MEDICAL EDUCATION COOPERATION WITH CUBA
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Organizations Filed Purposes: MEDICAL EDUCATION COOPERATION WITH CUBA (MEDICC) PROMOTES COOPERATION AMONG THE US, CUBAN AND GLOBAL HEALTH COMMUNITIES TO IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES AND EQUITY, OFFERING THE CUBAN EXPERIENCE TO INFORM GLOBAL DEBATE, POLICIES, AND PRACTICE.

COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS FOR HEALTH EQUITY (CPHE): CORE PROGRAM AND INITIATIVES IN 2019: -THE 5TH CPHE NATIONAL NETWORK MEETING WAS HELD IN BRONX NEW YORK IN JUNE, 2019 WITH THE THEME OF "CHANGING IT UP" 55 CPHE MEMBERS WERE IN ATTENDANCE, INCLUDING 12 YOUTH, WHO PARTICIPATED IN A SPECIAL CAPACITY BUILDING WORKSHOP AS PART OF THE MEETING. THE 6 YOUTH WHO TRAVELED TO CUBA IN FEBRUARY GAVE A DYNAMIC PRESENTATION OF THEIR EXPERIENCE. THE MEETING ALSO INCLUDED A WALKING TOUR AND TAI CHI LESSON IN CLAREMONT VILLAGE, OUR BRONX CPHE SITE, HOSTED BY LOCAL RESIDENTS, POLICE OFFICERS, AND PUBLIC FIGURES. -CPHE YOUTH PROGRAM: "EMPOWERING YOUTH LEADERSHIP FOR LASTING CHANGE" IN MAY 2019, WE RECEIVED AN ADDITIONAL 60,000 GRANT (125,000 REQUESTED) FROM THE CHRISTOPHER REYNOLDS FOUNDATION TO PROVIDE LEADERSHIP TRAINING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE CONNECTED WITH CPHE. ONE TRAINING WILL BE HELD THIS NOVEMBER IN MONTGOMERY ALABAMA, IN CONJUNCTION WITH A VISIT TO THE LEGACY MUSEUM. ALSO SUPPORTING THIS PROJECT IS ONE OF OUR CPHE PARTNERS IN NAVAJO NATION: COPE (COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND PATIENT EMPOWERMENT.) AS PART OF FORMER CRF GRANTS, WE CONTINUE TO ARRANGE VISITS FOR YOUTH TO OTHER CPHE SITES AND ADMINISTER MINI-GRANTS TO CPHE YOUTH PROGRAMS. -CPHE EVALUATION: WITH NEW EXPERTISE AND ENERGY FROM DR. NINA WALLERSTEIN OF UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO, THE REVISED CONCEPT PAPER FOR THE CPHE EVALUATION IS IN PROGRESS ONCE AGAIN. DIANE HAS BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH DR. WALLERSTEIN, HELPING TO DRAFT A NARRATIVE AND BUDGET FOR THE PROJECT, WHICH WILL BE SUBMITTED TO RWJF IN OCT-NOV, 2019.

