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Child Health in Cuba
Professor Imti Choonara
Venue: Henry Thomas Room
11 November 2008 6.30pm
University of Nottingham
Cuba has managed to provide excellent care for its children by focusing on primary healthcare and prevention (extensive immunisation). A key feature of its healthcare system is that it is free of charge and publicly funded and this has helped Cuba to achieve excellent healthcare at a low cost. This seminar will examine the Cuba system of child health care and explain how both developing and developed countries can learn a lot from it.
Email admin@cubastudies.org to register.
Seminar news
Poverty and inequality in Cuba, inaugural presentation by Emily Morris
Emily Morris (pictured), the UK’s foremost expert on the Cuban economy gave her inaugural seminar before an audience of more than 70 people at the International Institute for the Study of Cuba on October 9th.
Emily, who was the Cuba country editor for the influential Economist Intelligence Unit for 12 years, began work as a Senior Research Fellow and director of the IISC’s Research Unit on 1st September.
Her talk was on new research into the extent of poverty and inequality in Cuba today. The event took place in the Henry Thomas Room, at LondonMet’s North Campus in Holloway Road, North London. More details can be found HERE
Cuban educators and historian speak at IISC
This autumn has seen the IISC host three high ranking visitors from Cuba who delivered seminars at London Metropolitan University.
On 24 September, Cuban Education Ministry advisors Dra. Margarita Quintero Lópezand Dr Orestes Valdéz gave two very stimulating talks on the structure of the Cuban education system and the efforts being made to improve environmental education through the school system.
On 1 October it was the turn of renowned Cuban historian Dr Jorge Ibarra from the Cuban Institute of History who gave a talk on the Anglo-Cuban Treaty of 1905, the subject of his new book which was also launched at the seminar. |
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26-30 January 2009