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| RUPEE NEWS | March 18th, 2008 | Moin Ansari | ???? ??????? | ????? ????? |The Sri Lankans have proved to the world that a very poor country torn by civil war can achieve almost 90% literacy rates to its citizens. The Cubans have proved to the world that a poor country burdened by multiple layers of sanctions for the past five decades can provide cheap and affordable medical facilities to its citizens. During the earthquake, the 1000 Cuban doctors amazed the Pakistanis by their dedication and warm hearts. Not used to cold weather at all, the volunteers stayed for more than six months in the affected areas and provided help to the Pakistanis in its hour of need.
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Not only that, Cuba offered 1000 scholarships to Pakistanis in the Cuban Medical colleges. Now many hundreds of Pakistanis are studying in Cuba and will return to Pakistan to help the poor Pakistanis. Pakistan should learn from Cuba and set up hundreds of Medical colleges, not only to produce doctors, but also pharmacists and health workers.
This Cuban help led to full diplomatic relations with Cuba. In May of 2008, Shireen Mazari wrote that the Cuban Ambassador is one of the most popular ambassadors in Islamabad, and their is genuine warmth for him all over Pakistan
For more information see Appendix A, B, and C and (http://rupeenews.com/1Ca)
Cuban embassy arranges meetings for next group of students going for medical study
ISLAMABAD, Mar 18 (APP): Cuban Embassy in Pakistan has arranged different meeting with the second group of Pakistani students who have been selected for Medicine Scholarships in Cuba.
During the current month the Cuban Embassy in Pakistan has held three meetings with groups of Pakistani students who were selected to study Medicine in Cuba, said a spokesman of Cuban embassy.
The spokesman said these students are part of the 1000 free of charge-scholarships granted by the Cuban government to Pakistan after the devastating earthquake that affected the country on October, 2005.
These meetings took place in the cities of Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad and organized by the Cuban Embassy with the cooperation Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC), he added.
The Cuban embassy spokesman said main objective of these exchanges was to offer the students a general background about Cuba, the achievements that Cuba has reached in the spheres of education and health, as well as to provide them information related to living and studying conditions that the Cuban government provides to all the foreign students.
This is the first time Cuba is going to host Muslim students and Cuba wants to offer the Pakistani students the best of the environments.
The embassy spokesman said among this, Halal food will be guaranteed as part of the efforts and it will be imported and properly certified.
He said besides other arrangements that have been made to welcome the Pakistani students in Cuba, the school will have appropriate places to pray according to the Muslim traditions.
It is hoped that this second group of 644 Pakistani students should arrive in Cuba in the course of next weeks, joining this way to more than 330 students of this nationality that are in our country since one year ago, said the spokesman.
He said Pakistani students will receive in Cuba a high level education, recognized by the WHO and related international organizations.
Cuba is very well known around the world for its Human Development Indicators, among the first in the world, mainly in the sectors of education, health, culture, sport, among others.
On February 2006, Cuba offered to the government of Pakistan 1000 fully funded scholarships for young Pakistanis to study Medicine in Cuba.
The selection process has been carried out by the HEC under the guidance and instructions of the Pakistani government. The Embassy of Cuba and the HEC have stayed in permanent contact in connection with this process.
The international collaboration of Cuba is quite wide, and there are 29,000 Cuban professionals providing assistance to more than 60 countries, mostly in Latin America and African nations.
Nowadays, 27,500 foreign students coming from 120 countries are studying in Cuba, out of them 21 000 study Medicine.
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APPENDIX A
Escuela Latinoamericana de Medicina (ELAM), formerly Escuela Latinoamericana de Ciencias Médicas (in Spanish; in English: Latin American School of Medicine (LASM), formerly Latin American School of Medical Sciences), is a major international medical school in Cuba and a prominent part of the Cuban healthcare system.
