
Dr. Lourdes Johanna Avelar Portillo
@johannaavelar
Postdoctoral Scholar at @ucsfbhhi @UCSF | Geographer focused in WaSH insecurity, homelessness, public health, and policy research🚽💧🚿| 🇸🇻
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http://lawateraccess.com 12-10-2020 20:37:17
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I’m honored to be a #PublicVoices Fellowship on Homelessness with The OpEd Project and UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative! This is how we change who writes history. Join me—there are workshops open to the public too (scholarships available): theopedproject.org/workshops



I wrote a thing and its now out in the world! 💙My deepest gratitude to The OpEd Project and UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative for providing me this opportunity to shed light on the importance of bringing WaSH services to unhoused communities The Messenger themessenger.com/opinion/homele…

Incredible piece by my colleague Ryan Assaf, PhD, MPH that debunks the myth of substance use causing homelessness! ✊🏽 It also sheds light on the urgency to invest in harm reduction programs to save lives and connect people to services! So proud of you, Ryan!


Artículo nuevo! Recién publicado en The Lancet Reg Health-Americas "Taxing women's bodies: the state of menstrual product taxes in the Americas", sobre el impuesto a productos menstruales en todo el continente americano. [1/10]
![Alhelí Calderón Villarreal, MD, PhD, MPH (@alhelicalderon) on Twitter photo Artículo nuevo! Recién publicado en <a href="/LancetRH_Americ/">The Lancet Reg Health-Americas</a> "Taxing women's bodies: the state of menstrual product taxes in the Americas", sobre el impuesto a productos menstruales en todo el continente americano. [1/10] Artículo nuevo! Recién publicado en <a href="/LancetRH_Americ/">The Lancet Reg Health-Americas</a> "Taxing women's bodies: the state of menstrual product taxes in the Americas", sobre el impuesto a productos menstruales en todo el continente americano. [1/10]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F_0eI4RacAAubec.jpg)

Fresh off the press! 🗞️ Felicidades Alhelí Calderón Villarreal, MD, PhD, MPH and co-authors on this incredible piece that focuses on the lived experiences of people who inject drugs along the Tijuana-San Diego border region! This piece advocates for WaSH access to be part of harm reduction efforts 🩵

Press realise! This is based in our recent publication in the International Journal for Equity in Health (doi.org/10.1186/s12939…) #PWID #WASH #SubstanceUse #EnvironmentalHealth today.ucsd.edu/story/safe-wat… UC San Diego Health Dr. Lourdes Johanna Avelar Portillo Steffanie Strathdee, PhD 🗡️ 🦠Superbug Slayer🗡️ Georgia Kayser @shawn_flanigan