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align="center"><b><i><span
style="font-size: 28pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">Health Care as a
Human Right: </span></i></b></p>
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style="font-size: 28pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">The Venezuelan
Experience</span></i></b></p>
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align="center"><b><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Panelists:</font></font></b></p>
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</span></span></span><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><i>Dr.
Michael Phillips </i></b>MD. Clinical Assistant Professor in
Ophthalmology at the University of Illinois in Chicago. Specialty
Coordinator for Ophthalmology at the Christian Medical Association and
organizer of humanitarian medical missions to Ghana and Haiti with
Global Health Outreach.</font></font></p>
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</span></span></span><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><i>Dr.
Arachu Castro.</i></b> Ph.D., MPH Assistant Professor of Social
Medicine, Academic Director Program in Infectious Disease and Social
Change, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine Harvard Medical
School</font></font></p>
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</span></span></span><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><i>Dr.
Padma Balasubramanian</i></b>, MD, Endocrinologist, Internal Medicine
and Diabetes Specialist, fellow of the American College of
Endocrinology, Consultant staff at Caritas Norwood Hospital</font></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman">Friday February 27<sup>th</sup>, 4:00 to 6:00PM
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align="center"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><span
style="font-size: 22pt;">Tufts</span></b><b><span
style="font-size: 22pt;"> University School</span></b><b><span
style="font-size: 22pt;"> of Medicine</span></b></font></p>
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align="center"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold';"><font
size="3">Behrakis Auditorium – 1<sup>st</sup> Floor, Jaharis Building</font></span></p>
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style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold';">150 Harrison Avenue</span><span
style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold';">, Boston, MA</span><span
style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold';">.</span></font></p>
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size="3">(MBTA Orange Line to "Tufts-New England Medical Center") </font></span></p>
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style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial;">Panelists
will provide an insight view of the successful Health Care Programs:</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b><span
style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Mission</span></b><b><span
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Milagro</span></b><b><span
style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial;">:</span></b><font
face="Times New Roman"><b><span
style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><span
style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style=""> </span></span><span
style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Venezuelan-Cuban
anti-blindness program that has restored sight to close to 700,000
people from 30 countries and aims to reach 6,000,000 blind people by
2015.<span style=""> </span></span></font></p>
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style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Barrio
Adentro</span></b><span
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<b>(Inside the Neighborhood)</b></span><b><span
style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial;">:</span></b><font
face="Times New Roman"><b><span
style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><span
style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">A public health initiative
that provides preventive, primary, secondary and specialized health
care to millions of Venezuelan through a network of community clinics
located mostly in poor urban and rural communities.<span style=""> </span>It
is a partnership between the Venezuelan Ministry of Health, the Cuban
Medical Mission in Venezuela, and the Pan American Health Organization.
</span><b><span
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style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Sponsored
by the Latin American Medical Students Association and Global Health
Interest Group<span style=""> </span>at Tufts
University School of Medicine.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b><span
style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><font size="3">For more
information contact: </font></span></b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:info.venezuela.event@gmail.com"><span
style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><font size="3">info.venezuela.event@gmail.com</font></span></a><b><span
style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><font size="3"> or
312-731-6652 <span style="">*Open to the Public* - Medical Students,
Nursing and Public Health Students, Clinicians, Researchers,
Undergraduates and interested community members are encouraged to
attend!</span></font></span></b></p>
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