Public Meeting - Health in Cuba - Wed 21 Oct, 7.30pm
John Wesley Room, Wesley Methodist Church, New Inn Hall Street, Oxford.
Dr Sarah Stewart-Brown Director of the Health Services Research Unit,
University of Oxford welcomes
PROF. THEO MACDONALD, author of 'Hippocrates in Havana', to speak on
'Health
in Cuba'.
Theo. MacDonald is currently working on a new book on the impact of the US
blockade on Cuba's health service.
This meeting is supported by local trade unions - the health branches of the
MSF and UNISON - who will report on the project 'SALUD!, A UNION SHIP FOR
CUBA' which will leave for Cuba this coming spring with practical support
for Cuba's Health Service.
Notes
General description of health in Cuba:
Pan American Health Organisation - http://www.paho.org/english/cuba.htm
On the impact of the US blockade on health:
American Journal of Public Health
http://www.usaengage.org/news/9701ajph.html
American Association for World Health
http://www.igc.apc.org/cubasoli/aawh.html
Regards,
Mark Ladbrooke
Secretary Cuba Solidarity - Oxford
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