ANNOUNCEMENTS
PUBLICATIONS
 Award winner of the 2002 Medical Literature Contest of the National Medical Academy of Mexico, the two-volume Tratado de Nefrología (Treatise on Nephrology), presents modern nephrology concepts using a holistic, integrative approach, a hallmark of the Cuban “school of nephrology.”
Published by Editorial Prado (Mexico) in 2003, 90 specialists contributed to the book’s 75 chapters, among them distinguished Cuban nephrologists including:
- Dr. Jorge Alfonso Guerra, Specialist in Internal Medicine and Nephrology, PhD and Full Professor of the Institute of Medical Sciences of Havana, President of the Cuban Nephrology Society;
- Dr. Raúl Herrera Valdés, Second Degree Specialist in Nephrology, PhD, Full Professor and Researcher, Director of the national Institute of Nephrology;
- Dr. Miguel Almaguer López, Specialist in Nephrology, Full Researcher and Associate Professor;
- Dr. Reynaldo Mañalich Lomas, Full Professor of Nephrology; and
- Dr. Charles Magrans Buch, PhD, Full Professor of Internal Medicine and Nephrology.
The editor, Dr. Alejandro Treviño Becerra, is a Surgeon, Professor Emeritus of the Mexican Academy of Surgery, and Full Professor of the Mexican Academy of Medicine. He says that he included Mexican colleagues (Dr. Felipe Mota and others), as well as renowned colleagues from Spain (Dr. Dámaso Sanz and others), Cuba and Puerto Rico, who proved to be “true experts in the topics and thorough and punctual collaborators.”   The World Health Organization (WHO) recently published its Report on Health in the World 2005 – Make Every Mother and Child Count, where it argues that hundreds of millions of women and children do not have access to basic health services, causing millions of preventable deaths worldwide. According to the report, providing basic interventions and “continued assistance” for mothers and children - which start before pregnancy and continue through childbirth and childhood - the number of deaths could be drastically reduced.
According to this year’s report:
- Almost 11 million children under 5 will die, mostly from a handful of preventable causes.
- 4 million of these will die within 28 days of birth.
- 3.3 million babies will be stillborn.
- 500,000 women will die in pregnancy, during childbirth, or shortly afterwards .
Make Every Mother and Child Count was presented on April 7 - World Health Day . The report advocates a new plan to save mothers and children’s lives and is available at http://www.who.int/whr/2005/en/index.html
| CALENDAR OF MEDICAL EVENTS TO BE HELD IN CUBA July-December 2005 |
Topic |
Event |
Date |
Province |
Venue |
Organizing
Committee Contact |
| Maxillofacial |
International Meeting on Face Rehabilitation and Maxillofacial Prosthesis |
July 4 - 8 |
Havana City |
Latin American Center for Medical Events |
|
| The Environment |
5th International Convention on the Environment and Development |
July 4 - 8 |
Havana City |
International Convention Center |
Dr. Pablo Fajardo Moros,
Phone (537) 867-0606,
Fax (537) 866-8054,
mateo@citma.cu
|
| Traditional Medicine |
International Workshop on TUINA Traditional Chinese Massage |
July 11-15 |
Havana City |
Higher Institute of Medical Sciences |
|
| Epidemiology |
Hospital Epidemiology. Quality Programs. |
July 12-15 |
Havana City |
Latin American Center for Medical Events |
|
| Social Sciences |
6th Ibero-American Family Conference |
September 12-16 |
Havana City |
International Convention Center |
Dr. Mayda Alvarez Suárez,
Phone (537) 55-27-79,
Fax (537) 833-3019,
maydacem@enet.cu
|
| Medicine |
2nd International Symposium on Mechanical Ventilation and Blood Gases |
September 15-17 |
