9th
INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON
PRIMARY
HEALTH CARE
“Excellence
and Quality in PHC”
March 6th to 10th,
2006
Havana International Conference Center
CubaDear
colleague,
Primary
Health Care (PHC) is a set of new political, scientific, technical, social,
economic and methodological processes, requiring will, political decision and
accurate infrastructure for its development.
PHC
requires, for its development, the consequent formation of the Doctor every
country needs. Today, one of the highest worldwide challenges is the PHC
development.
Since
the first seminar, held in Cuba in 1986, PHC has experienced progressive
changes. Therefore, the 9th Seminar in 2006, aims to review and
discuss the way in which Excellence and Quality in PHC can be achieved, in the
Services likewise in Teaching and Research.
In
the 9th Seminar we will discuss and review the following enquiries:
· What is PHC in each country?
· What is the importance of PHC in the integral scheme of care to the health-disease process?
· What is Family Medicine?
· Where is the Family Medicine addressing to in the 21st Century?
Cuba
has made extraordinary progress in health care and, by 1983; it has already
met indicators set by the World Health Organization (WHO) to asses the Health
for All Strategy. The country has furthermore introduced strategic changes
intended to enhance its National Health System.
Despite
the differences among countries, the meeting will be an opportunity to
exchange experiences and “to learn from each other”.
Nowadays
in Cuba, the Struggle of Ideas for the people integral culture has produced an
impacting movement seeking for the improvement of health, education, social
security, culture and sports, which has revealed remarkable innovations.
This
meeting as others previously held, will be attended by authorities from United
Nations agencies, non-governmental organizations and renowned personalities
from the field of health care.
It
is an honour for us to held this meeting and we are looking forward to warmly
welcome you and thank you for your attention and attendance.
Yours
truly,
Dr.
José Ramón Balaguer
Minister
of Public Health in Cuba
ORGANIZERS
Ministry of Public Health of Cuba (MINSAP)
Havana
International Conference Center, Cuba
SPONSORS
·
Pan-American Health
Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO)
·
United Nations Population
Fund (UNFPA)
·
United Nations Children’s
Fund (UNICEF)
·
Cuban Society of Family
Medicine (SOCUMEFA)
·
National Council of
Scientific Societies of Health (CNSCS)
INTERNATIONAL
GUEST AGENCIES AND PERSONALITIES
·
World Organization of
Family Physicians (WONCA)
·
Latin-American Association
of Social Medicine (ALAMES)
·
Towards Unity for Health
Network
·
WONCA Iberian-American –
CIMF
MAIN TOPICS
·
Public Health in Cuba
·
World Health.
Year 2006
·
Family Health:
Multidisciplinary Health Staff with interdisciplinary relation as main
strategy
·
Integral Reproductive
Health
·
Health of Children in Latin
America
·
Reproductive Rights and
Sustainable Development
·
Cuba’s Internationalist
Collaboration in the Field of
Health: Integral Program of Health (PIS)
·
The struggle for excellence
and quality in primary health care: the Cuban experience
·
The struggle of ideas for
Health: the Cuban experience
·
The importance of the
Family Medicine in the 21st Century
·
The human resources
training for Primary Health Care: pre grade, postgraduate and training courses
and academic grades. Policlinic-University,
the Cuban experience.
·
Community projection of
hospitals and research institutes
·
The struggle for Quality in
Health
·
Community active
participation in health
·
Research importance in
Primary Health Care
·
The importance of
physiotherapy and rehabilitation: the Cuban experience
·
Unity and integration of
Care levels in National systems of health
·
Social communication:
information and education for health
·
Mother-and-child health in
Cuba
·
Mental health
·
Strategy for prevention and
control of chronic diseases
·
Health promotion
·
Integral care to the
Elderly
·
The
political-economic-social and cultural approach of health
·
International,
collaboration in health: United Nation Agencies, Non-governmental
organizations, Union organizations and Scientific organizations
·
Health workers unions
·
Inside the neighborhood Cuban experience in
Venezuela
PRELIMINARY
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
·
Speeches of personalities from the United Nations and Non-governmental
Organizations.
·
Speeches of well-known personalities in the field of Health.
·
Main
Lectures:
30 minutes of duration.
·
Panels:
Developed by outstanding Health personalities with a duration between 90 and
120 minutes for debate and exposition.
