Natural Medicine in Cuba

[Guest guest]

VISIT CUBA

AND LEARN ABOUT THE NATURAL AND TRADITIONAL MEDICAL SYSTEM IN CUBA

 

If you have EVER wanted to explore Cuba, then this is the time! Come explore

Cuba with Global Exchange! View first hand how the Cuban health care system

integrates alternative medicine into the Allopathic Medical System. Learn and

explore how Cuba provides a doctor for every 1500 persons, and maintains one of

the lowest infant mortality rates in the world.

 

While in Cuba, we will be attending the 5th International Congress on Natural

and Traditional Medicine and Bioenergetics being held in Holguin, Cuba, as

well as exploring the Cuban medical system. The delegation will be July 3-9,

2004 departing from Miami and will cost $2225. This package includes hotel stay,

3 meals per day, transportation, translation, site visits and all conference

fees. To qualify for the US Treasury Dept general professional license, you

need to be working in a health related (allopathic or CAM) field.

 

In Cuba, acupuncture, acupressure, homeopathy and Bach flower remedies are

all integrated in to the medical system. Dr. Leononico Padron, the Vice-Minister

of Natural and Traditional Medicine (NTM) in Cuba, has described the medical

system as a " multi-layer cake " . Each layer is a different type of medicine

(Allopathic, Acupuncture, Homeopathy, Bach Flower Remedies, etc). In most

places of the world, you study one layer only. In Cuba you study a slice of the

cake, some of each layer.

 

Cuban herbal medicine is studied throughout their medical training. Every

medical student studies Natural and Traditional Medicine for one quarter and

they

have the option of doing a one or four year " residency " in NTM. NTM is

practiced in special clinics in each province (which we will have the chance to

visit), as well as in conventional hospitals, polyclinics and family doctor

clinics. " Continuing Education " classes in NTM are offered to all medical

professionals.

 

Cuba's health care system has long been extolled as a model for the

developing world by the World Health Organization, particularly in the area of

primary

and preventive care. Cuba has the longest healthy (as well as overall) life

expectancy in Latin America. Yet Cuba is spending no more than other countries

in the region, which have a poorer health care delivery system, a lower life

expectancy and infant mortality rate (source: CUBANALYSIS based on the World

Health Organization: World Health Report 2002)

 

I am excited to be one of the people leading this trip to one of my favorite

places in the world. I hope you will be able to join me so I can introduce you

to some of my Cuban colleagues and friends. At the end of this letter is the

formal invitation and information about the trip. For more information,

please contact me at shadjody.

I hope to see you in July!

 

Sincerely,

Shad Reinstein, L.Ac., M.Ac.

Seattle, Wa.

Faculty, Bastyr University

 

 

 

Spring 2004

 

 

Dear Colleague,

 

Global Exchange invites you to participate in a special U.S. delegation to

attend:

V International Congress on Traditional and Natural Medicine and

Bioenergetics

In Holquin, Cuba

July 3-11, 2004

 

THEMATIC AREAS OF THE CONFERENCE

· Acupuncture and related techniques

· Pre-clinical homeopathy and homeopathic pharmacology

· Flower therapy

· Scientific Rieki

· Iridology

· Kinesiology

· Chiropractics

· Nutrition for the new era

· Organic agriculture, agrotechnics

· Medicinal mud

· Talasotherapy

· Aromatherapy

· Phytochemistry, pharmacology and toxicology of medicinal plants

· Physiotherapy

· Bee therapy and apiculture

· TNM at the University; pre and post courses

· Acupunctural surgical anesthesia in medicine and dentistry

· Hypnosis and relaxation techniques

· Ecology and environment

· Bioarchitecture

· Feng Shui

· Production and control of natural products

· Music therapy, chromo therapy

· Ozone therapy

· Laser therapy

· Scientific basis of TNM

· Valkion therapy

· Magneto therapy

· Natural cosmetics

· TNM in pain treatment, primary health case, patients with AIDS, patients

with cancer, rehabilitation and addictions

· Botanical gardens, medicinal plant herbarium, natural sources

· Osteopathy

· Therapeutic exercise

· Traditional exercise

· Therapeutic massage

· Chromo therapy

· And others accepted by the scientific committee

Topics for the Congress on Neural Therapy and Neurofocal Odontology

· Scientific basis of neutral therapy

· Application techniques of neural therapy

· Components and properties of procaine

· Neurofocal odontology and neural therapy

· The must recurrent interference fields

· Neural therapy in the most frequent diseases, ostheomioarticular pain,

anxiety, bronchial asthma, hypertension, digestive disturbances, skin

alternations, among others

· Neural therapy in the most frequent odontological disease, odontalgia,

stomatitis, alveolitis, and others

· Ethical and philosophical aspects of neural therapy

· Neural therapy in animals

 

 

WHY ATTEND THESE CONFERENCES

· Cuba's health care system has long been extolled as a model for the

developing world by the World Health Organization, particularly in the area of

primary and preventative care. This conference is a unique opportunity to gain

an

understanding of Cuba's public health system including its full integration

of natural and traditional modalities on a scale unprecedented in the West, the

significance of the Cuban model to other countries of the developing world,

and how professionals from the developed world can work together with their

Cuban counterparts to promote comprehensive universal health care world wide.

