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Andrés Moya

Associate Professor of Economics & Director, Semillas de Apego
Academia
Colombia

About Andrés

Dr Andrés Moya is an associate professor of economics at the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia. He is the director of Semillas de Apego and a Commissioner for the Lancet Commission on Health, Conflict, and Forced Displacement.

His research focuses on understanding the consequences of conflict and forced displacement and how they thrust people into poverty through economic, psychological, and behavioural channels. Building upon this evidence, he designs and evaluates interventions with the aim of mitigating these consequences and fostering movement out of poverty.

Semillas de Apego is the prime example of this work, a community-based psychosocial programme for caregivers of young children in communities affected by conflict and forced displacement.

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Healing the past to protect the future

Semillas de Apego plant seeds of care for the caregiver

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Paper

The Mental Health of Caregivers and Young Children in Conflict-Affected Settings

We analyze the effects of conflict-related violence on the mental health of caregivers and young children, as well as the role of caregivers’ mental health in explaining the toll of conflict on early childhood mental health

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