Name: Where to train the world's doctors? Cuba.
Uploaded: 2014-10-01T15:18:27Z
Duration: 16 min 58 s
Description: Big problems need big solutions, sparked by big ideas, imagination and audacity. In this talk, journalist Gail Reed profiles one big solution worth noting: Havana’s Latin American Medical School, which trains global physicians to serve the local communities that need them most.

Big problems need big solutions, sparked by big ideas, imagination and audacity. In this talk, journalist Gail Reed profiles one big solution worth noting: Havana’s Latin American Medical School, which trains global physicians to serve the local communities that need them most.

Where to train the world's doctors? Cuba.

A Cuban medical school recruits students from over 100 countries, focusing on those from the poorest regions who pledge to serve their home communities. The school has graduated 23,000 doctors since 2005, more than half of them women, many from indigenous or marginalized backgrounds. These doctors practice in areas often neglected by traditional health systems and are changing the way medicine is taught and delivered. Their work proves that bold, community-based solutions can address global health inequities at scale.