From the Wall Street Journal | By Drew Hinshaw | October 9, 2014 With risks growing that Ebola could flare on foreign shores, the U.S. is calling for nations to dispatch doctors […]
Cuba sends doctors to combat Ebola in Africa
Written by Seth Galinsky Shared from Repeating Islands – Posted on September 21, 2014 The revolutionary government of Cuba is sending a 165-member medical team to Sierra Leone to combat the outbreak of […]
Check out this awesome TED Talk by Gail Reed on Cuba’s Medical School:
Big problems need big solutions, sparked by big ideas, imagination and audacity. In this talk, journalist Gail Reed profiles one big solution worth noting: Havana’s Latin American Medical School, which trains global […]
Kennedy’s Last Act: Reaching Out to Cuba; Cuban Meningitus Vaccine
By Peter Kornbluh, National Security Archive http://nsarchive.wordpress.com/2013/11/20/kennedys-last-act-reaching-out-to-cuba/ The 50th anniversary of the violent death of U.S. president, John F. Kennedy has yielded a long kept secret: in the aftermath of the assassination […]
Fidel Turns 87 and Cuban Medics in Haiti Put the World to Shame
Well written and insightful, by retired Cuban- American Prof. from University of New Mexico, and a scholar on Cuban affairs, Nelson P. Valdés. See below for Cuban Medic story. Nelson Valdes, August […]
Is Healthcare a Right? Lessons from Haiti, Cuba, & Honduras.
An evening with Dr. Luther Castillo, named “Honduran Doctor of the Year” and spokesperson for the Honduran resistance movement. Thursday, March 15 — 7:30 pm: UWM Union, Fireside Lounge. Since 1999, Luther […]
Cuba Caravan Crosses with 100 Tons of Aid & Venceremos Brigade Returns on Aug 3rd
Latin America Working Group http://www.lawg.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=464&Itemid=68 Written by Paulo Gusmao & Andy Turner Friday, 24 July 2009 Activist groups nation-wide continue to rally against the travel ban. The Inter-religious Foundation for Community Organization/ […]
Cuba Pushes its ‘Medical Diplomacy’
By Michael Voss BBC News, Havana The waiting room at Cuba’s largest eye hospital, Pando Ferrer, is packed with patients. Many come from across Latin America and the Caribbean, with everything paid […]
Cuba has world’s highest rate of over 100-year-olds
May 24, 2008 Agence France Presse HAVANA (AFP) — About 1,800 Cubans are over 100 years old, making it the country with the highest rate of centenarians, an expert said Saturday. Eugenio […]
Her Dream Leads Her to Cuba
Program will help her earn medical degree — for free By Joel Dresang Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Aug. 17, 2006 Joya Mosley sees Cuba as a land of opportunity. As the world scrutinizes […]
Wisconsin Coalition to Normalize Relations with Cuba 
You must be logged in to post a comment.