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05 Sep The CNN 10: Healthiest cities
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CNN.com It may seem unlikely, but Havana, Cuba, is one of the healthiest cities on the planet. Read more
25 Jul Cuba Graduates 10,000 Cuban and International Physicians
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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....
26 Jun STOP THE ROLLBACK: Help MEDICC advance US health cooperation with Cuba
We need cooperation to protect the health of our families, our country, the world. And that’s a fact. Help us put all our health at the top of a strengthened US-Cuba cooperation agenda: contribute to MEDICC’s 20th Anniversary Fund.14 Jun MEDICC Urges President Trump to Keep the Door Open to Cuba
MEDICC adds its voice to the growing bipartisan chorus calling on President Donald Trump to stay the course on US Cuba policy and open the door further for US travel, trade and cooperation26 May Cuba’s Henry Reeve International Medical Brigade receives WHO Dr. LEE Jong-Wook Memorial Prize for Public Health
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May 26, 2017 – Today, at an awards ceremony at the 70th World Health Assembly of the WHO, Cuba’s Henry Reeve International Team of Medical Specialists in Disasters & Epidemics received the Dr. LEE...
05 May Cuba Confronts Homo- & Transphobia in Schools
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Cuba’s National Sex Education Center (CENESEX), in collaboration with the Ministry of Education (MINED), kicked off a year-long anti-bullying initiative that will focus on teacher training, support materials, and methodology to prevent homo- and transphobia bullying in the nation’s schools.
21 Apr Community Partnership for Health Equity (CPHE) Site Updates
CPHE Bronx Maria Eugenia Romero-Garcia, founder of Maravillas De La Infancia Cultivador De Sueños Comunidad, located in Matanzas, Cuba, visited South Bronx, NY, last fall. As part of MEDICC’s support for the Bronx CPHE project...17 Feb Cuba’s 56th Polio Vaccination Campaign Under Way
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Havana, February 17, 2017 – Cuba’s annual polio vaccination campaign, designed to protect Cuban children against the once-crippling disease, is under way for the 56th time since its launch in 1962. Like all health services,...
02 Feb Cuba: Lowest Rate of Low Birth Weight in Latin America and Caribbean
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Havana, February 2, 2016 – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) point to Cuba as the country with the least low birth weight (LBW) in the region....