Established in 1999 and operated by the Cuban government, ELAM has been described as possibly being the largest medical school in the world by enrollment with approx. 10,000 or 12,000 students from 27 or 29 countries reported as enrolled in 2006/early 2007. All those enrolled are international students from outside Cuba and mainly come from Latin America and the Caribbean as well as Africa. The school also accepts students from the United States – 91 were reportedly enrolled as of January 2007. Tuition, accommodation and board are free, and a small stipend is provided for students.[1][2][3][4][5]
A ELAM sister school operated by the Venezuela government and sited in Guri, Bolívar, Venezuela was scheduled to open in October 2006. The school is named Escuela Latinoamericana de Medicina A.P. Réverénd after French physician Alejandro Próspero Réverénd.[6][7]
Campuses
The main campus of Cuba’s ELAM is located northwest of the capital Havana and about 3.5 km from the Panamericana Highway. This 1.2 km² campus is built on the site of an old naval academy and overlooks the sea. It consists of 28 buildings with 80 classrooms, 37 laboratories, 5 amphitheaters, dormitories, an infirmary, and other facilities. The campus facilities were designed to support approx. 3,500 students with students beyond the second year of the medical program being based at other medical schools around Cuba. In December 2006, approx. 3,300 students were reportedly housed on the campus. The US dorm is 2 stories, students sleep on bunk beds in rooms of 5 to 20 students depending on if the room is filled to capacity. the diet in the caretery mainly consists of rice, beans, and bread, with the main course varied from gound soy,rice mixed with shredded chicken or pork referred to as arroz con suerte, ham, liver, to chicken or pork. All meals and housing are provided by the school. They also give us uniforms, and monthly suplies, as well as a modest allowance each month[8][9][5]
In 2005, it was announced that the Francophone Caribbean School of Medical Sciences in Santiago de Cuba – a second key campus – had been incorporated into ELAM.[10][11]All US students continue 4 to 6 year at Salvador Allende Hospital In havana Cuba.
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Mission
ELAM’s mission is dedicated to the training of general practitioners and primary healthcare providers for impoverished communities outside Cuba. The school is part of the international outreach through medical initiatives – which has previously included medical scholarships – that has been important to Cuban foreign policy since the 1960s.[2][12]
It is preferred that ELAM students come from the poorest communities with the intent of returning to practice in those areas in their countries. Initially only enrolling students from Latin America and the Caribbean, the school has also become open to applicants from impoverished and/or medically underserved areas in the United States and Africa.
Preference is given to applicants who are financially needy and/or “people of color” who show the most commitment to working in their poor communities.[3][4][13][9]
Final admissions decisions are made by a committee representing ELAM’s faculty and the Cuban Ministry of Public Health.[5]
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Scholarship
The scholarship includes full tuition, dormitory housing, three meals per day at the campus cafeteria, textbooks in Spanish for all courses, school uniform, basic toiletries, bedding, and a small monthly stipend in Cuban pesos. The scholarship does not include travel expenses to and from school.
Admissions
To be considered for the US scholarship program at the Latin American School of Medicine must be US citizens (with a US passport), under the age of 30, with proficiency in college-level sciences, and a commitment to practice medicine in low-income and medically under-served communities in the US after graduation.
Curriculum
- For a detailed English language ELAM curriculum plan, see the external links.
ELAM’s pedagogical philosophy centers on intensive tutoring and advising. All courses are taught in Spanish.
The pre-medical program includes courses in health sciences, chemistry, biology, math, physics as well as a 12-week intensive course in the Spanish language. The medical program begins every September and is divided into 12 semesters. Students study at the ELAM campus for the first 2 years before completing their studies at one of Cuba’s 21 other medical schools, including a 1 year rotating internship. The Cuban medical training model emphasizes primary healthcare, community medicine and hands-on internship experiences.