MEDICC REVIEW: SUMMARY OF RECENT PROGRAM RESULTS/MAIN ACTIVITIES -EDITING AND PRODUCTION OF THE APRIL/JULY AND OCTOBER ISSUES, BOTH OF WHICH WERE QUITE ROBUST. THE JULY ISSUE'S CONTENTS INCLUDED MORE LATIN AMERICAN AUTHORS THAN EVER BEFORE, CONCENTRATING PRIMARILY ON PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY IMPLEMENTATION. THE OCTOBER ISSUE WAS DEVOTED TO GLOBAL HEALTH CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNIVERSAL HEALTH: THE CASE OF CUBA, AND INCLUDED SOME OF OUR BEST CONTENT YET. THE NOTION WAS TO BUILD ON THE 2018 ISSUE OF PAHO'S PAN AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH ON THE CUBAN HEALTH SYSTEM, BY PUBLISHING PAPERS THAT REFLECT PROGRAMMATIC CONTRIBUTIONS BY CUBA TO EXPANDING HEALTH CARE AT HOME AND ABROAD. TWO KEY ARTICLES ARE BY AGUSTIN LAGE, WHO LOOKS AT SCIENCE'S ROLE IN DEVELOPING CUBA AND CUBAN PUBLIC HEALTH IN THIS CENTURY; AND CONNER GORRY'S OBJECTIVE REVIEW OF CUBA'S GLOBAL HEALTH COOPERATION, THE LATTER THE TARGET OF NEW SANCTIONS AND HOSTILITY FROM THIS ADMINISTRATION. -RECRUITMENT OF A NEW SENIOR EDITOR, ENGLISH EDITION, SINCE LIZ VASILE RETURNED TO FULLTIME ACADEMIA ON AUGUST 1. SINCE SHE GAVE US LESS THAN TWO MONTHS' NOTICE, WE APPEALED TO CHRIS MILLS TO FILL IN FOR THE SPECIAL ISSUE, WHICH SHE DID, AND WE ARE FOREVER GRATEFUL. THE RECRUITMENT IS NOW IN ITS FINAL PHASE, AND WE HOPE TO HAVE A NEW HIRE ON BOARD BY DECEMBER 1. -LAUNCH OF THE OCTOBER SPECIAL ISSUE AT THE FORD FOUNDATION CENTER FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE IN NEW YORK, TWO BLOCKS FROM THE UNGA SESSIONS AND ONE DAY AFTER THE UN'S FIRST HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE (FOR WHICH MEDICC WAS ALSO ACCREDITED AS AN NGO). THE PRESENTATION WAS QUITE A SUCCESS, WITH DR. ROSIE MILLS SPEAKING ABOUT HER BRONX CPHE EXPERIENCE, JERRONTAY ON MEDICC, GAIL ON THE ISSUE, AND CUBA'S FOREIGN MINISTER BRUNO RODRIGUEZ ON THE RIGHT TO HEALTH. ABOUT 50 NOTABLES ATTENDED AND WE SENT THE LINK TO THE NEW ISSUE TO THOSE WHO COULDN'T MAKE IT (TRAFFIC WAS AWFUL AND MANY STREETS CLOSED BY POLICE). PLANNING HAS BEGUN FOR THE HAVANA LAUNCH OF THIS ISSUE NOVEMBER 29. -CALL FOR THE MAY 2020 SCIENTIFIC WRITING COURSE, AND EVALUATION OF THE JUNE 2019 COURSE. SIX CUBAN AND THREE INTERNATIONAL PROFESSORS PARTICIPATED IN THE 2019 COURSE, SELECTED BY MEDICC REVIEW: DR. DAMIAN VAZQUEZ, MANAGING EDITOR OF PAHO'S PAN AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH; DR. HELENA CHAPMAN OF FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL; AND DR. PAUL ERWIN, DEAN OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ASSOCIATE EDITOR OF THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. THE COURSE HAS EXPANDED ITS REACH, EVIDENT IN THE COMPARISON BETWEEN 2018 AND 2019; APPLICATIONS RECEIVED (142 IN 2018/226 IN 2019); APPROVED FOR ENROLLMENT (41/51); AUDITING (27/31); AND PROVINCES REPRESENTED (3/8). PARTICIPANT REVIEWS OF THE COURSE CONSISTENTLY RATED IT AS EXCELLENT. FOR THE FIRST TIME, A PANEL ON SOCIAL MEDIA WAS INCORPORATED, LED BY EXECUTIVE EDITOR GAIL REED, "EL ARTE DE DIFUNDIR SALUD." -ON THE TECHNICAL/ADVERTISING SIDE: THE NEW WEBSITE IS FULLY OPERATIONAL, AND WE WILL BE MOVING TO AN ONLINE CONTENT MANAGER AFTER THE JANUARY ISSUE. WE HAVE ALSO HIRED CAROLYN GORRY (ALREADY OUR COPY EDITOR) TO WORK ON DOI NUMBERS, INDEXATION AND XML MARKUP SUPERVISION, SINCE VARIOUS INDEXING SERVICES HAVE DIFFERING AND CHANGING REQUIREMENTS. MEETINGS ARE IN THE WORKS WITH CUBA'S NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY AND OTHERS TO EXPAND THE SCOPE OF MANUSCRIPTS SUBMITTED.

GATEWAYS TRAVEL PROGRAM: -NUMBER OF GATEWAYS TRAVELERS IN 2019: 96 -INCOME IN 2019: 107,300 ORGANIZATIONS/GROUPS THAT TRAVELED WITH MEDICC THROUGH OCTOBER 2019: 1. MINNESOTA THOUGHT LEADERS (JANUARY 19-24) 2. COMMONWEALTH FUND (MARCH 10-16) 3. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA SCHOOL OF NURSING 2 (MARCH 17-24) 4. VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY (MAY 19-JUNE 1) TWO-WEEK COURSE 5. GENDER EQUITY (JUNE 2-8) 6. DISASTER PREPAREDNESS (SEPTEMBER 14-22) 7. CENTURA 2 (SMALL GROUP) (SEPTEMBER 22-29) 8. UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA (SMALL GROUP) (OCTOBER 13-19) PROGRAM RESULTS IN 2019: RETURN CLIENT UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA PLANNED ITS THIRD AND FOURTH EXCHANGES WITH MEDICC. COLLABORATIONS WITH NEW INSTITUTIONS (COMMONWEALTH FUND, VANDERBILT, UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA, STFM). VANDERBILT PILOT PROGRAM PROVED FEASIBILITY IN UNIVERSITY COURSE TRIPS. SUCCESSFUL RECRUITMENT FOR GENDER EQUITY OPEN TRIP. HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES IN NEW LOCATIONS (CASAS IN VEDADO, LA RAMPA AREA) AND AREAS OUTSIDE OF HAVANA BETWEEN US AND CUBA TEAMS. FIRST INTENSIVE CLINICAL EXPOSURE FOR PARTICIPANTS SINCE 2004 (CENTURA). POSSIBLE CME CREDITS FOR UPCOMING STFM TRIP.

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