include tropical and travel medicine, emerging infections, antiretroviral therapy, HIV-related infections, and the interaction of HIV and neglected tropical diseases.

Dra. Begoña Monge Maillo

Member of the Tropical Medicine Unit

Specialist Doctor in the Ramón y Cajal Hospital in Madrid, National Reference Centre for Tropical Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases, member of CIBERINFEC. Degree in Medicine from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Specialist in
Internal Medicine at the Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal (RyC).PhD in Medicine by the Universidad de Alcalá. Area Specialist Doctor at the Tropical Medicine of the Infectious Diseases Service National Reference Centre in the RyC Hospital. Coordinator of the WHO Collaborating Centre on Leishmaniasis. Associate Clinical Professor of the Universidad de Alcalá.

Dra. Francesca Norman

Member of the Tropical Medicine Unit

Specialist Doctor in the Ramón y Cajal Hospital in Madrid, National Reference Centre for Tropical Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases, member of CIBERINFEC. Counsellor, Executive Board, International Society of Travel Medicine (ISTM). Teacher in training programs in Mozambique of the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), Master’s Degree on Infectious Diseases (Universidad de Alcalá) and Master’s Degree on Clinical Immunology Research (Universidad Complutense).

Dra. Sandra Chamorro Tojeiro

Member of the Tropical Medicine Unit

Specialist Doctor in the Ramón y Cajal Hospital in Madrid, National Reference Centre for Tropical Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases, member of CIBERINFEC. Expert in Tropical Medicine and Master’s Degree in Tropical Medicine and Public
Health by the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Experience in neglected infectious diseases, international cooperation, imported diseases, communicable diseases, and
migration.

Dra. Clara Crespillo Andújar

Member of the Tropical Medicine Unit

Specialist Doctor in the Ramón y Cajal Hospital in Madrid, National Reference Centre for Tropical Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases, member of CIBERINFEC. Master’s degree in Tropical Medicine and International Health by the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Research Methodology and Expert Title in HIV and Associated Diseases. Experience in international cooperation and infectious diseases.

Dra. Marta González Sanz

Member of the Tropical Medicine Unit

Specialist Doctor in the Ramón y Cajal Hospital in Madrid, National Reference Centre for Tropical Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases in Tropical Medicine and Master’s Degree in Tropical Medicine and Public Health by the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.

Dra. Maria Dolores Corbacho

Member of the Tropical Medicine Unit

Specialist Doctor in the Ramón y Cajal Hospital in Madrid, National Reference Centre for Tropical Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases. Expert in Tropical Medicine and Master’s Degree in Tropical Medicine and Public Health by the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid including an external stay at the Gambo Rural Hospital (Ethiopia).

Dr. Diego Gayoso

Member of the Tropical Medicine Unit

Specialist doctor in the Ramón y Cajal Hospital in Madrid, National Reference Centre for Tropical Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases. Expert in Tropical Medicine and Master’s Degree in Tropical Medicine and Public Health by the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.

Beatriz Gullón Peña

Psychologist

Degree in Psychology by the Universidad de Deusto. Master’s Degree in Social
Intervention and Forensic Psychology. Training in gender, migration, sexual health, emotional management, attention to diversity and research techniques. in attending groups in situations of social vulnerability. Currently, she is a predoctoral researcher in the CIBERINFEC group, pursuing a doctorate in Biomedical Sciences and Public Health, and a psychologist in the Transcultural Psychology program of Salud Entre
Culturas.

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Benjie Alphonso

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