Students are required to pass examinations at appropriate points during their course of study. For US students, this includes the United States Medical Licensing Examination.[9]
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History
Establishment
ELAM was first conceived – reportedly from an idea by President Fidel Castro himself[14] – as part of Cuba’s humanitarian and development aid response (known as the “Integral Health Plan for Central America and the Caribbean“[15]) to the devastation caused by Hurricane Georges and Hurricane Mitch in 1998, which affected several countries in Central America and the Caribbean, including Cuba. 500 full medical scholarships per year for the next decade were offered by the Cuban government to students from 4 countries – the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Honduras and Nicaragua – seriously affected by the hurricanes. In support of this plan, ELAM was opened in March 1999 and started its full medical program in September 1999 with approx. 1,900 student in its initial classes. On November 15, 1999, Castro officially inauguratedELAM at as Havana hosted the 9th Ibero-American Summit (at this time, ELAM had 1,929 students from 18 countries).[16][5][17]
The first class of 1,498 ELAM doctors graduated on August 20, 2005, together with 112 from other Cuban medical schools. 28 foreign countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, and including the United States were represented by the graduates. The ceremony was led by Castro and Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez. Also reportedly attending were Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer of Antigua & Barbuda, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit of Dominica, Prime Minister Keith Mitchell of Grenada, President Martín Torrijos of Panama, Prime Minister Denzil Douglas of St. Kitts & Nevis and Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves of St. Vincent & the Grenadines as well as high-ranking government representatives of The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Jamaica, St. Lucia, Suriname and Trinidad & Tobago.[10][11]
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Cooperation with the United States
In June 2000, a US Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) delegation visited Cuba to meet with Castro. Representative Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) mentioned to Castro that his district had a shortage of doctors, who responded by offering full scholarships for US nationals from Mississippi at ELAM. Later that same June, in a Washington, D.C. meeting with the CBC, the Cuban Minister of Public Health expanded the offer to all districts represented by the CBC. At a September 2000 speech event at Riverside Church, New York City, Castro publicly announced a further expanded offer which was reported as allowing several hundred places at ELAM for medical students from low-income communities from any part of the USA. Reports of the size of this offer varied in the US press – 250 or 500 places were suggested with perhaps half reserved for African-Americans and half for Hispanics and Native Americans. The ELAM offer to US students was classified as a “cultural exchange” program by the US State Department in order to avoid the restrictions of the U.S. embargo against Cuba. The first intake of US students into ELAM occurred in the Spring of 2001, with 10 enrolling into the pre-medical program.[16][18][19][4]
In 2004, the legality of the presence of US students at ELAM was threatened by tightened restrictions against travel to Cuba by US nationals under the administration of President George W. Bush. A CBC campaign led by Representatives Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) and Charles Rangel (D-NY) with 27 other members of Congress persuaded Secretary of State Colin Powellto exempt ELAM from the tightened restrictions.[3]
Applications from US citizens are administered through the New York City-based Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization(IFCO), headed by the noted human rights activist and critic of the U.S. embargo of Cuba, the Rev. Lucius Walker Jr.[19]
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Cooperation with Pakistan
Cuba has also offered 1000 scholarship for the Pakistani students under the title of General and Comprehensive Medicine study. First batch of the approximately 384 student came from Pakistan to Cuba in the month of February 2007. These students are now present in the campus named Máximo Santiago Haza (J-4) situated at Jaguey Grande, a municipality of the Cuban province Matanzas. According to the ELAM administration this campus is also a part of ELAM and all the students will get their degree from ELAM after successful completion of their study. These students have completed the necessary Spanish languagecourse and the pre medical course and have started their medical study from 10 December 2007. New students are expected to come very soon from Pakistan and two schools T-9 and J-6(situated in the same municipality Jaguey Grande) are reserved for these students, these campuses are also the official campuses of ELAM. According to the students, they are not provided with the facilities equal to ELAM. Cuban Government is trying to fulfil the demands of the Pakistani students but still the campuses for the Pakistani students lack many facilities that are present in the other campuses of ELAM.The availability of Halal food for Pakistani Muslim students is the greatest threat. The Cuban Government has promised to fulfil this need of Muslim students.
Máximo Santiago Haza(J-4)
Máximo Santiago Haza (j-4) is campas of pakistani students studying in cuba under scholarship given by Cuban govt to Pakistani students.1st batch ok Pakistani students reached in this campas in February 2007.Now is this campas,more than 300 students are studying .
