SUSTAINABLE APPROACHES TO PROMOTE HEALTH & EQUITY IN LATIN AMERICA
Reports from Ecuador and Cuba
Monday June 6, 2011, 1:30 – 3pm
UBC Liu Institute for Global Issues, Multipurpose Room
(light lunch and beverages will will served)
Dr. Jaime Breilh (Director, Health Area, Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, Quito, Ecuador), “Responding to Unsustainable Development in Ecuador”
Effects of export-oriented agriculture and extractive industries such as mining has prompted reflection about the nature of sustainability, linking health scientists and affected communities. An Andean Region Observatory on Collective Health, Environment and Society led by Dr. Breilh is tracking such trends and approaches to dealing with them.
Dr. Mariano Bonet (Director, INHEM, National Institute of Hygiene, Epidemiology & Microbiology, Havana, Cuba), “Recent Changes to the Health System in Cuba”
Since its 1959 Revolution, Cuba has achieved excellent health results by developing a comprehensive nation-wide primary care network that is well integrated with public health capacities and community involvement. To strengthen sustainability amid economic reforms, the health system is itself continuing to evolve.
For the past seven years, UBC has participated with institutions in Ecuador, Cuba and Mexico in an international collaboration on the sustainable management of environmental health risks. This panel features two Latin American population health leaders who are members of this partnership.
Sponsored by: the Global Health Research Program, the Liu Institute for Global Issues, and the School of Population and Public Health