The CNN 10: Healthiest cities
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Cuba Graduates 10,000 Cuban and International Physicians
Havana, Cuba, July 23, 2013 – Thunderous applause from newly graduated Cuban and foreign doctors greeted congratulatory remarks from Dr Jorge González, Rector of the Medical University of Havana, at commencement ceremonies in Cuba’s capital. The Lázaro Peña Theater was … Continue reading
Learn More About How the President Can Enhance Cooperation in Health
Read MEDICC’s White Paper “A Safer, Healthier Future Through U.S.-Cuba Cooperation” to learn more about what the President can do to increase cooperation in health between Cuba and the United States. Read why the President should take action and lift restrictions … Continue reading
Join Us and Ask the President to Take Executive Action
We urge you to write the President, encouraging him to use his executive authority, enhance cooperation in health between our two countries, and make innovative treatments like Heberprot-P available to US patients in need! Click here to contact President Obama Want to … Continue reading
Members of Congress Urge President Obama to Take Executive Action to Improve US-Cuba Health Cooperation
More than 70,000 Americans suffer amputations each year due to diabetic foot ulcer complications; of those, nearly half will die within five years of losing their limb. This is a shocking human tragedy, one that could be turned around by a Cuban-developed diabetic foot ulcer … Continue reading
San Francisco Chronicle op-ed: Let’s open the door to Cuba and its promising diabetes treatments
By Gail A. Reed March 17, 2016 The debates about what constitutes a real relationship with Cuba continue on the eve of President Obama’s trip Sunday. Should the embargo be lifted? Should the U.S. close its base at Guantanamo? How … Continue reading
MEDICC Sees New Opportunities for Improved Healthcare on the Anniversary of Restored US-Cuba Diplomatic Relations
Oakland, CA (December 17, 2015) – Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba (MEDICC) marked the anniversary of the historic announcement of restored diplomatic ties between the United States and Cuba with optimism that better health for people in both countries can … Continue reading
A Matter of Perspective: Seeing Cuban and United States Health Systems Through a Cultural Lens
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MEDICC Honors a Hero: Julian Bond (1940– 2015)
August 17, 2015—MEDICC joins people the world over in honoring the life of Julian Bond, US civil rights and social justice leader. Through his work as a student activist, legislator, and leader of the NAACP and the Southern Poverty Law … Continue reading
MEDICC Review Journal Highlights Cuba’s Global Health Cooperation
New July issue of MEDICC Review includes interviews with new US graduates of the Latin American Medical School Oakland, Calif. (PRWeb) August 4, 2015 —MEDICC Review today announced the publication of its new issue on Cuba’s International Health Cooperation: highlighting … Continue reading