The Public Health Ministry of Cuba announces its annual International Convention "Cuba Salud 2018" to be held from April 23 to 27, at the Havana Convention Center, Cuba. The scientific forum will have as its main theme '' Universal health for sustainable development '' allowing for the reaffirmation of the need to consider improving the health of the population, as a determinant of social development . The Convention is sponsored by prestigious international and national organizations, and has among its purposes to debate about the role of health in the world and the international agenda on health.
It will be a propitious moment for the exchange on the current and future challenges of the Public Health at a global level, with emphasis in the answer that the countries must give to the needs that the world faces today, in subjects like the security and quality of the attention medical, emerging and re emerging diseases, efficient and sustainable health systems, international cooperation in health, medical education, universal access and universal health coverage, among others.
Likewise, the current public policies, strategies, organization and economic bases that sustain the health activity will be discussed, as well as the evaluation of the new processes for the renewal of primary care and its implications for health services.
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