History:
During earthquake in Pakistan in October 2005, x-president Fidel Castro offered , to send 200 doctors to Pakistan in order to help treat the victims of the earthquake. Some 2,260 Cuban health brigadistas, more than 1,400 of them doctors, went in the area of Kashmir, where they had attended to more than 200,000 patients and had saved hundreds of people in imminent danger of dying. Later on , Cuba has also offered 1000 scholarship for the Pakistani students under the title of General and Comprehensive Medicine study. More than 300 students of medicine have taken courses in the Cuban Field Hospitals and are present in this campas.
Location:
It is situated in at Jaguey Grande, a municipality of the Cuban province Matanzas.It is 15 km away from Jaguey Grande and nearl about 160 km away from Havana,capital of cuba.This campas is surrounded by orange gardens and bushy trees.
Building & Food:
This campas consist of 64 dormitories.10 classrooms, 2 laboratories ,1 amphitheaters ,1dining hall,1 mosque (because majority of students are muslims), sports area , clinical equipment hall etc .For security ,there is fence all around the building. The diet in the caretery mainly consists of rice, beans, and bread, with the main course varied from gound soy,rice mixed with shredded chicken.Here mostly students are muslim,that’s why here food which is served is HILAL.
Scholarship:
The scholarship includes full tuition, dormitory housing, three meals per day at the campus cafeteria, textbooks in Spanish for all courses, basic toiletries, bedding, and a small (100 pesos) monthly stipend. Duration of this scholarship is from February 2006 to December 2013. 600 more medical students selected for this sholarship on 22 july 2007, but upto now (may 2008) they don’t go to cuba. a lot of time is wasted of these students.hec of pakistan and cuban government is responsible in the wastage of time of these students. on 13 may,2008 a strike was held against hec and goverment for the wastage of time.
Superscript text===Collaboration with Venezuela=== In August 2005, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávezand Castro negotiated a healthcare agreement with Castro at a summit in Sandinowhich included the building of an ELAM eqglkjfdlkgj;lskdjg;lkjsd;lfgskdjghkj;dlhkuivalent in Venezuela. The agreement was part of the trade and cooperation alliance between Cuba and Venezuela known as Alternativa Bolivariana para las Américas(ALBA). Attending ELAM’s first graduation ceremony in the same month, Chávez publicly announced the plan and claimed that 100,000 doctors could be trained through the Cuban and Venezuelan ELAMs over 10 years – or even 200,000 if other Latin American countries joined the collaboration. A Medical Education Cooperation With Cuba(MEDICC) report on the announcement valued the projected 100,000 trained doctors as potentially a US$20 to 30 billion contribution to the developing world and suggested that 30% of the places would be reserved for low-income applicants from Latin America and the Caribbean.[20][21][10]
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See also
- ¡Salud! – a 2006 documentary film directed by Connie Field on Cuban international medical outreach – ELAM is one of the film’s primary subjects
- 1998 Atlantic hurricane season
[edit] References
- ^ ¡Salud! – Synopsis, ¡Salud! documentary website; accessed Feb. 2, 2006
- ^ a b “Dr Diplomat”, The Economist magazine, Jan. 25 2007
- ^ a b c “Affirmative Action, Cuban Style“, Fitzhugh Mullan, The New England Journal of Medicine Vol. 351 No.26, Dec. 23 2004
- ^ a b c “Cuba spreads medical care as political tool“, DeWayne Wickham, USA Today, Jan. 30 2001
- ^ a b c d “Path to becoming a doctor via the third world“, Paul Nussbaum, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Dec. 3 2006
- ^ “Cuba, Venezuela bring medical care to Bolivia“, W. T. Whitney Jr., People’s Weekly World, Jun. 10 2006; accessed Feb. 4 2007
- ^ Official website of Latin American School of Medicine A. P. Réverénd; accessed Feb. 5 2007
- ^ Key Address by Dr. Fidel Castro Ruz, President of the Republic of Cuba, at the Inauguration of the Latin American School of Medicine, Havana, November 15 1999, Cuba.cu (Cuban Government); accessed Feb. 8 2007
- ^ a b c LASM Medical School Scholarship Program Brochure, IFCO website, accessed Feb. 2 2007