Villa Clara |
Provincial Hospital |
|
| Social Work |
3rd International and 5th National Social Work Congress |
September 18-22 |
Havana City |
Habana Libre Tryp Hotel |
|
| Environmental Health |
2nd Inter-American Congress on Environmental Health |
September 19-24 |
Havana City |
International Convention Center |
|
| Orthopedics |
16th Congress of the Cuban Society of Orthopedics and Traumatology "ORTOPEDIA 2005" |
September 29-30 |
Ciego de Ávila |
Medical School |
Prof. Rodrigo Alvarez Cambras PhD,
Phone (537) 271-2832, 271-9055,
Fax (537) 273-1422/273-6480,
cambras@fpais.sld.cu
|
| Geriatrics |
13th International Seminar on Care for the Elderly: GERONTOVIDA |
October
5-7 |
Havana City |
Palco Hotel |
|
| Hospital Care |
International Hospital Care Workshop: Cuba Hospitals 2005 |
October 11-14 |
Havana City |
National Hotel |
|
| Pediatrics |
25th National Pediatrics Congress and First International Symposium on Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care |
October 17-21 |
Havana City |
International Convention Center |
|
| Nursing |
3rd International Symposium on Nursing Excellence |
October 19-21 |
Havana City |
Latin American Center for Medical Events |
|
| Communicable Diseases |
3rd Central American and Caribbean Congress on nursing in STI, AIDS and other Communicable Diseases |
October 24-28 |
Havana City |
“Pedro Kourí” Tropical Medicine Institute |
Dr. Gustavo Kourí Flores,
Phone (537) 204-6051, 202-0633,
Fax (537) 202-0633,
gkouri@ipk.sld.cu
|
| Medical Sciences |
2nd Special Psychology Conference; 3rd Symposium on Care for Autistic and Down’s Syndrome Patients |
November 8-11 |
Havana City |
National Hotel |
Dr. María T. García Eligio de la Puente,
Phone (537) 870-4617,
Fax (537) 873-5960,
maritza@psico.uh.cu
|
| Energy |
2nd International Convention on Energy and the Environment |
November 8-11 |
Santiago de Cuba |
Heredia Theater |
|
| Transplants |
4th International Symposium on Hepatic Transplants |
November 10-11 |
Havana City |
Latin American Center for Medical Events |
|
| Endoscopic Surgery |
3rd National Congress and 2nd International Congress on Endoscopic Surgery - CIRENDOSC 2005 |
November 15-18 |
Havana City |
National Hotel |
|
| Public Health |
2nd International Conference on Resources for Cuba’s Sustainable Health Development. |
November 17-18 |
Matanzas |
"Plaza América" Convention Center |
|
| Natural Medicine |
NATURO SALUD |
November 17-19 |
Villa Clara |
Provincial Hospital |
|
| Dentistry |
International Dentistry Congress |
November 19-23 |
Havana City |
International Convention Center |
|
| Workers’ Health |
2nd International Congress on Workers’ Health, CUBA 2005 |
November 21-25 |
Matanzas |
"Plaza América" Convention Center |
|
| Disabilities |
7th Latin American Congress on Bilingual Education for the Deaf |
November 21-25 |
Havana City |
International Convention Center |
|
| Angiology |
ANGIOCENTRO 2005 |
November 24-26 |
Villa Clara |
Provincial Hospital |
|
| Biotechnology |
BIOTECHNOLOGY HAVANA 2005: Agro-Biotechnology: Contributing to Sustainable Food Production |
Nov 27 – Dec 2 |
Havana City |
Center of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology |
|
| Pharmaceutical Sciences |
29th Central American and Caribbean Congress of Pharmaceutical Sciences |
Nov 28 – Dec 2 |
Havana City |
International Convention Center |
|
| Child Abuse |
International Child Abuse Congress |
Nov 29 – Dec 1 |
Havana City |
International Convention Center |
|
| Psychology |
3rd Latin American Health Psychology Congress ALAPSA 2005 |
December
5 - 9 |
Havana City |
International Convention Center |
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