MEDICC honors the life of Noreen Clark PhD, who passed away on November 23rd. The Myron E. Wegman Distinguished University Professor of Public Health, University of Michigan, School of Public Health, she was one of the world’s leading experts in … Continue reading
March 5, 2012—Licensed by the US Treasury Department, Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba has announced eight travel programs for Cuba for 2012, using its 15 years of experience to offer a unique and exciting insider’s view of health and health … Continue reading
July 15, Havana–All seventeen members of the 2009 class of US medical students studying at the Latin American Medical School (ELAM) have successfully passed their Cuban state licensing exam and are poised to graduate as fully accredited MDs in Havana, … Continue reading
July 23, 2011, Havana–Following stirring choral offerings ranging from Ave Maria to We Are the World, 19 US medical students were among those awarded their degrees at today’s graduation of physicians, nurses and allied health professions of the Medical University … Continue reading
Havana, March 21, 2014—Cuba’s government announced that doctors, nurses and dentists will receive double—and some nearly triple—their current salaries by June 1. The decision, taken by the Cuban Council of Ministers this week, will raise physician salaries of first-degree specialists … Continue reading
MEDICC Supports US students attending Havana’s Latin American Medical School Oakland, Calif. February 7, 2014 — On his recent visit to Cuba’s Latin American Medical School (Escuela Latinoamericana de Medicina or ELAM), United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon praised the students … Continue reading
February 5, 2014—Dr Miguel Márquez, one of this hemisphere’s public health luminaries and a member of MEDICC Review’s Editorial Board, passed away on February 3. Born in Ecuador in 1934, he studied medicine at the University of Cuenca, went on … Continue reading
Oakland, CA January 31, 2014 – The new issue of MEDICC Review on Health over the Life Span, takes a look at health issues, interventions, and the supporting health care and social structures necessary for wellbeing across a lifetime. Freely available online, … Continue reading
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Oakland, CA, November 18, 2013 – Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba (MEDICC) has named a dedicated advocate of global health and Latin American human rights, Dr. Pierre M. LaRamée, as its new Executive Director. Dr. LaRamée brings over 30 years’ experience in … Continue reading