Canadian Conference on International Health - 2006
Who Cares? The Human Dimension of Global Health
October 15-18, 2006 - Ottawa, Canada - Marriott Hotel
Yet again, the 13th Canadian
Conference on International Health was a great success. Thank you to all the
participants and speakers who made it so. The partnership between The Canadian Society for International
Health and the
Canadian
Coalition for Global Health Research, made the links between research
and development prominent in the ongoing debate of Human Resources for Health.
To view the final program please
view it in PDF
Abstracts:
Poster
Abstract Index
Paper
Abstract Index
Keynote Speaker Presentations:
If you wish to request the participant list or
a specific contact or presentation, please email us at
conference@csih.org
¡Salud!
The documentary Salud
http://www.saludthefilm.net/ns/index.html was shown at the CCIH on November
16th. To request a copy of the film please contact:
info@saludthefilm.net
Sometimes
help comes from unexpected places…For
those committed to health in rich and poor nations alike, ¡Salud!
-- a new feature documentary by Academy Award nominee Connie Field --
explores the curious case of Cuba, a cash-strapped country with what the BBC
calls ‘one of the world’s best health systems.” And for 40 years, Cuba’s
taken it to the road, their doctors in demand by other struggling nations.
¡Salud! reaches into The Gambia, rural South Africa, Honduran coastal
villages, Caracas hillsides and the Venezuelan Amazon, where a Cuban is often
the first doctor a poor community has ever seen. In some nations, Cubans staff
entire health systems. In all, they take on the toughest challenges, bringing
with them the philosophy and experience of a community-oriented, preventive and
universal health care model. Cuba’s volunteer corps now posts 28,000 health
professionals in 68 countries. Cuban medical schools enroll 30,000 students from
other developing areas, an unprecedented undertaking for any country. ¡Salud!
questions what propels Cuban doctors to serve where others won’t, and
grapples with the tensions their presence sometimes provokes. The film probes
the motivations of international students at Havana’s Latin American School of
Medicine (ELAM)
where a bold paradigm shift is producing doctors committed to public service.
Through these stories and testimony from experts around the world, ¡Salud!
traces the opinions and competing agendas that mark the battle for better
global health. (88 minutes, 2006)
Contact Information
Canadian Conference on
International Health
c/o Canadian Society for International Health
1 Nicholas St, Suite 1105
Ottawa, On K1N 7B7
Phone: 613 241-5785 x 326
Fax: 613 241-3845
email:
conference@csih.org
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