Please join us for our monthly Socialist Medicine Seminar.
Enrique Beldarraín Chaple (Medical University of Havana) will present his research project:
VACCINATION CAMPAIGNS AS THE SOLUTION OF EPIDEMICS DISEASES IN CUBA: THE FIRST POLIOMYELITIS CAMPAIGN
July 23, 14:00-16:00 CET
Room 5028, Friedrichstraße 191-193
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As part of the GLACIER project, Dr Enrique Beldarraín Chaple carries out the research project on the History of Infections disease control in Cuba, joining biotechnology and community health at the Institute for the History of Medicine of the Justus Liebig University of Giessen. In this study, he examines the vaccination campaigns as a strategy to solve epidemics, popular participation and communication strategies used by the Cuban health and political authorities. As a case study, he will present the first polio vaccination campaign (1962) which led to the eradication of the disease in Cuba.
ENRIQUE BELDARRAÍN CHAPLE is a Professor and Researcher of Merit at the Medical University of Havana, and member of the Cuban Academy of Sciences. Trained as a medical epidemiologist, his main focus of work is the historical studies on epidemics in Cuba and public health. He has 98 scientific publications including books, book chapters and articles. He has been guest lecturer and professor at universities in Europe, the USA, Canada and Latin America. He is currently a visiting professor at the Justus Liebig University Giessen in Germany, as part of the GLACIER Project (German Latin- American Center for Infection and Epidemiology Research) funded by the German Federal Foreign Office through the DAAD-programme Global Centres for Health and Pandemic Prevention.
Please join us for our monthly Socialist Medicine Seminar.
Enrique Beldarraín Chaple (Medical University of Havana) will present his research project:
VACCINATION CAMPAIGNS AS THE SOLUTION OF EPIDEMICS DISEASES IN CUBA: THE FIRST POLIOMYELITIS CAMPAIGN
July 23, 14:00-16:00 CET
Room 5028, Friedrichstraße 191-193
Sign up for the Zoom link by clicking here and filling out this form.
As part of the GLACIER project, Dr Enrique Beldarraín Chaple carries out the research project on the History of Infections disease control in Cuba, joining biotechnology and community health at the Institute for the History of Medicine of the Justus Liebig University of Giessen. In this study, he examines the vaccination campaigns as a strategy to solve epidemics, popular participation and communication strategies used by the Cuban health and political authorities. As a case study, he will present the first polio vaccination campaign (1962) which led to the eradication of the disease in Cuba.
ENRIQUE BELDARRAÍN CHAPLE is a Professor and Researcher of Merit at the Medical University of Havana, and member of the Cuban Academy of Sciences. Trained as a medical epidemiologist, his main focus of work is the historical studies on epidemics in Cuba and public health. He has 98 scientific publications including books, book chapters and articles. He has been guest lecturer and professor at universities in Europe, the USA, Canada and Latin America. He is currently a visiting professor at the Justus Liebig University Giessen in Germany, as part of the GLACIER Project (German Latin- American Center for Infection and Epidemiology Research) funded by the German Federal Foreign Office through the DAAD-programme Global Centres for Health and Pandemic Prevention.
This website is part of a project that has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant agreement No. 949639)
This website is part of a project that has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant agreement No. 949639)