·
Workshops:
Selected specialists will present the topics in 4 hours sessions.
·
Thematic
Lectures
of 20 minutes.
· Free oral topics and posters presentations
|
Session |
Monday
6th |
Tuesday
7th |
Wednesday
8th |
Thursday
9th |
Friday
10th |
|
Morning |
Registration Panoramic
City tour |
Plenary
Session |
Plenary
Session |
Panel
# 10 Ethics in Primary
Health Care |
Plenary
Session |
|
Afternoon |
Registration |
**** |
Plenary
Session |
**** |
Plenary
Session |
|
Night |
Opening Welcoming
Cocktail |
Artistic
Activity |
Closing Final
Activity |
****: Thematic Lectures, Free oral topics and posters, Workshops and panels
dealing with various topics in different rooms
FREE ORAL TOPICS AND
POSTERS PRESENTATION
· Oral: Presentation should not exceed 10 minutes.
After three presentations there are 10 minutes for
discussion and at the end of each topic the president of each committee will
conclude the debate.
· Posters: Following the format: Introduction, Methods, Results,
Discussion
and Conclusions.
·
The
title will have no more than 15 words and the
characters will be 3cm
height, bold type and thick.
·
The
presentation sequence will be from left to right
· The board size will be 82 cm wide (horizontal) and 120 cm height (vertical)
ABSTRACTS PRESENTATION STANDARDS
Paper Abstracts should be sent in
electronic format with the following requirements:
The word processor must be Word 6,0 or a higher version
Font:
Arial, 12 points
Text:
Justified
Margins: 2,5
cm on a 8 ½ x 11 sheet of paper
Title of the paper: Arial 14 points, centered and bold type
Author data:
Full name of
the authors in bold type and cursive writing
Institution’s
name
Institution’s
address, Phone, Fax, E-Mail
Country:
bold type
Abstracts structure will be (no
more than 250 words)
1.
Paper title (no more than
15 words)
2.
Authors’ full name (no
more than 6 authors)
3.
Institution
4.
Country
5.
Objectives
6.
Methods
7.
Results
8.
Conclusions
9.
Presentation modality
proposed by the author
Abstracts
included in the scientific program will be delivered in electronic format to
each delegate within the documentation into the folder.
The deadline for submitting the papers will be on January
16th, 2006.
AUDIOVISUAL AIDS FOR
PRESENTATIONS
·
Slide projector of
35 mm
·
Overhead
projector
·
Video
cassette VHS (NTSC 3,58)
·
Data
projector
· Computer
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF
THE SEMINAR
·
Spanish
· English simultaneous translation will be offered in Plenary Sessions and those considered by the Scientific Committee.
INVITATIONS
Participants
requiring an Invitation Letter to attend, in order to carry out the
corresponding travel procedures, can apply for it to the Secretary of the
Organizing Committee
REGISTRATION FEES
Nurse
$ 150 CUC (previous presentation of the Nurse ID)
Accompanying
people
$ 60 CUC
Registration fees include:
Doctors and nurses:
Name
badge, participation in the scientific activities of the seminar, documents
kits (scientific program and CD-Rom), attendance certificate, author
certificate, participation in the social program (welcoming cocktail, cultural
activity and closing ceremony).
Accompanying people:
Name badge,
participation in the welcoming cocktail, cultural activity and closing
ceremony, and souvenirs.
TOURIST PACKAGE
Rates in CUC per person per night
Hotels
Single room
Double room
Palco
****(venue)
$50.00 CUC
$35.00 CUC
Occidental
Miramar**** $58.00 CUC
$40.00 CUC
Comodoro****
$54.00 CUC
$39.00 CUC
Vedado ***
$40.00 CUC
$28.00 CUC
The rates of the tourist package include:
·
Accommodation and
breakfast
·
In-out
transfer for a minimum of 4 people. Less
than 4 people must pay $ 3 CUC (round trip).
·
City
tour (see general program)
·
Transfer
to all sessions and social activities of the seminar
·
Specialized
guidance service in the transfers
· Professional assistance at the airport
For further information on the
accommodation, contact:
In
the Tourist Desk of each hotel, participants can ask for a varied offer of
optional tourist excursions that can be paid at the moment of their
reservation.
CONTACT WITH THE ORGANIZERS
