Screening of ¡Salud! (film on Cuba's health Care system) followed by Panel Discussion

SPEAK OUT & MEDICC -  Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba present
the exciting new feature-length documentary about Cuba's health care system
¡Salud!

Followed by a panel discussion with:
• Connie Field, ¡Salud! director and Oscar-nominated filmmaker
• Karen Bass, California State Assemblymember and Majority Leader, MEDICC Board Member
• Graduates of the Latin American Medical School(ELAM) in Havana, Cuba
• Teresa Walsh of Speak Out, former medical patient in Havana

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ABOUT ¡SALUD!
For people curious about Cuba’s health care system after seeing Michael Moore's SiCKO, the new documentary film ¡SALUD! sheds light on how such a resource-poor country can provide its people with what the BBC calls 'one of the world's best health systems.'

And for 40 years, Cuba's taken it to the road, their doctors in demand by other struggling nations. ¡SALUD! reaches into The Gambia, rural South Africa, Honduran coastal villages, Caracas hillsides, and the Venezuelan Amazon, where a Cuban is often the first doctor a poor community has ever seen. In some nations, Cubans staff entire health systems. In all, they take on the toughest challenges, bringing with them the philosophy and experience of a community-oriented, preventive, and universal health care model.

Cuba's volunteer corps now post 28,000 health professionals in 68 countries. Cuban medical schools enroll 30,000 students from other developing areas (including a group of students of color and low-income students from the U.S.), an unprecedented undertaking for any country.

¡SALUD! questions what propels Cuban doctors to serve where others won't, and grapples with the tensions their presence sometimes provokes. The film probes the motivations of international students at Havana's Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM) where a bold paradigm shift is producing doctors committed to public service. Through these stories and testimony from experts around the world, ¡SALUD! traces the opinions and competing agendas that mark the battle for better global health.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT ¡SALUD!

"¡Salud! should been seen by everyone from our political leaders to students in high schools and colleges who will shape the world of the future."
— Robert S. Blacklow MD, Visiting Professor Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, President and Dean Emeritus, Northeastern Ohio University's College of Medicine

“¡Salud! is an excellent, accurate and deeply moving portrayal of a healthcare system designed to keep people healthy rather than the ‘sickcare’ system that currently exists in the United States.”
— Jocelyn Elders, MD, former U.S. Surgeon General

"I salute ¡Salud! for teaching us how much we can learn not just about - but from - Cuba."
— Julian Bond, Chairman of the Board, NAACP