Taking place at Havana’s Conference Center since November 13, the event brings together representatives of 20 graduations who addressed issues such as primary healthcare, emergencies, natural disasters, and pedagogy in higher medical education.

Participants in panels, roundtable discussions, research presentations, posters, other forms of dissemination of science and technological innovations, debated nuclear sciences, nanotechnologies, and the progress of health systems in Latin American countries, where the health ministers are now ELAM graduates.

The 2nd International Assembly of Graduates (SMI-ELAM) was also held in its three working sessions, where delegates discussed postgraduate training, challenges, and experiences in medical sciences.

Cuban Public Health Minister Jose Angel Portal Miranda gave a master lecture about the peculiarities of this nation’s health system and acknowledged the historic milestone of having the ELAM to train health professionals from all over the world.

“The ELAM has been a beacon for unity and international cooperation promoted by Cuba, where quality medical education is a priority, thanks to its more than 200 professors, a feature confirmed by the highest qualification granted by the Union of Universities of Latin America and the Caribbean (UDUALC),” Portal pointed out.

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