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- From: Nigel Allen <nigel.allen@canrem.com>
- Subject: US Public Health Association Protests Denial of Cuban's Visa
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- Here is a press release from the American Public Health Association.
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- American Public Health Association Protests Denial of Cuban Health
- Minister's Visa
- To: National Desk
- Contact: The American Public Health Association Press Office,
- 202-387-3401
-
- WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 -- The Executive Board of the American
- Public Health Association (APHA) has registered its strong
- protest of the U.S. State Department's refusal to grant an entry visa
- to Dr. Julio Teja Perez, minister of public health of Cuba.
- APHA invited Teja to participate in its 120th annual meeting now
- taking place in Washington, D.C. In his letter, APHA Executive
- Director William H. McBeath reminded Acting Secretary of State
- Lawrence Eagleburger that "Effective public health programs and
- services are forged from a wide array of thought and practice, both
- national and international. Public health professionals in the U.S.
- have much to learn from our Cuban colleagues, who have fashioned many
- innovative and successful strategies to problems we face in our own
- communities."
- A discussion of "The Changing World Order and Health in Cuba,"
- which was to have featured Teja, will be offered as scheduled today
- at 7 p.m. Ramon Prado, director of international relations for the
- Cuban Ministry of Health, and Dr. Hector Terry-Mollina, Cuban
- vice-minister of health for hygiene and epidemiology, will speak.
- The American Public Health Association, founded in 1872, is the
- largest organization of public heath professionals in the world, and
- the foremost publisher of public health related books and
- periodicals, promoting high scientific standards, action programs,
- and public policy for good heath.
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