Cuba Health Forum

Opportunities for Improving U.S.-Cuba Engagement on Health Policy
  • Friday, Jan 22, 2010

  • Globally, Cuba reports some of the best health indicators, characterized by long life expectancy, high vaccination rates, and low rates of infant and maternal mortality. Since the 1960s Cuba has carried out international health missions to countries in crisis, and through the Medical School of the Americas Cuba welcomes international students to study medicine without charge. Cuba’s cutting-edge research institutions and biotechnology sector attract partners from Europe and Asia.

    Agenda

    8:00-8:30 Registration and Breakfast
    8:30-10:00

    Panel One: Overview of Cuba’s Health System:  Principles, Achievements, and Challenges

    Panelists:

    Ellen Bernstein, Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO)

    William Keck, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine

    Patrick Pietroni, International Institute for the Study of Cuba (UK)

    Moderator: Katherine Bliss, CSIS
    10:00-10:15 Break
    10:15-11:30

    Panel Two: Partnerships in Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical Development, and Scientific Research

    Panelists:

    Jean Handy, University of North Carolina School of Medicine

    Simon Reid-Henry, Queen Mary, University of London

    Clare Sansom, Birkbeck College, University of London

    Moderator: Thomas Bollyky, Center for Global Development
    11:30-12:45

    Panel Three: Cuba’s Medical Diplomacy: The Role of Health in Cuba’s Foreign Policy

    Panelists:

    Julie Feinsilver, Georgetown University

    John Kirk, Dalhousie University

    Representative, Cuban Interests Section (invited)

    Moderator:  Stephen Morrison, CSIS
    Programs
    Americas Program, Global Health Policy Center
    Topics
    Global Health
    Regions
    Americas

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  • Contact

    Americas Program and the Global Health Policy Center
    (202) 775-3180

Location

B1 Conference Center
Center for Strategic and International Studies
1800 K Street, NW
Washington DC, 20006

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