The revolutionary example of Cuba

Doctors of Tomorrow
 
From Sydney, Dr Tim Anderson speaks on Cuban medical aid and disaster relief in the Asia-Pacific region
 
Cuban medical aid abroad is one of the good news stories the media fails to cover.
 
Since the 1959 revolution, Cuban volunteer medical personnel have spent time overseas working with those who seldom, if ever, see a doctor.
 
As well, students from the developing world can train as doctors in Cuba, to better serve their people on their return.
 
Cuba gives more medical aid to the Third World than all the wealthy G8 countries combined.  
 
For many years, Cuban solidarity has benefited workers and farmers in Latin America and Africa. Recently Cuban doctors have begun work in the Pacific, in places like Timor-Leste.
 
Volunteers from Cuba have also mobilised to respond to disasters like the Boxing Day tsunami of 2004 and the Pakistan earthquake of 2005.
 
We are privileged to have Dr Tim Anderson, Senior Lecturer of the Department of Political Economy at the University of Sydney, speak of his interest in this many-faceted solidarity.  
 
As part of his presentation, Anderson will show his 20-minute documentary, The Pacific School of Medicine. The movie is a follow-up to 2008’s Doctors of Tomorrow.
 
The meeting will also hear an update by Annalucia Vermunt on the international campaign to free the Cuban Five. In May Vermunt participated in an international youth conference in solidarity with the Five held in Havana, Cuba.
 
2pm, Sunday, September 6th
Ponsonby Community Centre, 20 Ponsonby Terrace
From Karangahape / Great North Rd, head down Ponsonby Rd. Ponsonby Terrace is after Tole St, two streets before the Three Lamps shops.
 
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