- ^ a b c “Where There Were No Doctors: First MDs Graduate from Latin American Medical School“, Gail A. Reed, MEDICC ReviewVol. VII No.8, MEDICC, Aug./Sept. 2005; accessed Feb. 4 2007
- ^ a b “First Graduation of the Latin American School of Medicine/Ceremony attended by heads of state and government“, Mireya Castaneda, Digital Granma Internacional , Aug. 23 2005; accessed Feb. 5 2007
- ^ “The Cuban Solution“, Cindy Loose, The Washington Post magazine, Jul. 23 2006
- ^ “Castro Makes a Dream Offer: Plan for free medical education greeted by some with skepticism“, Ellen Yan, Newsday, Feb. 28 2001
- ^ “Havana Journal; Hippocrates Meets Fidel, and Even U.S. Students Enroll“, Marc Lacey, The New York Times, Dec. 8 2006
- ^ Cuban Embassies official website, Cuban Ministry of External Relations; accessed Feb. 5 2007
- ^ a b Medical School Scholarship Program FAQ, IFCO website, accessed Feb. 2 2007
- ^ “Castro’s Guests Give Dissidents a Hearing“, Serge F. Kovaleski, The Washington Post, Nov. 17 1999
- ^ “Summit in New York: The Cuban Leader; Friendly Crowd Provides Castro With a Soapbox“, Edward Wong and Chris Hedges, The New York Times, Sept. 9 2000
- ^ a b “8 Americans in Havana Are Med Students With a Mission“, Mark Fineman, The Los Angeles Times, May 1 2001
- ^ “La vía campesina: sembrando revoluciones” (“The Peasant Path: Sowing Revolutions“) Claudia Korol (translated by Ron Ridenour), América Libre, May 2006 (translated for AxisofLogic.com, Jul. 2006); accessed Feb. 4 2007
- ^ Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez’s address at the Latin American School of Medicine graduation ceremony in Havana on Aug. 20 2005 broadcast by Cuban TV; from “Venezuela’s Chavez addresses medical graduation ceremony in Cuba”, translated by BBC Monitoring Americas; retrieved via Factiva, Feb. 4 2007
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External links
Medical School Scholarship Program
at the Latin American School of Medical Sciences, Havana, Cuba
Expectant mothers at a maternity house in San Antonio de los Baños, in Havana province. Cuba’s innovative approach to medical care and prevention has led to great health gains.
- Learn more about the Med School program
- an overview
- attend a workshop
- download a brochure
- frequently asked questions
- curriculum / plan of studies
- What people are saying about the Med School
- The New England Journal of Medicine
- People en Español
- Indianapolis Star
- a recent NPR show
- recent print coverage
- other med school sites
Program overview
Facilities
View of the campus of the Medical School
Applicant criteria
A Pastors for Peace caravan visits the Medical School
Applicants will be prescreened. Final decisions about admissions will be made by a committee representing the Cuban Ministry of Public Health and the faculty of The Latin American School of Medical Sciences.
Background
During a Congressional Black Caucus delegation to Cuba, organized by IFCO/Pastors for Peace, caucus representative Bennie G. Thompson, a Congressman from the Mississippi Delta, remarked to President Fidel Castro that there are large areas in his district which do not have a single physician. President Castro responded with an offer of full scholarships for students from impoverished regions of the US to study medicine in Cuba. This offer was intended to be more than a short-term solution. It is the beginning of the creating of a heath care infrastructure for generations to come.
In his speech on Sept 8, 2000, at New York City’s Riverside Church President Castro said, “we are prepared to grant a number of scholarships to poor youth who cannot afford to pay the $200,000 it costs to get a medical degree in the US.” Cuba is offering 250 full scholarships per year for students in under served communities in the United States to study medicine in Cuba. Tuition, dormitory room and board, and textbooks are free of charge.
What we want from The Latin American School of Medical Sciences is for students from our sister nations to become imbued with the same doctrine in which our own doctors are educated, with that total devotion to their noble future profession – for a doctor is like a shepherd, a priest, a missionary, a crusader for the people’s health and physical and mental well-being.
