The initiative, organized by the Local Health Unit (ULS) of Nordeste with Spanish partners, addressed mental health during pregnancy, childbirth, and early life, promoting an integrated and humanized approach.
The event explored various dimensions, including maternity, hospital and community intervention, psychopharmacology in pregnancy and breastfeeding, perinatal grief, prematurity, maternal bonding, and early intervention, with a special focus on the specificities of rural and low-density population territories.
Portuguese and Spanish health professionals participated, providing a space for experience exchange and the dissemination of intervention models. Cross-border cooperation between Trás-os-Montes and the Zamora region was reinforced.
The opening session was attended by the President of the Board of Directors of ULS do Nordeste, Miguel Abrunhosa, Clinical Director, Rui Terras, and Nursing Director, Anabela Martins, who presented the reality of Trás-os-Montes.
Organized within the framework of the Interreg Spain–Portugal cross-border cooperation program, through the EQUISAM project, the conference involved ULS do Nordeste, Sacyl – Complexo Assistencial de Zamora, the Polytechnic University of Bragança, and the Municipality of Bragança.
The meeting underscored the importance of caring for mental health from the beginning of life, promoting coordinated and proximity-based responses for the well-being of women, children, and families.
