Cuba Report

Issue 6 February 2008    

 
  Medical Study Tour 15 June-22 June
   


The first IISC study tour for Medical and primary health care professionals departs on 15 June 2008. The programme comprises a week of visits and seminars looking at all aspects of Cuban medical care, including the system, its ethos, treatment regimes, institutions, research and facilities. The tour will be led by IISC Director Professor Patrick Pietroni and is organized in conjunction with the ATOL bonded Old Havana Ltd travel company. 
Full details are available on a special page of the website here

For further information email Dr Stephen Wilkinson

  
       
 
  The Venezuela connection: Public Seminar February 6
   

In the second of our 2008 series of public seminars, on 6th February,
Emily Morris (pictured right) of the Economist Intelligence Unit and Dr Julia Buxton (pictured left)
from the University of Bradford will be examining the growing relationship between Cuba and Venezuela.
The event takes place at 7pm in the Henry Thomas Room on the Holloway Road Campus. Full details can be found on the IISC website
It is strongly advised to reserve a seat. Please email

The Bodeguita del Medio restaurant London, is kindly supporting this seminar		  
   
       
   

Health Care seminar very well received



Last month’s public seminar on the Cuban health system delivered by Professors Patrick Pietroni and Margaret Blunden of the IISC was very well-received with more than 80 people attending. The PowerPoints they used are already posted on the IISC website here and transcripts of their full presentations will be posted there shortly

     

Module for King’s College launched

A special study skills module on the subject of Cuban Health Care is being provided to King’s College London’s medical school by the IISC. The first students came to London Metropolitan for the opening seminar on 17 January. Full details can be found on the website here

  
           
         
      Conference participation  
     


Members of the IISC are participating in three upcoming conferences in Havana, New York and Liverpool details of these activities are to be found on the website here




 
               
  Publishing possibilities
   

The Editorial board of the International Journal of Cuban Studies is now preparing its first edition. Please visit the section on the website here for details of how to send in proposals for articles.

In addition the IISC is negotiating with a renowned publisher to produce a series of books on Cuba starting in 2009. If you have a chapter or book idea that you would like to have considered please watch the website carefully. News of this will be posted as it happens.		  
   
       
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