– Cuban President Fidel Castro
In Cuba, health care is universal and free
Cuba has continued to make health care a priority for its citizens, despite the effects of the suffocating US economic blockade, Cuba’s public health care system is world-renowned. It maintains one physician for every 168 people in the country and produced 2000 new physicians every year — a remarkable number for any country of 11 million people. The infant mortality rate is less than most cities in the US. The Cuban Ministry of Health maintains a clinic with at least one doctor and one nurse in residence for every 120 families.
Cuba is also a health care provider for the world
A map showing location of Cuban medical workers in Africa
- Cuba has sent thousands of doctors and medical professionals to serve in the poorest areas of Latin America and Africa
- Cuba has treated more than 16,000 victims of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster
- Cuba is organizing a health-care task force to tackle the problem of the AIDS epidemic in Africa
- Cuba has trained hundreds of doctors from African and Latin American nations – all free of charge
Now Cuba is reaching out to “third world” regions in the United States, to train doctors for the cities and rural areas and reservations where medical services are most desperately needed.
Resources
- Download a brochure with a description of the school and its programs
- Find out more about the med school program by attending a conference in your city
- Read a transcript of a recent NPR show on the medical school
- Read recent print coverage of the medical school program
- Visit other sites with photos of the medical school
- Read the press release about the December 13 conference in Charleston, South Carolina
Appendix C
About MEDICC
Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba (MEDICC) is a non-profit organization working to enhance cooperation among the US, Cuban and global health communities aimed at better health outcomes. Founded in 1997, our experience has taught us that health care in the United States and developing countries alike – especially for underserved populations – can be informed by Cuba’s singular and evolving health practices, research and policies. We see that the US experience in medicine and medical research can also inform practice in Cuba and the developing world. Above all, we believe that such cooperation is urgently needed to radically improve global health and achieve the birthright of health for all worldwide.
Vision
Health for All is Possible
Mission
MEDICC supports education and development of human resources in health committed to equitable access and quality care, providing the Cuban experience to inform global debate, practice, policies and cooperation in health.
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I want to know that wat is the eligibility to get the scholarship… is it same as MBBS???? i am now in 1st year when i will be able to get scholarship….. is theie any merit.. if so then wat is the merit???
Please check with the Cuban Embassy, Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan, but most importantly write directly to the Cuban Universities like (Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM, which is its Spanish acronym) in Havana – a school sponsored by the Cuban government and dedicated to training doctors to treat the poor of the Western hemisphere and Africa. Twenty-seven countries and 60 ethnic groups are represented among ELAM’s 8000 students.)[http://academic.udayton.edu/health/02organ/providers01.htm].
Use Freetranslation.com using very short sentences to translate English and Spanish versions of your letter to the Cuban Medical schools and ask for scholarships.
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/extract/352/13/1388
Escuela Latinoamericana de Medicina (ELAM), formerly Escuela Latinoamericana de Ciencias Médicas (in Spanish; in English: Latin American School of Medicine (LASM), formerly Latin American School of Medical Sciences), is a major international medical school in Cuba and a prominent part of the Cuban healthcare system.
Established in 1999 and operated by the Cuban government, ELAM has been described as possibly being the largest medical school in the world by enrollment with approx. 10,000 or 12,000 students from 27 or 29 countries reported as enrolled in 2006/early 2007. All those enrolled are international students from outside Cuba and mainly come from Latin America and the Caribbean as well as Africa. The school also accepts students from the United States – 91 were reportedly enrolled as of January 2007. Tuition, accommodation and board are free, and a small stipend is provided for students.[1][2][3][4][5]
A ELAM sister school operated by the Venezuela government and sited in Guri, Bolívar, Venezuela was scheduled to open in October 2006. The school is named Escuela Latinoamericana de Medicina A.P. Réverénd after French physician Alejandro Próspero Réverénd.[6][7]
ISLAMABAD, Aug 31 (APP): Pakistan and Cuba plan to enhance links in higher education, particularly in the field of biotechnology.
This possibility was discussed by Chairman Higher Education Commission (HEC) Dr. Atta-Ur-Rehman during his meeting with Gustavo Machin Gomez, Cuban Ambassador to Pakistan at the HEC Secretariat Thursday.
Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman, appreciating the Cuban gesture of awarding Pakistan 1000 scholarships for studies in medicine, proposed a joint programme for the establishment of a Centre of Excellence in Biotechnology in Pakistan, which would be set up by HEC with Cuban technical expertise.
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At present over 22,000 foreign students are studying in Cuba
Here is some criticism of Cuban education:
http://www.globalexchange.org/countries/americas/cuba/uscuba/539.html
Search for additional Medical School Scholarships, fellowships and grants at http://www.freetoapply.com.
i think cuban government should send more scholarships for pakistani students to carry on medical studies. because insufficiency of medical colleges students turn to other professions or still others cannot carry on studies. well, i think that’s a great loss. Pakistan needs more doctors as world knows health condition in pakistan . i think cuban government has to be more generous and should send more scholarships for students to carry on medical studies
i need a scholarship in tne field of medicine .threfore you are requested to grand me a scholarship .i shall be very thankful to you for this act of kindness.
with best wishes
syed hamid ali shah
Sir,i want to becom a doctor so plz continue these scholarships of MBBS in cuba because i am a needy student.
Thanks.
sir,i have passed fsc (med) with 78.5% marks.now wats the criteria to get medical scholarship now.??z reply me.!!!
hi i want to be a Dr. from cuba this year plz tell me what i do
hye my name is dilshad from pakistan n i want scholar ship
i hav passed intermediate with m,arks of 892 with 82 %.
Sir,i have passed (fsc med)with 84.25% marks now wats the criteria to get medical scholarship this year.plz tell me what i do.
hi…i ve done my hsc this year. and i want to becum a doctor from cuba.so wats the criteria now because i ve been searching for it for months. but am nt getting the right information. plz do rpy are there any scholarships left? or they are finished. and will they offer scholarships this year and when?????
I want to becom a doctor.Please give me admission in college.
Thank you for the stellar article Mr. Ansari!
I remember seeing those wonderful cuban doctors on TV in 2005/06 (including women doctors) working with great dedication and humanity in Balakot, Mansehra and other parts of Hazara as well as Azad Kashmir. This was in freezing winter with few amenties because of the earthquake, and those doctors never gave up or complained.
May God bless them and Cuba for their kindness in both that and with this medical training programme that they’ve offered to Pakistanis.
Cuba has been a better friend to Pakistan in the last 3 years than America has been for the last 61 years!
I pray to the Lord that this ineffectual Pakistani Government and successive ones, and the good people of Pakistan will come to their senses and now only have relations with countries that wish them well and not those that wish them harm (e.g America, India, Israel and others). I wish they would re-align their foreign policy or at least have a more fluid one and not put all their eggs in the Amreekan basket. I wish Pakistan would stop being a door-mat.
But digression aside: viva la revolucion!
I want to become a doctor plz give me admission I am from pakistan Thanks.
A.A I AM ANAM 4RM PAKISTN. I WANT TO BE DR. PLZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ GIVEME ADMUSSION SO THAT MY DREAMS COME TRUE……………
Hello sir,
i,m Dhanesh Kumar malhi from pakistan i have complet my F.sc/intermediat in pre-medical now wait for MBBS schoalrships if any you have then please report me .
Email. Dhanesh_malhi@hotmail.com
Thanks
i m a young poor students doing my intermediate at attashad degrr college turbat balochistan pakistan due to lack of resources i m not able to go abroad for higher education kindly give me a free scholorship with in a month because i have taken my exam and result is pending
hello sir,i want to that what is the procedure to getting the free scholarship in Cuba for Mb’s? as i have completed my first year class.please sir tell me details about it
sir hello,
sir i want to know that when you’ll again give cuba medical scholarship for HSC student sir we all waining please give us scholarship
Oh boy! free scholar ship in Cuba for Pakistanis may be a good idea, but when they come back they would have tasted Cuban women who are way ahead then Brazilian women that makes Kama Sutra as amateurish.
Its better they came back with Cuban wife and revert them to Islam.
Assalamu-Elekum
Hi,
my name is uzair.i m from pakistan.i have passed fsc with 910 marks.so please give me information that how i can get scholarship to do mbbs in cuba?