· During the nineties, the Cuban Ministry of Health opened a new division

to promote the full integration of many natural and alternative treatment

modalities into its conventional Western system. Herbal medicine, Chinese

traditional medicine, homeopathy and bio energetic medicine have all been

introduced

through training in the fourteen medical schools across the island, practice in

special clinics in each province, as well as in conventional hospitals,

polyclinics and family doctor clinics

· International experts from around the world will discuss modalities of

natural and traditional medicine, oriental exercise and martial arts and the

integration of these therapies into the conventional medical setting. Special

site visits will be organized before, during and after the conference so that

participants will be able to see natural medicine clinics and hospitals as well

as sites of cultural and environmental interest as a complement to the

presentation in the conference halls.

 

 

 

IS IT LEGAL TO TRAVEL TO CUBA?

 

Global Exchange is a licensed Travel Service Provider by the Office of

Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Treasury Department. Global Exchange

facilitates legal travel to Cuba for groups with their own specific license or

for

individuals who fall under the general license categories of OFAC. Please see

the website of the Office of Foreign Assets Control for guidelines and

qualifications for general licensing:

http://www.treas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/sanctions/sanctguide-cuba.html

..

 

 

HOW TO GET THERE

In an effort to facilitate your participation in the conference, Global

Exchange is organizing a special U.S. delegation, which will include health

institution visits, meetings with Cuban counterparts and other planned

activities in

addition to the conference.

 

Travel and program arrangements will be made by Global Exchange Reality

Tours, a licensed Travel Service Provider by the Office of Foreign Assets

Control

(OFAC) of the US Treasury Department with 12 years of experience organizing

educational tours to Cuba.

 

Roundtrip flights will be arranged from Cancun to Havana, Cuba.

 

THE COST of the delegation is $1945 land only, and $2225 from Miami. This

includes: Conference fee and registration, three meals per day, double room

accommodations at a three star hotel, full program with translators and tour

guide, all in country transportation, reading materials and attention to

participants individual professional requests. NOT INCLUDED is round trip

airfare from

their home cities to Miami, airport taxes ($50 in to Cuba and $25 from Cuba

back in to U.S.) tips and incidental expenses.

 

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SUBMISSION OF PAPERS

· Summaries of the papers should include: title, names and the authors'

last name, institution and country. You will need to specify whether you will

need technical support for your exhibition. The summary should be written in

Microsoft Word and sent by email, and can be in English or Spanish.

· The papers will be presented in the following modalities:

- Oral reports: 10 minutes of exhibition and 5 minutes for questions

- Posters: 0.95m wide and up to 1m high

- Videos: VHS

· The official language of the event will be in Spanish. Send abstracts to:

jazmin

 

 

How to Register:

Global Exchange must receive your application and a non-refundable deposit

$200 two months prior to departure. Payments by MasterCard or Visa are welcome.

 

This delegation will be as diverse as possible in terms of race, age and life

experiences. We strongly urge people of color to apply. A limited number of

partial scholarships are available for low-income applicants.

 

You can print out an application directly from this page:

http://www.globalexchange.org/tours/forms.html

 

 

WHO WE ARE

Global Exchange has been an innovator in educational and cultural exchanges

with Cuba for the past 15 years. We have an extensive network of on-the-ground

staff and contacts, nowledgeable trip facilitators and proficient translators

who add value to all of our delegations.

 

Our all-inclusive conference packages include three meals per day, additional

translators and guide, the conference fees and registration, as well as

accommodations and transportation. Our conference packages also incorporate

additional meetings, site visits, and professional exchanges with Cubans in your

field and cultural activities to enhance your experience in Cuba preceding and

following the conference, as well as some evenings and afternoons.

 

By traveling with us, not only will you have the opportunity to share with

colleagues in your group, but you will be joining a program working to make

travel to Cuba a right for all U.S. citizens and to further normalize relations

between our two countries.

 

More about Global Exchange: http://www.globalexchange.org

 

For more information on health and Cuba and how to get involved log on to:

http://web.globalexchange.org/gx/countries/cuba/foodAndMeds/index.html

 

 

Sincerely,

 

 

 

Jazmin Solorzano, Cuba Coordinator

Health Exchange Program

Global Exchange jazmin

 

U.S. Mailing Address:

Health Cuba

c/o Global Exchange

2017 Mission Street, Suite #303

San Francisco, CA 94110

Phone 415-255-7296, ext 354

 

To learn more about the conference and our projects, please reply to Jazmin

above, typing an " X " beside one or both of the categories on the form below,

along with your name and contact information.

 

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exchange with Cuban health specialists in the areas of nursing, natural

medicine, dentistry, community health, as well as general health projects.

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