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.

Gail Reed: Where to train the world's doctors? Cuba.

Where to train the world's doctors? Cuba.

Havana's Latin American Medical School, the world's largest, transforms global health by training doctors from low-income areas.

Graduates from over 100 countries return home, armed with skills to serve communities lacking healthcare, embodying 'walk the walk.'

ELAM's model: teach with minimal resources for maximum impact. U.S. graduates prove high-quality care doesn't require vast spending.