Racism is a determinant of health that exists in all societies and that has significant health impacts, leading to higher morbidity and premature mortality among racialized populations. The healthcare system is one of the institutions where racism is embedded, posing a fundamental barrier to equitable healthcare, operating at both structural and interpersonal levels.

In Europe, scientific evidence on racial discrimination practices in healthcare is limited. Moreover, there are few opportunities for reflection and knowledge exchange on this issue from an interdisciplinary perspective, with input from both the clinical field and non-profit sector organizations working to improve healthcare for racialized populations.

This conference will combine theoretical presentations with discussion panels, allowing for collective reflection on strategies to advance toward a more equitable healthcare system.

PROGRAM

9:00-9:15 OPENING.
Pedro Gullón Tosio. General Director for Public Health and Equity in Health, Spanish Ministry of Health

9:15-10:00 OPENING KEYNOTE SPEECH: Experiences of discrimination in healthcare services and health inequalities. Stephani Hatch, King’s College London

10:00-10:15 QUESTIONS & DISCUSSION

10:15-10:45 PRESENTATION: Barriers to the right to health for racialized people in Europe: what do we know and what do we still not know? Yolanda González-Rábago, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), OPIK Research Group

10:45-11:00 QUESTIONS & DISCUSSION

11:00-11:30 COFFEE BREAK

11:30-13:00 PANEL DISCUSSION: HOW TO ADDRESS STRUCTURAL RACISM FROM THE CONSULTATION ROOM?

Institutional racism in the hands of healthcare professionals (including racialized professionals)
Quinndy Akeju, Nurse at Osakidetza – Basque Health Service, Afrocolectiva

Healthcare for racialized people: the case of women. Najoua Gelai, Family and Emergency Physician, Sierrallana Hospital, Cantabria

The primary care consultation room as a listening space: challenges of racial bias. Luis Gimeno-Feliu, Primary and Community Care Physician, Aragón

Multidisciplinary anti-racist approaches. Noha El-Haddad Boufares, Family and Emergency Physician, Association of Muslim Girls of Spain (ACHIME)

Moderator: Erika Valero Alzaga, OPIK Research Group (UPV/EHU)

13:00-13:30 QUESTIONS & DISCUSSION

13:30-15:00 LUNCH BREAK

15:00-15:30 PRESENTATION: Barriers to healthcare access in the basque country: profile of people attended at cassin and breaches of the right to health. Elena Rodríguez Álvarez, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), OPIK Research Group

15:30-17:00 PANEL DISCUSSION: ANTI-RACIST ACTIVISM TO REDUCE RACIAL HEALTH INEQUALITIES: THE THIRD SECTOR EXPERIENCE

The experience of the socio-healthcare assistance center (cassin) in Bilbao. Xabier Aguirre, Médicos del Mundo Euskadi

Antiracism for health equity. Mba Bee Nchama, Platform for Racial Equity in Health (PERSA)

Medical tourism and other myths: forms of institutional racism in 12 years of healthcare exclusion. Marta Pérez Pérez, Yo Sí Sanidad Universal

Intercultural mediation as a tool for preventing inequalities and racism. Nacho Peña, Health Among Cultures

Moderator: Estibaliz Gil Miguel. Medicos del Mundo Euskadi

17:00-17:30 FINAL CONCLUSIONS: Proposals for recognizing and addressing racism in healthcare
Daniel La Parra Casado, University of Alicante

Location

The Bilbao Faculty of Education is located at the Biscay Campus at the town of Leioa, 13km away from to the city of Bilbao (Sarriena neighborhood).

How can you get there if you are traveling by…

…public transport (bus): 

The company Bizkaibus offers different bus lines that reach the Campus from different municipalities of the whole province of Bizkaia. Information about the lines is available here.

From Bilbao, there are multiple bus-lines that conect the city and the our university ()UPV/EHU):

• A2318: Termibus - UPV/EHU (via highway)
• A2312: Zabalburu - UPV/EHU (Juan de Garay)
• A2314: Bilbao Abando station - Erandiogoikoa - UPV/EHU
• A2321: Santutxu - UPV/EHU (via highway)
• A2324: Bilbao Abando station & city hall- UPV/EHU (Enekuri)

…car: 

If you are traveling to the campus by car, the link to the location on Google Maps of the Bilbao Faculty of Education is as follows: https://maps.app.goo.gl/o8LKpPXtgHEerrhP9